Day: August 23, 2025

Egypt will host the third edition of the Global Conference on Population, Health and Human Development (PHDC’25) in the New Administrative Capital from 10 to 13 November, under the patronage of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. Minister of Health and Population, and Deputy Prime…

Egyptian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat held a series of bilateral meetings with officials from Japan, UNICEF, and the French Treasury on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) to discuss strengthening international cooperation, her ministry said on Saturday. In a meeting with…

CIB Finance Company (CIFC), a subsidiary of the Commercial International Bank Egypt (CIB), has achieved strong performance since launching commercial operations in April 2024, with its factoring portfolio surpassing EGP 4.1bn and outstanding balances reaching approximately EGP 2.07bn in Q2 2025. These results highlight the company’s solid operational performance and…

Egypt will host the first edition of the “AI Everything Middle East & Africa” Summit and Exhibition from 10 to 12 February 2026. Organised by GITEX GLOBAL Group in strategic partnership with the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), the event will mark a major milestone in positioning Egypt as…

Egypt has executed water and wastewater projects worth EGP 12.7bn in the Northwest Coast region over the past year, Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities Sherif El-Sherbiny announced during a visit to Matrouh on Saturday. El-Sherbiny met with Governor Khaled Shuaib at the governorate headquarters to follow up on…

Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Salah El-Din has met with Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi at the Ministry’s headquarters in the Government District of the New Administrative Capital to review ongoing and future cooperation between the two ministries. Salah El-Din highlighted joint efforts in several…

Egypt’s external debt stood at $155.1bn in December 2024, up by about $2.2bn (1.4%) compared to June 2024. This increase was mainly due to higher disbursements of external loans, which rose by $2.8bn, as well as the appreciation of the US dollar against other external debt currencies, adding $0.6bn. The…

Agriculture and Land Reclamation Minister Alaa Farouq announced that Egypt’s agricultural exports have risen to 6.8 million tons so far this year, up more than 650,000 tons, compared to the same period in 2024. The figures were outlined in a report by Mohamed al-Mansy, head of the Central Administration for…