Mortgage finance in Egypt accounts for just 0.3% of GDP: Qastali

Egypt’s mortgage finance sector remains severely underdeveloped, accounting for only 0.3% of gross domestic product, compared with around 41% in markets such as Morocco and South Africa and nearly 50% in the United States, according to Ihab Omar, Managing Director and CEO of Qastali Mortgage Finance. In an interview with…

Introducing the Winners of the TikTok Awards MENA 2025

Cairo, Egypt, 9th January 2026:  Last night, TikTok hosted its annual TikTok Awards MENA at The Gate, DIFC, to celebrate the region’s most remarkable creators and their standout impact in 2025. Held for the first time in partnership with the 1 Billion Followers Summit, the world’s largest event dedicated to…

PM inspects 5 healthcare projects worth over LE25 bln

CAIRO, Jan 10 (MENA) – Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly Saturday inspected five healthcare projects with a total investment cost surpassing LE 25 billion. In a press conference following field visits to healthcare facilities in Cairo and Giza governorates, Madbouly said that the visit underscores that health and education remain top…