Day: May 20, 2026

LIXIL Corporation reported a 22.9% increase in core earnings to ¥38.5 billion for the fiscal year ending 31 March 2026, driven by improved profitability across both its domestic Japanese and international operations despite a challenging global business environment. Consolidated revenue for the water and housing products manufacturer rose 0.4% year-on-year…

Egyptian Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said local pharmaceutical manufacturing is essential for building resilient healthcare supply chains and reducing vulnerability to global crises.   Speaking at a healthcare supply chain event held on the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Abdel Ghaffar said countries should shift…

Egypt has launched a unified digital environmental data registry for industrial facilities to support green transformation and help factories comply with international environmental requirements.   In a statement, the Ministry of Local Development and Environment said the new system will create a national environmental database for industrial facilities, covering emissions,…

Egypt has reaffirmed its access to international capital markets despite heightened geopolitical uncertainty, issuing $1bn in social and development bonds in what the government described as the first sovereign issuance of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) since the escalation of the Iran conflict. The move…

Egypt’s Minister of Industry, Khaled Hashem, chaired a steering committee meeting of the Egypt Country Partnership Programme (PCP), implemented in cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), to review the programme’s progress and discuss current and future industrial development projects across the country. The meeting was attended by…

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly described the New Delta Project as a major integrated national initiative that reflects the state’s commitment to strengthening food security and reshaping Egypt’s agricultural landscape. Madbouly made the remarks during the government’s weekly meeting at the Cabinet headquarters in the New Administrative Capital, where ministers…

“Education reform in Egypt is no longer just a future vision or a postponed ambition, but has become a tangible reality led by strong political will and supported by a clear national strategy,” Minister of Education and Technical Education Mohamed Abdellatif said on Wednesday. Speaking at the “Securing Egypt’s Future…