Egypt connects 2.2 million Upper Egypt households to natural gas network
Egypt has connected more than 2.2 million household customers in Upper Egypt to the natural gas network since 2009,…
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Egypt resumes drilling at Al Baraka oil field after 2022 halt
Egypt has resumed drilling operations at the Al Baraka oil field in Upper Egypt for the first time since 2022 as it…
Egypt cuts train speeds as heatwave raises rail safety risks
Egypt's railway authority has temporarily reduced train speeds in parts of Upper and Lower Egypt as soaring…
Egypt starts trial operations at Safaga terminal on Red Sea
Egypt launched trial operations on Tuesday at the Safaga 2 multipurpose terminal on the Red Sea, developed in…
Egypt’s Petroleum Min. approves Cooperation Petroleum, Assiut Refinery FY2026/2027 budget
Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum Karim Badawi approved on Tuesday a 1.2 billion Egyptian pounds investment budget for…
Egypt’s MSMEDA, Suez Canal Bank ink EGP500m deal for industrial, export projects
Egypt’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) signed a 500 million Egyptian pound…
Egypt to host Turathna 2025 handicrafts fair on Oct 4
Egypt will host the seventh edition of the Turathna (Our Heritage) Exhibition from Oct. 4–11 in Cairo, under the…
Egypt’s minister of housing follows up 175-bed hospital project in New Qena
Egypt’s Housing Minister Sherif El-Sherbiny said on Saturday that the ministry is finalising a new 175-bed hospital…
Egypt’s Assiut Refinery reports higher output
Assiut Petroleum Refining Company announced that it processed over 3.1 million tons of crude during the 2024/2025…
Egypt’s Suez Canal unit relaunches floating hotel Eugenie in Aswan
A Suez Canal Authority (SCA) subsidiary on Wednesday completed the overhaul and relaunch of the floating hotel MS…
Egypt’s railway authority cuts train speeds amid heatwave
Egypt’s state-owned railway operator said on Thursday it had temporarily reduced train speeds across much of its…
MSMEDA, Banque du Caire sign EGP500m microfinance contracts
MSMEDA CEO Basil Rahmy said the agreements align with directives from the political leadership to expand…
Egypt’s CAPQ trains Agri inspectors with EU support
Egypt’s Central Administration for Plant Quarantine’s (CAPQ) head Mohamed El-Mansi announced the launch of a…
Egypt eyes Qena industrial boost with major aluminium, textile projects
Egypt’s Minister of Public Business Sector Mohamed Shimi held talks on Sunday with Qena Governor Khaled Abdel Halim…
Egypt’s Sisi urges timely completion of logistics, transport projects
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Sunday stressed the need to complete all national projects according to their set…
Egypt’s MSMEDA teams up with Samsung, Vodafone, CARE to train 1m rural women
Egypt’s Medium, Small, and Micro Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) and Vodafone Egypt launched the Maaki (With…
Egypt approves $216.5m in new industrial zone projects
Egypt’s Minister of Industry and Transport Kamel El-Wazir has approved three major projects worth $216.5 million…
Egypt’s UHIS provides 27m medical services in Upper Egypt
Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance System (UHIS) has delivered more than 27 million medical and treatment services…
Egypt eyes high-tech diagnostic centres in UHIS-covered regions
Egypt Healthcare Authority head Ahmed El Sobky held talks with representatives from BIOMERIEUX Egypt and HYPHENS…
Egypt, EU launch €24mln rural development project
Egypt’s Agriculture Minister Alaa Farouk launched the first technical meeting for the Integrated Rural Development…
Three ancient rock-cut tombs discovered in Aswan
The Egyptian archaeological mission working at Qubbet El-Hawa necropolis in Aswan has uncovered three rock-cut…
Jumia opens Egypt’s largest e-commerce warehouse
Egypt's Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly inaugurated Jumia’s largest e-commerce logistics warehouse in the country,…
Egypt’s Ganope inks seismic survey deal in W. Desert
South Valley Egyptian Petroleum Holding Company (Ganope) has signed an agreement with Ardiseis Egypt Branch to…
MSMEDA allocates EGP17.4b to women-led projects in 10 years
The Medium, Small, and Micro Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) has invested 17.4 billion Egyptian pounds in…
Egypt, Maire Tecnimont review progress on nitric acid plant in Aswan – Cabinet
Egypt’s Minister of Public Business Sector Mohammed Sheemy met with officials from Italian engineering group Maire…
Egypt invests EGP32b in Upper Egypt projects
The Upper Egypt Local Development Programme (UELDP) has delivered more than EGP 32 billion in investments across…
Egypt, Netherlands explore agricultural development cooperation
The Upper Egypt Development Authority (UEDA) held a meeting with the Agricultural Attaché at the Embassy of the…
PM: Sisi taps private sector to drive Egypt’s agricultural growth plans
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has stressed the need to expand private sector participation in agriculture…
Egypt inks pact to boost sustainable development in Upper Egypt
The Upper Egypt Development Authority signed a cooperation protocol with South Valley University to promote…
Egypt establishes 2 textile cities in Minya, Fayoum
Egypt has launched two integrated textile cities in Minya and Fayoum with a combined investment exceeding E£27…
Egypt invests over EGP27b in Upper Egypt development in 7 years
Egypt has implemented 5,633 projects under the Upper Egypt Local Development Programme over the past seven years,…
Egypt expands Orange Corners to 7 governorates
Egypt is expanding the Orange Corners Egypt programme to support startups, extending its reach to seven…
PM leads key discussions to accelerate Upper Egypt’s economic transformation
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly chaired on Tuesday a high-level meeting to steer the Upper Egypt Local Development…
Upper Egypt Development Authority inks deal for agro-processing plants in Sohag, Assiut
The Upper Egypt Development Authority (UELDP) signed a protocol on Tuesday with the General Authority for the…
Upper Egypt secures 68% of Hayah Kareema allocations phase 1
Upper Egypt accounted for 68 per cent of the allocations in phase one of the Hayah Kareema (Decent Life)…
Egyptian Cabinet approves new initiative to support priority industrial sectors
The Egyptian Cabinet on Thursday approved a new initiative to support and develop priority industrial sectors. The…
Upper Egypt gets EGP 24b to boost water infrastructure in 2022-24
Upper Egypt has received a significant investment of 24 billion Egyptian pounds since 2022 to improve its water…
Egypt to establish new sugarcane seedling farm in Upper Egypt
The Upper Egypt Development Authority and Qena Governorate have signed a cooperation protocol to establish a new…
Egypt unveils EGP 30b initiative to boost industrial sectors
The Egyptian government unveiled on Sunday a new initiative providing 30 billion Egyptian pounds in financing to…
EGP 62.4b for Upper Egypt development in FY 2024/25
Egypt's investments allocated for the development of Upper Egypt's governorates amount to 62.4 billion Egyptian…