Egypt looks for gold tenders success as two companies won’t bid
Egypt is looking for international gold mining companies to participate in its first exploration tender since 2009…
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Egypt’s imports from China reach $3.6bn in ten months
Egypt's imports from China rose during the first ten months of 2016 by 9.2 percent to 67.9 billion Egyptian pounds…
Egypt’s Qabil to head 1st promotional mission to Kenya in mid-Feb
Egyptian Trade Minister Tarek Qabil is set to head first promotional mission that would visit Kenya by the middle…
Egypt’s economic growth rate up to 3.4% in Q1 of 2016/17
Egypt's economic growth rate registered 3.4 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter of…
HMD Global launches first Nokia smartphone
HMD Global, the Finnish company that owns the rights to use Nokia's brand on mobile phones, announced on Sunday its…
Egypt’s fuel exports record $901mn in nine months
Egyptian exports of fuel sagged 22.6 percent during January-September 2016 to 16.2 billion Egyptian pounds (around…
Egypt’s bill of importing fuel drops 54.2% in nine months: CAPMAS
Egypt's bill of importing fuel declined by 54.2 percent in January-September 2016 to 30.1 billion pounds (US$1.6…
TDA: 6,000 touristic units built in Egypt with $66m during Jan-Sept 2016
The total number of touristic rooms and units established on lands owned by Egyptian Tourism Development Authority…
1.2M Arab tourists visited Egypt in nine months: Minister Rashed
The total number of Arab tourists who visited Egypt within the first nine months of 2016 recorded 1.2 million,…
Egypt’s FDI up 36% in Q1 – CBE
Net foreign direct investments (FDI) in Egypt increased by 36% in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2016-2017,…
BoP registers surplus of $1.9 billion in Q1 2016/17: CBE
Egypt's overall balance of payments (BoP) registered a surplus of $1.9 billion in the first quarter of the current…
German imports to Egypt rise 8.4% in eight months
Egypt's imports from Germany rose by 6.6 percent during the first eight months of 2016 to 31 billion Egyptian…
Egypt’s exports to UAE leap 176.5pct in eight months
Egyptian exports to the United Arab Emirates leapt by 176.5 percent during the first eight months of 2016. In…
Chinese imports to Egypt hit $2.6bn in 8 months
Egypt's imports from China rose by 0.4 percent in January-August 2016, representing 13.4 percent of state's total…
Russian experts to inspect Egyptian airports for final assessment in H1 2017
Russian aviation experts may visit Egypt for security checks at Egyptian airports in the first half of 2017,…
EgyptAir cargo service flies to Moscow for first time since Russian plane crash
EgyptAir cargo service flight flew to Moscow for the first time since the downing of a Russian airliner in Egypt,…
EJB joins Egyptian-Ukrainian business forum for first time in 10 yrs
A mission from Egypt's Junior Business Association (EJB) participated in the Egyptian-Ukrainian business forum for…
Works at Damietta Furniture City phase I starts with cost of $5M: governor
Works at the first phase of Damietta Furniture City project are set to start in December 2016 with total cost…
Egypt’s Sisi attends first follow-up meeting to annual National Youth Conference
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi attended on Saturday the first follow-up meeting in Cairo to October's first…
First YouTube NextUp Creator Camp wraps up in Jordan
The video-sharing giant, YouTube, hosted the first YouTube NextUp creator camp in the Middle East this week. Held…
Khalda Petroleum cuts cost of oil produced from Apache concession to $4.5/barrel
Khalda Petroleum Company has reduced the cost of oil produced from the Apache concession area in the western desert…
Higher Press Council boycotts discussion of new media laws in parliament
Board members of Egypt's Higher Press Council and the Press Syndicate decided Sunday to boycott the Egyptian…
Turkey-Egypt trade balance deficit drops 25%: minister
The deficit in Egypt-Turkey trade balance dropped by 25.5 percent in January-September 2016 to US$996.6 million…
Italian imports to Egypt reach €2bn in 8 months: embassy
The total volume of Egypt's imports from Italy rose by 3 percent to €2 billion in January-August 2016. Head of…
Egypt’s ceramic, sanitary ware exports record $172mn in 9 months
Egypt's total exports of ceramic and sanitary wares declined by 28.6 percent in January-September 2016 to around…
Telecoms minister inaugurates Borg El-Arab, Assiut tech parks at Cairo ICT 2016
As per Egyptian President al-Sisi’s directives, Minister of Communications Yasser El-Kady has inaugurated Sunday…
Egypt among first states in Middle East, Africa to recognise Georgia
New Georgian ambassador to Egypt Alexander Nalbandov stated that Egypt played an important role in supporting…
Shaghalni.com to launch first recruitment forum in Egypt
Shaghalni.com, a job recruitment platform for the skilled and blue-collar job seekers, revealed on November…
Egypt to export grapes to China for first time
Egyptian Agriculture Export Council (AEC) signed a protocol with China on Tuesday to export grapes to Chinese…
Damietta Furniture City phase I to cost $62.7m
The Board of Directors (BoD) of Damietta Furniture City Company approved Saturday the estimate cost of the first…
Glass exports rise 3%, hit $96M in eight months- Egyptian Council
Egyptian exports of glass products rose by 3 percent in January-August 2016 to US$96.14 million compared to US$93.4…
Egypt’s detergents exports leap by 57% in 8 months
Egypt's exports of detergents and soap leapt by 57 percent during the first eight months of 2016 to record…
Damietta Furniture City phase I to be finished in 9 months: official
Egypt's Ministry of Industry is scheduled to finish the first phase of Damietta Furniture City within upcoming nine…
Egypt invites gold miners to explore for first time since 2009
Egypt will invite international gold mining companies to explore for the precious metal in the North African…
Egypt ceramic maker Royal to launch new plant in Obour in Q1 2017
Egyptian ceramic manufacturer Royal Company for Ceramics Industry targets launching its new factory in 1st…
Destination Africa fair for textiles kicks off in Egypt tomorrow
Egyptian Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Qabil is set to inaugurate the first round of Destination Africa…
Brazilian meat exports to Arab states hit $2.76b in nine months
The total volume of Brazilian exports of beef to Arab states recorded US$2.76 billion during the first nine months…
Budget deficit lowered 2.4% in Q1 of Egypt’s FY2016/17
Egypt's budget deficit in the first quarter of 2016/17 narrowed to 2.4 percent from 2.8 percent in the same period…
Iranian foreign minister is first to meet Lebanon’s Aoun
Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday became the first foreign minister to meet Lebanon's new president,…
Beef, cattle seven-month imports record $684mn- Egypt’s CAPMAS
Egyptian imports of beef and cattle rose by 2.4 percent during the first seven months of 2016 to 8.9 billion…