Banks Egypt approves €12m EU grant for population strategy Aya Anwar Aug 28, 2025 0 Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi approved Presidential Decree No. 131 of 2025 endorsing a financing agreement…
Featured Egypt, South Korea clinch $2.9mn deal to improve patent office – minister Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 11, 2020 0 Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation said exchanged letters have been signed with South Korea to extend a…
Money EIB backs Egypt’s Tanta-Mansoura – Damietta railway upgrade scheme Amwal Al Ghad English Feb 11, 2020 0 The European Investment Bank (EIB) has on Monday signed a cooperation agreement to provide up to €1.5 million ($1.6…
Money Egypt’s MSMEDA to ink EU €27 million grant next month mohamed Hamdy Jul 29, 2019 0 Egypt’s Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (MSMEDA) will sign by next month a €27 million…
Featured Egypt, US sign $65 mln grant for infrastructure in rural areas Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 11, 2018 0 Egypt and the United States signed a $65 million grant to support infrastructure in the country, a statement by the…
Industry & Trade Siemens announces largest ever software grant in Egypt to support education aya salah Feb 20, 2018 0 Siemens announced its largest ever software grant in Egypt. The USD$120 million industrial digitalization software…
Financial Institutions Abu Dhabi fund grants $1 billion for Egyptian projects Yomna Yasser Jul 24, 2017 0 The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has provided a total of Dh4 billion ($1.08 billion) worth of grants and…
Financial Institutions Egypt signs EU €10 million grant for women empowerment Yomna Yasser Apr 11, 2017 0 Egypt has signed Tuesday a European Union €10 million ($10.6 million) grant agreement to support women empowerment…
Financial Institutions China, Egypt sign $71 million grant deal Yomna Yasser Mar 20, 2017 0 Egypt and China have signed Monday a grant of $71 million to establish an Egyptian satellite and training centre…
Banks Egypt seals deal with AfDB to restructure state’s social lender Yomna Yasser Feb 11, 2017 0 Egypt's International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr signed on Thursday a grant deal with the African Development…
Industry & Trade Egypt grants licences for 182 new projects in October: Minister Qabil Noha Gad Nov 20, 2016 0 Egyptian industry ministry granted final approvals for 182 new industrial projects in October 2016 with investment…
Banks Banque Misr finances 419,000 clients working in micro-enterprises, SMEs Noha Gad Nov 20, 2016 0 Banque Misr granted a number of loans worth 3.8 billion Egyptian pounds for 419,000 clients who are working in…
Industry & Trade Parliament grants Egypt’s IDA full authority to supervise industrial land plots Noha Gad Nov 2, 2016 0 The Egyptian parliament granted state's Industrial Development Authority (IDA) the full authority to supervise land…
Industry & Trade IDA grants approvals for 150 new projects in September- Egypt’s minister Noha Gad Oct 20, 2016 0 Egyptian Industrial Development Authority (IDA) granted licences for 150 new projects with investment cost…
Banks World Bank offers $500m for Upper Egypt development Noha Gad Oct 1, 2016 0 A new $500 million World Bank loan will help create jobs in Upper Egypt by enhancing the business climate and…
Tech news Apple CEO Tim Cook cashes in on $36 million in previously restricted stock Ghada Ismail Aug 30, 2016 0 Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook this week reaped the biggest chunk so far of the mega-stock grant he received…
Banks Cairo governorate negotiating $570,000 grant from World Bank Yomna Yasser Aug 27, 2016 0 Cairo governorate is negotiating a $570,000 grant from the World Bank to improve services provided for public…
Industry & Trade 144 industrial projects got approvals in July 2016: Egypt’s minister Noha Gad Aug 20, 2016 0 Egypt's Industrial Development Authority (IDA) granted 144 final approvals to establish new projects inside and…
Egypt News Sisi approves amending EGPC- Apache oil exploration agreement Noha Gad Aug 9, 2016 0 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a decree Monday granting petroleum ministry the permission to amend…
Industry & Trade Italy grants Egypt’s CAPMAS 190 tablets for 2016 census Noha Gad Aug 7, 2016 0 Italian Development Cooperation Office granted 190 tablets worth more than 1.7 million Egyptian pounds (US$191,487…
