Egypt Independent
CSOs urge World Bank to adopt people-centered approach
Egypt
July 29, 2015
CSOs urge World Bank to adopt people-centered approach
Egyptian civil society organizations have urged the World Bank to be more involved with the citizens in its development projects…
Minister: 4G mobile internet in Egypt by 1st quarter of 2016
Egypt
July 29, 2015
Minister: 4G mobile internet in Egypt by 1st quarter of 2016
Communications and Information Technology Minister Khaled Nagm promised the implementation of 4G mobile internet in Egypt by the first quarter of…
Media freedoms center highlights unconstitutional laws
Egypt
July 29, 2015
Media freedoms center highlights unconstitutional laws
According to HRDO Center for the Support of Digital Expression, an independent media freedoms center, many of the laws enacted by…
Egypt’s market gains LE2.7 billion Tuesday, EGX30 rises 0.8%
Business
July 28, 2015
Egypt’s market gains LE2.7 billion Tuesday, EGX30 rises 0.8%
Egypt's market closed in the green zone on Tuesday, as the benchmark EGX30 index rose 0.79 percent, recording 7,949.89 points…
MoF issues LE14 bn bond to boost pensions
Business
July 28, 2015
MoF issues LE14 bn bond to boost pensions
Finance Minister Hany Qadry Dimian has issued two bonds through the public treasury, in order to finance the pensions of…
UAE State Minister: Evidence is clear; Egypt navigating towards success
Egypt
July 28, 2015
UAE State Minister: Evidence is clear; Egypt navigating towards success
In an interview with the Egyptian daily publication, Al-Masry Al-Youm, H.E Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the UAE State Minister…
Russian delegation in Egypt for industrial zone project
Business
July 27, 2015
Russian delegation in Egypt for industrial zone project
A delegation from Russia’s trade and industry ministry has begun a four-day visit to Egypt to select the location of…
Egypt’s market loses LE1.7 billion Monday, EGX30 falls 1.5%
Business
July 27, 2015
Egypt’s market loses LE1.7 billion Monday, EGX30 falls 1.5%
Egypt's market closed in the red zone for a second session in a row, as the benchmark EGX30 index on…
Egypt 4th most sued by investors as new trade deal approaches
Business
July 27, 2015
Egypt 4th most sued by investors as new trade deal approaches
Egypt ranks fourth among countries most sued by investors, according to data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and…
EGX to launch new equal weighted index EGX50 next Sunday
Business
July 27, 2015
EGX to launch new equal weighted index EGX50 next Sunday
The Egyptian Exchange will launch a new equal weighted index (EWI) EGX50 next Sunday August 2, 2015, according to a…
Egypt’s market loses LE1.1 billion Sunday, EGX30 declines 1%
Business
July 26, 2015
Egypt’s market loses LE1.1 billion Sunday, EGX30 declines 1%
Egypt's market closed in the red zone on Sunday, as the benchmark EGX30 index on declined 1.02 percent, recording 8,004.83…
WHO to host World Hepatitis Day in Egypt
Egypt
July 26, 2015
WHO to host World Hepatitis Day in Egypt
The World Health Organization (WHO) will be celebrating for the first time the World Hepatitis Day on July 28, 2015…
Tourist influx up by 16.5% in May 2015
Economy
July 26, 2015
Tourist influx up by 16.5% in May 2015
The number of incoming tourists to Egypt in May 2015 reached 894,600, compared to 768,200 in May 2014, indicating a…
CAPMAS: Patents granted to Egyptians decline by 23.3% in 2014
Egypt
July 23, 2015
CAPMAS: Patents granted to Egyptians decline by 23.3% in 2014
The number of patents granted to Egyptians by the Egyptian Patent Office in accordance with international conventions reached 66 in…
HRDO center: Total govt corruption accounts for LE3.5 billion from state budget in June
Egypt
July 22, 2015
HRDO center: Total govt corruption accounts for LE3.5 billion from state budget in June
Financial corruption in Egypt has cost a little under LE3.5 billion of state funds for the month of June alone, says the…
Egypt’s market gains LE1.53 billion on Wednesday, EGX30 rises 0.5%
Business
July 22, 2015
Egypt’s market gains LE1.53 billion on Wednesday, EGX30 rises 0.5%
Egypt's market closed in the green zone for the fifth session in a row, as the benchmark EGX30 index on…
Symposium in memory of late director Nabiha Lotfy to be held next week
Art news
July 22, 2015
Symposium in memory of late director Nabiha Lotfy to be held next week
Tharwat Okasha Cultural Center, affiliated with the National Center for Cinema Publications, and headed by Mohamed Abdel Aziz has announced…
Egypt organizes Investment Conference in September
Business
July 22, 2015
Egypt organizes Investment Conference in September
The Egyptian General Authority for Investment (GAFI) is planning to sign a contract with an international company to organize an…
Egypt to sign new agreements worth US$3.7bn with Italian companies
Egypt
July 22, 2015
Egypt to sign new agreements worth US$3.7bn with Italian companies
Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab will sign three agreements with Italian companies, worth more than US $3.7 billion during his…
NGO accuses Solidarity Ministry of ‘arbitrary approach’
Egypt
July 22, 2015
NGO accuses Solidarity Ministry of ‘arbitrary approach’
The Maat For Peace, Development and Human Rights foundation has accused the Solidarity Ministry of following an "arbitrary approach" in dealing…