Unemployment rate falls to 9.9% during Q2 2018: CAPMAS

Unemployed persons recorded 2,875 million people constituting 9.9% of total labour force

Daily News Egypt

Al-Sisi renews term of Mamish as Suez Canal chairperson

This August Egypt celebrated second anniversary of inauguration of Suez Canal

Daily News Egypt

Economic committee of ministers approves ACWA Power to establish wind farms

Contracts to be signed in two months, price set at 3.12 cents

Mohamed Farag

Government launches national payment card before end of 2018: e-finance head

e-finance completes all necessary tests for card before being put under supervision of CBE

Hossam Mounir

African Leaders Hold Summit for a Conflict-free Africa

In celebration 100th anniversary of the births of former South African President Nelson Mandela and the human rights activist Albertina Sisulu, on 10 August the 2018 African Leaders of Peace…

Mohamed Samir

Privatisation always been on state’s agenda, good step, with maintaining free-market balance: Al-Sisi

Subsidies will not be cancelled, to maintain social balance during difficult economic conditions

Mohamed Samir

NREA pays EGP 180m of debt to NIB

The New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) paid EGP 180m of its EGP 3bn debt to the National Investment Bank. Mohamed El-Khayat, head of the NREA, told Daily News Egypt…

Mohamed Farag

EBRD funds Beyti with $44m

Beyti plans new investments to expand production

Hagar Omran

B Investments achieves net profits of EGP 112m in H1 2018, recording 21% y-o-y increase

Hazem Barakat, chairperson of B Investments, announced in a press statement on Wednesday that B Investments’ net profits grew by 21%, reaching EGP 112m in the first half (H1) of…

Daily News Egypt

Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada occupancy grows over 30% in Q2 2018: Colliers

Supply rise by 9% in KSA, 3% in UAE, 2.1% in Egypt in same period

Mohamed Samir