Industry & Trade Japan grants $135mn to upgrade Egypt’s Damietta power sector Noha Gad Aug 6, 2016 0 Japanese government granted 1.2 billion Egyptian pounds (US$135 million) to upgrade Automatic Power Control system…
Financial Institutions Egypt signs $18 mln JICA grant for Egypt-Japan Technology University Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2016 0 Egypt has signed Tuesday exchange of letters for a $18 million grant with the Japanese Agency for Development…
Industry & Trade 1,306 new projects granted approvals in H1 2016: Egypt’s industry minister Noha Gad Jul 25, 2016 0 Egyptian industry ministry granted licences for 1,306 new projects inside and outside industrial zones during the…
Industry & Trade 90 investors granted $260mn-expansion licences in May – Egypt’s minister Noha Gad Jun 25, 2016 0 Egyptian Industrial Development Authority (IDA) granted approvals for 90 investors to expand their industrial…
Egypt News EU discussing €370 mln grants for Egypt budget support scheme Yomna Yasser Jun 21, 2016 0 Egypt is discussing with the European Union current cooperation portfolio including budget support programme with…
Egypt News Egypt inks $23.5 mln grants with Canada Yomna Yasser Jun 16, 2016 0 Egypt has signed Thursday three grants worth C$30.6 million (US$23.5 million) with Canada to finance technical…
Egypt News Egypt, Germany ink two-year cooperation agreement worth €153 million Yomna Yasser Jun 4, 2016 0 Egypt has signed Friday the 2016-2018 cooperation agreement totalling €153 million (around $174 million) with…
Egypt News Egypt, Germany sign €112 million SME financing agreements Yomna Yasser May 29, 2016 0 Egypt has just signed on Sunday two financing agreements worth €112 million ($124.5 million) with Germany to boost…
Banks Egypt signs $850k AfDB sanitation grants Yomna Yasser May 25, 2016 0 Egypt has signed Wednesday two grants totalling $850,000 with the African Development Bank (AfDB) in favour of the…
Financial Institutions Egypt’s SFD allocates €15 million French funding to upgrade six informal areas Yomna Yasser May 25, 2016 0 Funds from the French Development Agency (AFD) will be allocated to help Egypt develop six informal areas…
Real Estate Egyptian Resorts denies granting Pyramisa Sahl Hashesh land aya salah May 18, 2016 0 Egyptian for Tourism Resorts (EGTS) denied what was published in newspapers concerning “the company promises to…
International News EU set to take forward visas for Turks in migrant deal Ghada Ismail May 1, 2016 0 Despite deep public misgivings in some countries, the European Union will this week drive forward a plan to grant…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s IDA grants licences for new 235 projects in March 2016 Noha Gad Apr 16, 2016 0 Egyptian Industrial Development Authority (IDA) granted approvals for establishing 235 new projects inside and…
Financial Institutions Sisi endorses French Development Agency’s €15mn grant for Egypt slum project Yomna Yasser Apr 14, 2016 0 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has endorsed Thursday a €15 million grant from French Development Agency…
Banks World Bank grants $5mn to ease regulatory environment for investors in Egypt Yomna Yasser Mar 29, 2016 0 Egypt has signed Tuesday World Bank Group’s $5 million grant to support Equal Access and Simplified Environment for…
Financial Institutions IFAD loans Egypt $70mn for agriculture projects Yomna Yasser Mar 26, 2016 0 The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is financing Egypt’s Sustainable Agriculture Investment…
Industry & Trade 268 new industrial facilities received Egypt’s IDA approval in Feb Noha Gad Mar 13, 2016 0 The Egyptian Industrial Development Authority (IDA) has granted approvals to establish 268 new industrial…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s IDA grants 69 expansion approvals worth $613mn in February Noha Gad Mar 12, 2016 0 Egyptian Industrial Development Authority (IDA) granted expansion approvals for 69 projects in February 2016 with…
Egypt News Saudi Arabia grants $200 million for Egyptian youth-led SME projects Yomna Yasser Jan 24, 2016 0 Egypt has signed Sunday a US$200 million grant from Saudi Arabia to finance small and medium-sized enterprises…
Banks World Bank grants $125mn-first tranche to Egypt’s Social Housing soon Noha Gad Dec 28, 2015 0 Egyptian housing ministry has finished negotiations with the World Bank over a US$500 million-loan for Social…