News Fine Hygienic donates products to hospitals in Egypt amid coronavirus Amwal Al Ghad English Apr 25, 2020 0 In support of the Egyptian government’s efforts to combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), and as a…
Featured Saudi Arabia reveals 4 main conditions for Egyptian products Hesham Ibrahim Mar 6, 2019 0 Hussein Mansour, head of National Food Safety Authority FSA, told Amwal Al Ghad that Saudi Arabia has revealed…
Industry & Trade Egypt to host its first clothing franchise fair in March Amwal Al Ghad English Jan 22, 2019 0 An exhibition of clothing franchise will be held for the first time in Egypt on March 1-3. The event will be held…
Editors' Picks Egypt to work with WHO to combat illicit tobacco trade Amwal Al Ghad English Nov 29, 2018 0 Egypt's Cabinet approved on Wednesday measures that go in line with the World Health Organisation's (WHO) protocol…
Editors' Picks Belarus-Egypt 2018 trade likely to reach $100 mln Amwal Al Ghad English Nov 28, 2018 0 Belarus expects trade with Egypt to reach $100 million in 2018. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of…
Featured Egyptian textile exports rise 10% in nine months Amwal Al Ghad English Nov 20, 2018 0 Egypt's textile exports increased 10 percent to $678 million during the January-September 2018 period from $614…
Editors' Picks Egypt’s leather exports fall 10% in nine months Amwal Al Ghad English Nov 13, 2018 0 Egypt’s leather exports and its products decreased by ten percent during the January-September 2018 period,…
Featured Egypt’s oil exports fall 5.5% in seven months Amwal Al Ghad English Oct 17, 2018 0 Egypt’s oil exports dipped 5.5 percent during the first seven months of 2018, recording $1.35 billion, compared to…
Featured Egypt’s first smartphone maker targets expansion in Africa Amwal Al Ghad English Oct 10, 2018 0 Egypt's first smartphone maker is looking to enter the broader African market at the end of the current year or…
Featured Egypt’s SICO starts exporting smartphones to UAE nada nasser May 15, 2018 0 Egypt-based SICO Technology has recently started to export its domestically-manufactured mobile phones to the UAE.
Industry & Trade Saudi Arabia lifts ban on imports of Egyptian strawberry, pepper Yomna Yasser Apr 5, 2018 0 The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) lifted the ban on imports of Egyptian strawberries and peppers to Saudi…
Industry & Trade Custom duties on cars, buses add 772 mln pounds to Egypt’s coffers Yomna Yasser Feb 4, 2018 0 Total custom duties and the value added tax, among other duties, collected on cars, buses, and their spare parts in…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s plastic sector investments hit $5 billion: EPEMA Yomna Yasser Jan 21, 2018 0 The investments of Egypt’s plastic sector reached around $5 billion, said Hamed Moussa, chairman of Egyptian…
Industry & Trade 3 Egyptian firms to produce 14.5mn tonnes of petroleum products in FY2018/19 Yomna Yasser Jan 15, 2018 0 Egypt's three state-owned petroleum companies, namely Alexandria Petroleum Company, Assiut Oil Refining (ASORC) and…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s foreign trade rises 2.7% in October 2017: CAMPAS Yomna Yasser Jan 13, 2018 0 The value of Egypt’s foreign trade rose by 2.7 percent, reaching around $7.7 billion in October 2017 from $7.45…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s fuel imports rise to $600 mln in Sept. 2017: CAPMAS Yomna Yasser Jan 7, 2018 0 The total value of Egypt’s fuel imports rose to $601 million during September 2017 from $476 million during the…
Tech news Egypt sees 22% growth in online shopping in 2016 Yomna Yasser Dec 24, 2017 0 Online shopping is gaining widespread popularity in Egypt given the variety of online shopping websites that offer…
Industry & Trade Egyptian petroleum exports surge by 16.8% in Q1 of FY2017/18 Yomna Yasser Dec 11, 2017 0 Egypt’s exports of crude oil and petroleum products increased 16.8 percent during the first quarter of financial…
Industry & Trade Agriculture investment opportunities in COMESA are big: Egypt’s minister Yomna Yasser Dec 9, 2017 0 There are big investment opportunities in agriculture in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa’s…
Industry & Trade Tax revenues hit 55.9bn Egyptian pounds in two months of FY2017/18 Yomna Yasser Nov 30, 2017 0 Egyptian Tax Authority has collected 55.9 billion Egyptian pounds in revenues during the first two months of…
