Year: 2021

Parliament’s budget committee, food chains to meet for VAT amendment discussions

Finance Ministry suggests higher VAT of 14%, up from 5%, on snacks,…

Daily News Egypt

CBE to provide ABE additional EGP 1bn to finance livestock project

Approval from CBE raises lending portfolio for this project to EGP 3bn,…

Hossam Mounir

Egypt removes several NGO members from travel ban lists

Freeze imposed on 20 NGO members' assets to be lifted, in case…

Daily News Egypt

IMF to upward revise global forecast for 2021, 2022

Georgieva said that in January, the IMF projected global growth at 5.5%…

Nehal Samir

Egypt Environment Minister launches ‘Recycle for Future’ initiative to limit plastic use

Event coincides with announcement of the first Egyptian Day for Recycling

Daily News Egypt

Orascom Financial Holding, EXCEL partner to launch fintech company

This partnership marks an important step towards the implementation of the company's…

Alyaa Stohy

Egypt’s Sovereign Fund commits EGP 250m to EFG Hermes Education Fund’s third close

TSFE, GEMS Egypt also sign MoU to develop, operate 2 premium national…

Alyaa Stohy

Ethiopia insists on commencing 2nd phase of GERD filling by July: Official

Dam’s filling is part of its construction process, says FM Mekonnen

Daily News Egypt

No one can take single drop of Egypt’s water: President Al-Sisi

Egypt's dialogue over massive Ethiopian dam issue is always reasonable and rational,…

Bassant Mohammed

International Cooperation Minister joins European Diplomacy Academy meeting

COVID-19 pandemic has re-emphasised connectivity and technology are key to building back…

Daily News Egypt