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Egyptian pomegranates coming soon
Egyptian pomegranates arrive on the market in late July/early August, with an expected increase in volumes, according to Amr Kadah, export manager at Fruit.Farm. The exporter says, "We will start the season's harvest with the Early 116 variety,...

Egypt Signs $100 Million Sustainability-Linked Deal with EBRD, Banque Misr
Thu 10 Jul 2025 | 10:27 PM Egypt’s Ministry of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation announced a landmark agreement between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Banque Misr, marking Egypt’s...

Egypt, China Forge Deeper Strategic Collaboration
(MENAFN) Egypt and China pledged on Thursday to deepen collaboration across multiple sectors as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hosted Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Cairo for high-level discussions aimed at strengthening bilateral relations. The...

‘I had a home, apartment, career’ … the Guardian’s Gaza diarist on the life he lost – and his journey into exile
On the morning of 7 October 2023, the author of the Guardian’s Gaza diary woke up planning to play tennis. “This year I decided to take care of my mental and physical health,” he wrote in his first entry, published six days later. “This means no...

Egypt needs more drinkable water – how windy coastal resorts...
Egypt is facing a growing water crisis due to its arid climate, limited water resources, and rapidly increasing population. The country of 114 million people depends heavily on the longest river in the world, the Nile, for fresh water. But rising...

Pegasus delivers
Pegasus lived up to his name and delivered for ExxonMobil. It “gushed forth” gas from the depths of block 10. Pegasus’s name comes from the Greek word “pêgê,” meaning “spring” or “well,” or “pêgazô,” meaning “to gush forth.” This likely refers to...

Egypt: Burullus brings 2nd well online, adds 40 mcf/d to output
Arab Finance: Burullus Gas Company has brought a second well, Sparrow West-1, into production at a rate of 40 million cubic feet of natural gas per day, according to a statement issued by Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. The...

Egypt: House of Representatives greenlights Centamin's 30-year Sukari gold mine exploitation
Arab Finance: The Egyptian House of Representatives has finally approved the draft law on the exploitation of gold ore and related minerals in the Sukari gold mine, as per a statement. The draft law was submitted by the government to license the...
Egypt's minister, FRA chief discuss fast-tracking Agricultural Takaful Fund to boost farmer protection
Egypt - Mohamed Farid, Chairperson of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), met with Alaa Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, to explore ways to accelerate the implementation of the Agricultural Takaful Fund’s work plans and...

Egypt: CIB inks $19.4mln financing deal with OSL for Giza Pyramids sound and light project
Arab Finance: Commercial International Bank (CIB) has signed a medium-term financing agreement worth EGP 963 million with OSL Entertainment Projects, a subsidiary of Orascom Investment Holding, to support the development of the sound and light...

Egypt, Poland discuss cooperation in agriculture, food industries
Amr Abdel Wahab, Chairperson and Managing Director of the Egyptian Countryside Development Company, received the Ambassador of Poland to Cairo, Michał Murkociński, and his accompanying delegation at the company’s headquarters in Cairo. The meeting...

"I've not heard about major impact from floods on Polish apple production"
More volumes expected this apple season Despite the floods happening in Poland, the production is still expected to increase overall, says Mohamed Marawan, owner of Polish apple exporter Sarafruit: "Although there have been floods in some areas in...

Industrial Exports Grow 8% in Q1 of 2025, Reaching JD 2.5 Billion
Jordan’s industrial exports grew by 8 percent during the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year. According to statistical data from the Jordan Chamber of Industry, the Kingdom’s industrial exports during the first quarter of...

Egypt’s Railway Ticketing System Restored After Ramses Central Fire Disruption
Wed 09 Jul 2025 | 09:22 PM Egyptian National Railways (ENR) has fully restored its electronic train booking system, following a temporary disruption caused by the fire that broke out at the historic Ramses Central Telecommunications Building...

Egypt, WHO discuss expanding health cooperation, development initiatives
Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, met with Hanan Balkhy, Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Eastern Mediterranean, at the ministry’s headquarters in the New Administrative Capital to...

Egypt, Sierra Leone discuss expanding cooperation in transport, infrastructure
Egypt’s Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport, Kamel Al-Wazir, met with Alhaji Fanday Turay, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Transport and Aviation, to explore avenues for deepening bilateral...

Monthly uptick in mining, manufacturing bodes well for Q2 GDP growth - BER
While mining production was still steeply down on a year-on-year basis, month-on-month output growth improved for a second month in April. Another monthly uptick in May bodes well for the sector’s contribution to GDP growth, says economic research...

Agriculture minister, FRA chief discuss fast-tracking Agricultural Takaful Fund to boost farmer protection
Mohamed Farid, Chairperson of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), met with Alaa Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, to explore ways to accelerate the implementation of the Agricultural Takaful Fund’s work plans and activate...

Egypt’s Mobile Operators Reroute Network Traffic After Ramses Central Office Fire
Wed 09 Jul 2025 | 07:48 PM Egypt’s three major mobile network operators — Vodafone Egypt, Orange Egypt, and Etisalat by e& Egypt — have begun rerouting their network traffic to alternative switching centers across the country following a fire that...

Despite concerns, Egypt aspires for more cooperation with China
Premier Li's visit to Cairo coincided with the Egyptian capital and Beijing's preparations to mark 70 years of diplomatic relations next year. [Getty] Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang has concluded a two-day visit to Egypt, one on which Cairo and...