Year: 2025

Head of the Egyptian Commercial Service (ECS) Abdel Aziz El-Sherif met with US Foreign Commercial Service Officer Paul Oliva and Jennifer Patterson, who oversees trade and investment at the Economic Office of the US Embassy in Cairo, as part of ongoing efforts to advance economic, trade, and investment cooperation between…

Egypt will host the 24th Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention (COP24) from December 2 to 5, bringing together environment ministers and representatives from 21 Mediterranean countries, along with senior officials from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Ministry of Environment announced on Monday. Manal Awad, Minister…

Rasha Abdel Aal, Head of the Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA), announced the issuance of a comprehensive guidance manual detailing all aspects of the tax treatment of exported services. The manual aims to clarify the definition of these services under the Value Added Tax (VAT) Law and its executive regulations, explain…

The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has issued its first unified guide to all FRA services, a move aimed at simplifying the business environment for individuals and companies operating within Egypt’s non-banking financial sector. The launch marks a significant milestone for the Authority and represents a major step forward in the…

Egyptian companies have maintained a dominant position within the country’s ready-made garment export structure, consistently holding a 62%-63% share of total exports. In comparison, foreign companies operating in Egypt account for 37%-38%. These figures highlight the vital role of local manufacturers in driving export expansion and strengthening Egypt’s integration into…

Egypt’s Arab Organisation for Industrialisation (AOI) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese defence giant Norinco to localise the manufacturing of defence systems, the organisation said during the EDEX 2025 exhibition. The agreement, signed between the AOI’s Aircraft Factory and Norinco, aims to transfer technology and deepen domestic production…

During the recent Arab Architects Awards Festival held in Cairo from 24 to 26 November 2025, Abdel Khalek Ibrahim, Assistant Minister of Housing, discussed the critical role of new and fourth-generation cities in addressing demographic distribution imbalances in Egypt.  Notably, the population attraction to new cities has surged by 220…