4/24/2017 - Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr met in Washington with Hartwig Schafer, the World Bank Vice President for Operations Policy and Country Services for talks on accelerati... |
4/24/2017 - Egypt will establish 30 projects in the Suez Canal Economic Zone with investments totalling US$20 billion, said President of the Suez Canal Economic Zone Ahmed Darwish. The projects will be e... |
4/25/2017 - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail met the members of the board of directors of the General Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions (GFETU) in the presence of the manpower minister and the head of the GFETU. |
4/25/2017 - A total of 36 ships transited the Suez Canal , with a total cargo of 2.77 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 20 vessels carrying around 1.1 million tons, while the north-bound conv... |
4/25/2017 - Egypt’s tourism minister promised that visa procedures would be "facilitated" for visitors from Arab countries, ahead of a hoped-for increase in visitors during Ramadan and the summer holidays. |
4/26/2017 - The Finance Ministry approved the disbursement of a 10 percent social allowance for workers, during a meeting with the leaders of the Labor Union at its headquarters. The Ministry of Finance... |
4/26/2017 - Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail presented the president with the latest updates on the ongoing economic reform measures, stating that the cabinet is targeting a 22.6 percent inflation rate by the... |
4/26/2017 - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inspected the Suez Canal tunnels project on the second day of the Third National Youth Conference, currently in session in Ismailia grovernorate. During his i... |
4/26/2017 - Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr took part in the Women 20 (W20) summit in Berlin. The summit was attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Assistant to US Pres... |
4/26/2017 - A new investment law is expected to be issued in Egypt in May, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said The government approved a draft for the law in March 2015 with a view to bolstering investor ... |
4/27/2017 - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said that an industrial zone is being set up in Ain Sokhna area. Sisi's remarks were made on the sidelines of a session, dubbed "prospects for sustainable devel... |
4/27/2017 - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi called for finalizing the Suez Canal axis development project as being one of the most important national projects, which is expected to help attract investors and boos... |
4/27/2017 - The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes went up collectively at the close of trading amid purchase operations by foreign investors, while sales prevailed in transactions of local institutions and investme... |
4/29/2017 - A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrive in Cairo to follow up on the progress in the country's economic reform programme ahead of delivering the $1.25 billion second tranche of... |
4/29/2017 - The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has provided the largest public sector bank of Egypt a $300 million loan as an industrialisation support facility, to be repaid over three years, Afreximba... |
4/29/2017 - Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr had talks on with a delegation from the Gulf in Love of Egypt Coalition on injecting more Gulf investments into Egypt in the coming period... |
4/29/2017 - Agriculture Minister Abdel Monmiem el-Banna arrived in Khartoum to participate in two-day meetings of the board of directors of the Egyptian-Sudanese Agricultural Integration Company. The min... |
4/29/2017 - Egyptian Ambassador to France Ihab Badawi inaugurated the Egyptian pavilion in Foire de Paris - International Consumer Goods Exhibition. The 10-day fair, held in Paris, is specialized in cr... |
4/29/2017 - Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Kabil underscored the important role played by businessmen in supporting most needy areas and their social responsibility toward reducing poverty rates. K... |
4/29/2017 - In green fields near Egypt's Mediterranean coast, one multinational company is harvesting its first crop of potatoes produced from local seeds to make a leading brand of chips. Like other bi... |