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Day: April 29, 2026

Al-Sisi pushes broader educational partnership with Hiroshima University

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi discussed expanding cooperation in education and technology with Hiroshima University President Mitsuo Ochi, underscoring the growing educational partnership between Egypt and Japan. According to the Egyptian presidency, Al-Sisi expressed appreciation for Egypt’s strong bilateral relations with Japan and praised the ongoing collaboration with Hiroshima University…

Contact Financial Holding appoints Manal Abdel Razek as chairperson

Contact Financial Holding announced on Wednesday the appointment of Manal Abdel Razek as Chairperson of its Board of Directors, effective 28 April, succeeding Hazem Moussa. Abdel Razek brings more than three decades of leadership experience across Egypt’s financial services sector, as well as the public and private spheres. She currently…

Egypt eyes broader partnership with IsDB: Planning Minister

Ahmed Rostom, Minister of Planning and Economic Development and Egypt’s Governor at the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB), held talks with Nour El-Din Mabrouk, Director of the Bank’s Regional Hub in Cairo, and his delegation to explore frameworks for future cooperation between Egypt and the Group. Opening the meeting, Rostom…

EU approves Egyptian farmed fish and crustacean exports

Egypt has been added to the list of countries authorised to export aquaculture products to the European Union for the first time, the National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) announced. The authorisation, which covers finfish, their products, and crustaceans, follows Egypt’s fulfilment of EU technical requirements and the implementation of a…

Egypt’s IDA streamlines rules for changing, expanding industrial activities

Egypt’s Industrial Development Authority (IDA) has introduced a new set of streamlined regulations allowing manufacturers to change or add industrial activities within approved industrial zones, in a move aimed at reducing administrative burdens and accelerating licensing procedures. Under the updated framework, factories can change their activity within the same industrial…

Egyptian unemployment rate drops to 6.3% in 2025 amidst economic reforms

Egypt’s unemployment rate fell to 6.3% in 2025, down from 6.6% the previous year, supported by effective economic reforms as the country’s workforce expanded to 34.15m, Planning and Economic Development Minister Ahmed Rostom said. The total workforce increased by 6.6% from 32.04m in 2024, indicating the labour market’s capacity to…

Egypt, South Sudan step up talks to boost investment, trade

Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Mohamed Farid, met with South Sudan’s Minister of Investment, Joseph Mum Majak, to advance bilateral cooperation in investment and trade. The talks, attended by Ambassador Kuol Nyok Kuol and a delegation, centered on strengthening collaboration in priority sectors including agriculture, food industries, energy,…