Day: July 19, 2026

Harrisburg Business Institute expands online executive programmes to meet growing demand for practical professional skills Investment in executive education and professional development is gaining momentum across the Middle East as organisations increasingly prioritise workforce upskilling to meet the demands of the digital economy and rapidly evolving labour markets. Industry estimates…

Egypt’s diagnostics brand Al Mokhtabar has launched the Middle East and Africa’s first FLEXLAB-X total lab automation track from Siemens Healthineers at its central Mega Lab facility, enabling the processing of up to 30,000 samples per day. The new system has reduced the average turnaround time for test results to…

Egypt’s General Authority for Healthcare (GAH) and Serbia have agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen bilateral cooperation in healthcare, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical tourism and healthcare capacity building. The agreement was announced during a meeting between Ahmed El-Sobky, Chairperson of the General Authority…

The Developing Eight (D-8) has launched the Istanbul Initiative for Climate Action and Sustainable Development and called for mobilising at least $1.3trn annually in climate finance for developing countries by 2035, Egypt’s Minister of Local Development and Environment, Manal Awad, said on Sunday. The initiative was announced through the Istanbul…

Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said fluctuations in water releases resulting from Ethiopia’s unilateral operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) require continuous updates to the operating plans of Egypt’s dams and water infrastructure. The assessment came during a meeting of the Permanent Committee for Nile River…

Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Mohamed Farid, met with senior executives from Procter & Gamble (P&G) to discuss the company’s existing investments in Egypt and plans to expand local manufacturing while increasing exports to Gulf and African markets. The meeting forms part of the ministry’s strategy to enhance…

Seven Egyptian investors have signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to secure industrial land for new manufacturing facilities at Elsewedy Industrial City in Tanzania, on the sidelines of the presidential summit between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan. The agreements were signed during the Egyptian-Tanzanian Business…