Day: August 19, 2025

Egypt’s Acting Environment Minister and Local Development Minister, Manal Awad, chaired on Tuesday the third meeting of the Waste Management Regulatory Authority’s board since its recent reformation, approving a set of new measures designed to strengthen the country’s waste management system, the ministry announced in a statement. Presiding over her…

Egypt’s minister of education has signed two agreements with Japanese companies Casio Middle East and SAPIX to develop the country’s mathematics curriculum and train teachers, the ministry said in a statement. The signings took place on the sidelines of the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9). Education…

The American University in Cairo’s (AUC) School of Continuing Education (SCE) has announced the graduation of the first cohort from Egypt’s first Film Industry Business Certificate. The programme, launched this summer in partnership with the international Silver Screen Film School in Romania, provides hands-on training in production, marketing, budgeting, distribution,…

Unilever Egypt has launched the second generation of Erada, its pioneering inclusion initiative, reaffirming the company’s commitment to performance-driven diversity and empowerment for people with disabilities. What began in 2013 with just three visually impaired team members has now evolved into a high-performing unit of 46 individuals who contribute significantly…

Egypt’s Minister of Health, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, met Tuesday with Dharmesh Shah, Chairperson and Managing Director of India’s BDR Group, to discuss plans for a joint pharmaceutical venture, including the establishment of a local facility for the production of biologics and cancer medications, according to a statement from the Ministry…

Beltone Mortgage has completed its first securitised bond issuance worth EGP 1.32bn, under the umbrella of Beltone Securitization’s second programme. The transaction attracted strong investor appetite, achieving 2.3 times oversubscription, which underscored market confidence in the quality of Beltone Mortgage’s portfolio and the strength of its financial position. The bond…

Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport, Kamel Al-Wazir, met with India’s Ambassador to Cairo, Suresh K. Reddy, to discuss ways of strengthening economic cooperation between the two countries and to review promising investment opportunities in the fields of industry and transport. The meeting formed…

Egyptian Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation, Rania Al-Mashat, began her visit to Tokyo on Tuesday by participating in the Egyptian-Japanese Business Forum, attended by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly. The forum, which saw the signing of several cooperation agreements, was held ahead of Egypt’s participation in the…