Egypt’s Telecom Regulator issues 21 rights for mobile, internet customers

List also includes financial obligations that companies must adhere to, such as shipping, bills, monitoring consumption

Mohamed Alaa El-Din

Egypt’s top Islamic authority Al-Azhar approves law toughening FGM penalties

Penalty for FGM increased up to 20-year imprisonment, instead of 7 years

Bassant Mohammed

Subscription to Taleem’s IPO continues until 1 April

Taaleem is offering 17.9 million shares in retail portion of its IPO

Alyaa Stohy

First batch of Chinese coronavirus vaccines arrives in Uzbekistan

The first batch of Chinese coronavirus vaccines arrived in Uzbekistan Saturday.

Xinhua

EGP 300m granted for 2nd phase of Egyptian Digital Creativity Centers: ITIDA

These centres provide technical training for young people in ICT, implement programmes to foster technological innovation

Mohamed Alaa El-Din

Egyptian Banking Institute launches Innovation 2021 competition

Competition is divided into 3 categories, first of which covers Fintech for Future Banking category

Daily News Egypt

Corruption costs global economy $3trn annually: UNODC Director

Egypt will host 9th UN conference on fighting corruption in Sharm El-Sheikh in December 2021

Bassant Mohammed

Lebanon faces challenges forming government, fears situation may explode

Protesters gathered near Republican Palace to call for President’s resignation, and for Prime Minister-designate Hariri to apologise for forming government

Sarah El-Sheikh

Central Bank of Egypt renews warnings against cryptocurrency

Bank calls upon dealers in Egyptian market to be very careful, not to engage in high-risk informal currencies

Hossam Mounir