Entertainment Egypt’s White Friday: more discounts, less buyers Yomna Yasser Nov 26, 2017 0 This year’s White Friday seems to be attracting fewer shoppers. White Friday is an annual shopping event, where…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s president approves bill raising taxes on cigarettes Yomna Yasser Nov 25, 2017 0 Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified on Thursday amendments to the Value Added Tax (VAT) law that raise…
Industry & Trade Cigarette prices won’t be raised until Egypt’s president ratifies tax bill Yomna Yasser Nov 23, 2017 0 Egypt's cigarette producer Eastern Company said on Wednesday that it will not raise the price of cigarettes until…
Industry & Trade Egypt lining up to reduce inflation to 13% at end-2018: CBE chief Yomna Yasser Nov 15, 2017 0 Tarek Amer, Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), stated on Monday that the country is taking active…
Tech news Amazon cuts prices of products from third-party sellers to draw sales Yomna Yasser Nov 6, 2017 0 Amazon.com is cutting prices of products from third-party sellers on its website, moving beyond its more typical…
Tech news Apple sees strong holiday sales, smooth sailing for iPhone X Yomna Yasser Nov 4, 2017 0 Apple Inc on Thursday reported better-than-expected earnings and offered a rosy forecast for the holiday shopping…
Industry & Trade Egypt launches largest trade exhibition for Chinese investors Yomna Yasser Oct 25, 2017 0 Egypt has launched Tuesday the largest trade fair for Chinese investors, as Chinese companies in Egypt showcased…
Tech news Google is essentially building an anti-Amazon alliance, and Target is the latest to join Yomna Yasser Oct 14, 2017 0 Google and the country's biggest brick-and-mortar retailers have one main problem in common: Amazon. Now both sides…
Tech news Facebook pushes ad overhaul before 2018 U.S. election: executive Yomna Yasser Oct 12, 2017 0 Facebook Inc has begun overhauling how it handles political ads on its platform and may put some changes in place…
Tech news Amazon is exploring ways to deliver items for car trunk and homes Yomna Yasser Oct 11, 2017 0 Amazon has almost perfected speedy delivery to your home. Now the company is working to make sure your packages…
Arab Saudi outperforms but insurer MedGulf hit by regulator warning Yomna Yasser Oct 4, 2017 0 The banking sector helped the Saudi Arabian stock index outperform the region in early trade on Wednesday, but…
forex news US crude rises 12% in third quarter, settling at $51.67, as demand forecasts improve Yomna Yasser Sep 30, 2017 0 Oil prices traded roughly flat on Friday on weekend profit taking following a rally in prices around geopolitical…
Tech news Google agrees to buy part of HTC for $1.1 billion, boosting its hardware business Yomna Yasser Sep 21, 2017 0 Alphabet subsidiary Google announced on Thursday that it signed a $1.1 billion cooperation agreement with Taiwanese…
International News Trump administration orders purge of Kaspersky products from US government Yomna Yasser Sep 14, 2017 0 Trump's administration on Wednesday told U.S. government agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products from their…
forex news Oil prices mixed as US stockpile rise takes shine off OPEC higher demand view Yomna Yasser Sep 13, 2017 0 Oil prices were mixed on Wednesday, dampened by reports of rising U.S. crude stockpiles but retaining some of the…
Industry & Trade Alexandria Petroleum’s output hits 33.9bn Egyptian pounds in FY2016/17 Yomna Yasser Sep 12, 2017 0 Egyptian state-run Alexandria Petroleum Company's output reached 33.9 billion Egyptian pounds ($1.9 billion)…
Tech news Lenovo exec explains why marketing is now so crucial for the company Yomna Yasser Sep 11, 2017 0 How does a business full of brilliant engineers sell products in a human rather than a geeky way, in a manner…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s Cosmetics exports fall 30% in H1 Yomna Yasser Aug 24, 2017 0 Egyptian cosmetics exports fell by 30 percent to $69 million during the first half of 2017 from $98 million during…
Industry & Trade Egypt linning up for reversing bans on agricultural exports Yomna Yasser Aug 9, 2017 0 Egypt is looking to reverse a series of bans on its agricultural products that has hit one of its most promising…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s Misr Petroleum reports 10% fall in 92-octane gasoline sales Yomna Yasser Aug 7, 2017 0 Egypt's sales of 92-octane gasoline fell by ten percent by during July 2017, the chairman of the country's…