Day: June 29, 2026

Egypt and Switzerland have signed a 1.4m Swiss franc ($1.7m) grant agreement to launch a project aimed at building a national system for the sustainable management of electronic waste, supporting the country’s transition to a circular economy and expanding green industries.   The agreement was signed by Egypt’s Minister of Local Development…

Egypt’s Minister of Industry, Khaled Hashem, met with Sebastien Riez, CEO of Schneider Electric for North East Africa and the Levant, to discuss the company’s current and future expansion plans in the Egyptian market, as well as opportunities to deepen local manufacturing and increase the domestic content of its products.…

Ahmed Kouchouk, Minister of Finance, announced that the government has completed the preparation of all standard procurement documents, including model contracts, tender documents and technical specifications, which will become mandatory for use in all contracts concluded by public entities. The minister said that the new standardised procurement framework gives priority…

The Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) announced that its subsidiary, the Arab African Medical Industries Company, has obtained the internationally recognized ISO 13485:2016 certification for medical device quality management systems, marking a significant milestone in Egypt’s efforts to localize advanced medical manufacturing and expand exports under the “Made in Egypt”…

Arab African Advisers has completed the Clusters Regulatory Framework Support project in Egypt, a key pillar of the EU-funded EuroMed Clusters Forward programme. The initiative, implemented by ANIMA Investment Network in partnership with Berytech, spans seven Southern Mediterranean countries–Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria–and is backed by €7m…