Al-Sisi ratifies cybercrime law regulating web content, ISP surveillance

Law includes 29 penalties from three months to five years prison sentences, fines up to EGP 20m

Mohamed Samir

SMEDA signs agreements with United Bank, ABE worth EGP 170m to finance small ventures after Eid

We aim to inject EGP 3bn to finance small and micro enterprises, says Gamea

Hossam Mounir

Orange lost 677,000 clients in May, Vodafone lost least amount

The three mobile operators—Vodafone, Orange, and Etisalat—lost many clients in May, as mobile users fell to 96.4 million from 97.6 million, a loss of over 1.1 million users. Vodafone was…

Mohamed Alaa El-Din

Hajj set to begin amid Qatar-Saudi tensions and Egypt’s economic woes

The six-day Muslim pilgrimage known as the hajj will welcome 1.6 million Muslims as relations between Qatar and Saudi Arabia remain tense. Many Egyptians have been unable to afford the…

Deutsche Welle

Guterres proposes four options for providing international protections for Palestinians

Report comes as response to UN-adopted resolution presented by Turkey, Algeria

Mohammed El-Said

Ministry of Education trains teachers for first grade students, kindergarten 

This came as part of ministry’s plans to develop education 

Daily News Egypt

Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s downgrade Turkey’s sovereign ratings

Turkish economy to sink into recession in 2019, S&P expects

Nehal Samir

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dies aged 80

The 7th UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan died in Switzerland after a short illness, according to a statement by his family and foundation of Kofi Annan, which announced his death on…

Daily News Egypt

Robust GDP growth in Egypt with 5.4% estimated in FY 2017/18, debt remain a problem: AfDB

Total infrastructure investment forecast for Egypt to 2040 is $444bn

Mohamed Samir

MIIC, Environment Ministry, WB agree on boosting cooperation, setting strategy for air quality in big cities

Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr held a joint meeting with Minister of Environment Yasmine Found and World Bank (WB) mission representatives headed by Kreg Misnert, first economic environmental…

Daily News Egypt