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COSCO container ship makes first Suez Canal transit since Red Sea tensions
Egypt’s Suez Canal witnessed the first transit of the giant container ship OOCL PORTUGAL on Wednesday. The vessel,…
EGAS identifies 16 gas exploration prospects targeting 6 Tcf resources
State-run Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) announced Wednesday that it had identified 16 new gas…
EGAS targets 330MMcf/d gas production increase in 2026
Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) is targeting an additional 330 million cubic feet per day (mmcf/d) of…
Egypt launches Sokhna cargo terminal trial
Egypt started trial operations on Tuesday at the first phase of the general cargo and bulk terminal at Sokhna Port,…
Egypt’s digital exports reach $7.4bn in 2025
Egypt’s digital exports rose to $7.4 billion in 2025 from $6.9 billion in 2024, while outsourcing services exports…
Egypt’s food exports hit 230,000 tons in one week – NFSA
Egypt exported around 230,000 tons of food products in 3,700 consignments during the week ended 11 September, the…
Egypt signs deal with China’s CATL to build EV battery plant
Egypt has signed a contract with Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) to establish a…
Egypt studies new inlet for Lake Burullus to improve water quality
Egypt is studying the possibility of creating a new inlet connecting Lake Burullus to the Mediterranean Sea to help…
Egypt’s Sisi highlights global cooperation at BRICS Summit
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi participated on Sunday in the open session and working lunch for leaders of…
Egypt, FAO sign two MoUs on South Sinai development, olive sector
Egypt and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) signed two memoranda of understanding…
East Port Said’s transit traffic rises 41.1% in 2025/26
Transit container traffic at Egypt's East Port Said rose 41.1% in the 2025/26 fiscal year to 5.5 million…
West Port Said’s transit traffic jumps 301.7% in 2025/26
Transit container traffic at Egypt's West Port Said rose 301.7 per cent in the 2025/26 fiscal year to 207,500…
Digital Egypt named Digital@UNGA finalist
Egypt’s Digital Egypt platform has been selected as a finalist for the Digital@UNGA Awards, out of more than 1,500…
Egypt’s central bank warns of InstaPay scams targeting users
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on Thursday warned users of InstaPay, the country's instant payments platform,…
Egypt launches $1bn data centre project, first sovereign AI facility
Egypt launched a strategic partnership between Vodafone Business, Elsewedy Electric, and Cassava Technologies to…
Kekkilä-BVB plans growing-media factory in Egypt’s SCZONE
European agricultural growing-media maker Kekkilä-BVB plans to establish a factory in Egypt's Suez Canal Economic…
Egypt’s non-oil trade deficit widens 11% in H1 2026
Egypt's non-oil trade deficit excluding gold widened 11 per cent year-on-year to about $20.8 billion in the first…
Egypt’s sovereign fund launches industrial investment sub-fund
The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) launched an industrial investment sub-fund on Tuesday with paid-up capital of…
Egypt sees 20% rise in new company formations in H1 2026
The number of newly established companies in Egypt rose about 20 per cent year-on-year to 26,500 in the first half…
Egypt announces fast-track investment system at AIM Congress 2026
Egypt has introduced a “Fast-Track” system to speed up licensing and utilities procedures for investment and…
Egypt, Saudi Arabia discuss first joint satellite project
Egypt and Saudi Arabia discussed an implementation plan for their first joint satellite project at a meeting in El…
Egypt’s gas system meets record summer demand – minister
Egypt’s natural gas supply system successfully met the needs of power plants and industrial facilities during the…
Egypt, France seek to accelerate Alstom industrial complex
Egypt and France agreed to accelerate work on an Alstom industrial complex in Egypt, including a second factory…
SCZONE lighting factory matches products once made in Germany, Madbouly says
A lighting products factory in Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) has reached a production level comparable…
Egypt’s trade deficit hits $7.5 bln in June – CAPMAS
Egypt's trade deficit widened 58.5 per cent year-on-year to $7.5 billion in June as imports rose faster than…
SCZONE is about jobs, not just projects, Egypt PM says
Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly said the focus of new industrial projects in the Suez Canal Economic Zone…
Egypt’s SCZONE factories have 40%-95% local content – PM
New factories in Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) have local content ranging from 40 per cent to as much…
Egypt to accelerate SCZONE infrastructure projects as demand rises – PM
Egypt will accelerate infrastructure projects in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) to meet rising investor…
Egypt’s SCZONE has 212 operating factories – PM
Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) has 212 operating factories, more than three times the number it had four…
Egypt’s PM opens $4m VIVATURF factory in SCZONE
Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly today inaugurated the VIVATURF Artificial Grass Egypt factory in the…
Egypt’s PM opens Na Trans Egypt fertiliser factory in Sokhna
Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly inaugurated the Na Trans Egypt (NTE) Fertilisers and Chemicals factory…
Egypt’a PM opens Beixin Taishan factory in Sokhna
Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly inaugurated the Beixin Taishan Egyptian Building Materials Technology…
Egypt’s PM opens first phase of $20m D.Doors factory in Sokhna Industrial Zone
Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of the D.Doors factory in the…
Egypt’s General Petroleum records 12 oil discoveries in FY 2025/2026
Egypt’s General Petroleum Company (EGPC) recorded a record 12 oil discoveries during FY 2025/2026, its highest…
Egypt’s oil firms post key FY2025/2026 figures
Egypt’s Petroleum Pipelines Company transported more than 8.2 billion tonne-km of crude oil and petroleum products…
Egypt’s food exports hit 210,000 tons in one week – NFSA
Egypt exported around 210,000 tons of food products in about 5,000 shipments to 162 countries between 29 Aug. and 4…
Egypt’s PM inaugurates 9 SCZONE projects
Egypt's Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly began a tour of the integrated Sokhna Industrial Zone on Sunday to…
Egypt, China’s Jiangsu Changyun sign MoU for automotive manufacturing platform
Egypt signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese machinery maker Jiangsu Changyun Intelligent Technology…
Egypt’s Suez Canal grows 33.8% in Q4
Egypt’s Suez Canal activity grew by 33.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025/2026 and 23.3 per cent…
Egypt’s petroleum refining sector grows 22.4% in Q4 2025/26
Egypt's petroleum refining sector grew 22.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025/26 and 8.7 per cent…