Egypt declares 23 July Revolution anniversary holiday for private sector
Egypt's Minister of Labour Hassan Raddad announced that Thursday, 23 July 2026, will be an official paid holiday…
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Oil prices rise on Tuesday
Oil prices rose more than 1 per cent on Tuesday as uncertainty over a potential US-Iran nuclear deal outweighed the…
Egypt’s non oil private sector contracts in June – PMI
Egypt's non-oil private sector contracted at its fastest pace since January 2023 in June, with the S&P Global…
Egypt’s non-oil private sector contracts in May – PMI
ypt’s non-oil private sector remained in contraction in May, with the S&P Global Egypt PMI rising to 47.1 from…
Egypt disburses EGP2.538b in worker assistance across 3,999 establishments
Egypt’s Emergency Workers’ Relief Fund disbursed 2.538 billion Egyptian pounds in assistance to workers across…
Egypt’s unemployment falls to 6.0% in Q1 2026 – CAPMAS
Egypt’s unemployment rate fell to 6.0 per cent in the first quarter of 2026 from 6.2 per cent in the previous…
Egypt, Cisco launch new initiative to train 1 million youths in digital skills
Egypt launched a programme with Cisco on Thursday to provide one million internationally recognised digital…
URGENT: Egypt’s unemployment rate falls to 6.3% in 2025 – CAPMAS
Egypt’s unemployment rate fell to 6.3 per cent in 2025, down from 6.6 per cent in 2024, a decline of 0.3 percentage…
Egypt’s Prime Minister inaugurates 9 projects in SCZONE with $6.5b investments
Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly inaugurated nine industrial projects in the Sokhna Industrial Zone on…
Egypt’s non-oil private sector contracts in Feb – PMI
Egypt's non-oil private sector contracted in February 2026 as business activity and demand eased for the first time…
Cairo, MSMEDA sign EU, AFD-backed funding deal to boost Al-Zawya Al-Hamra infrastructure
Egypt’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) and the Cairo Governorate signed a…
Egypt’s non-oil private sector activity rises for 3rd month in Jan, demand eases –…
Egypt’s non-oil private sector saw output rise for the third consecutive month in January 2026, extending the…
Egypt’s non-oil private sector expands for second month – PMI
Egypt posted a 50.2 reading in December 2025 on the headline seasonally adjusted S&P Global Egypt Purchasing…
US Fed cuts interest rate to 3.5–3.75%
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered its benchmark interest rate by 1/4 percentage point to 3-1/2 to 3‑3/4…
Egypt non-oil sector expands at 5-year high
Egypt’s non-oil private sector recorded its strongest expansion in five years in November 2025, driven by rising…
UREGENT: Egypt’s unemployment hits 6.4% in Q3 – CAPMAS
Egypt’s unemployment rate rose to 6.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, 0.3 percentage points higher from the…
Egypt’s Emergency Workers’ Relief Fund pays out EGP 2.4b to 441k workers since 2002
Egypt’s Workers’ Emergency Relief Fund has disbursed 2.379 billion Egyptian pounds to support 441,000 workers…
Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority inks $2b petrochemical complex deal in Ain Sokhna
Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA) signed a strategic partnership with Anchorage Investments on Wednesday to build…
Egypt enhances labour cooperation with Ismailia Governorate
Egypt’s Labour Minister Mohamed Gobran met with Ismailia Governor Akram Mohamed Galal on Tuesday to expand…
Egypt hands out 100 private-sector job contracts to people of determination
Egypt’s Labour Minister Mohamed Gebran and Cairo Governor Ibrahim Saber on Thursday oversaw the handover of 100…
US Federal Reserve cuts interest rate by quarter point
The US Federal Reserve lowered its target range for the federal funds rate by 1/4 per cent to 4 to 4‑1/4 per cent…
UK service sector sees strongest growth in 16 months
The UK service sector recorded a solid upturn in August, with the S&P Global UK Services PMI Business Activity…
Russia’s services sector stabilises in August, PMI shows
Activity in Russia’s services sector stabilised in August after two months of decline, with firms increasing hiring…
Russia’s private sector downturn eases in August – PMI
Russia’s private sector contraction slowed in August, with the S&P Global Composite PMI Output Index rising to…
Eurozone private sector activity hits one-year high in August – PMI
Eurozone private sector activity expanded at its fastest pace in a year in August, though overall growth remained…
Eurozone services sector under pressure, exports fall
Eurozone services activity grew only marginally in August as demand stalled and overseas orders fell sharply, the…
S. Arabia’s non-oil private sector growth remains robust in August – PMI
Saudi Arabia’s non-oil private sector saw another solid improvement in August, with the Riyad Bank Purchasing…
Egypt’s non-oil private sector activity dips in August, cost pressure ease – PMI
Egypt’s non-oil private sector contracted for a sixth straight month in August, as weak demand continued to weigh…
UK factory output decline extends in August – PMI
The UK manufacturing sector contracted further in August, with output falling for the tenth consecutive month amid…
Egypt prepares to launch National Economic Development Narrative
Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly met with Minister of Planning, Rania Al-Mashat, to review preparations for…
Egypt’s Labour Min. inaugurates Nassar Group technical school
Egypt’s Minister of Labour Mohamed Gobran and Qalyubia Governor Ayman Attia on Tuesday inaugurated the Nassar Group…
Egypt’s Labour Min. discusses vocational training, workers’ rights in Qalyubia
Egypt’s Labour Minister Mohamed Gobran and Qalyubia Governor Ayman Attia have met with investors in the governorate…
Egypt, Kuwait agree to boost labour cooperation
Egypt's Minister of Labour Mohamed Gabr met with the incoming Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait, Mohamed Gaber Abu…
Egypt’s Labour Minister chairs meeting on new Labour Law
Egypt’s Minister of Labour Mohamed Gobran chaired on Sunday a meeting of the Supreme Council for Social Dialogue…
S&P Global: Eurozone business activity hits 15-m high in August
Eurozone business activity grew at the fastest pace in 15 months in August, supported by a rebound in new orders,…
Egypt’s unemployment rate falls in Q2 ’25 – CAPMAS
Egypt’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.1 per cent in the second quarter (April–June) of 2025, down 0.2 percentage…
Egypt’s digital outsourcing exports triple in 3 years
Egypt’s digital outsourcing sector has expanded sharply, with the number of companies exporting digital services…
Egypt invests EGP 91.8m in vocational training over past year
Egypt’s Training and Qualification Fund, chaired by Labour Minister Mohamed Gobran, spent EGP 91.845m between 1…
Egypt’s non-oil private sector contracts in July ’25 – PMI
Egypt’s non-oil private sector continued to contract in July, though at a softer pace than in June, as the headline…
Eurozone growth remains tepid in July, PMI shows
The eurozone economy extended its modest growth streak into a seventh month in July, as services activity picked up…