100,000 clients join ADSL market in November 2017
The ADSL market attracted 100,000 new subscribers in November 2017, according to a report by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. According to the report, the number of ADSL…
Ministry of Planning, ASRT launch national network of business incubators
The Ministry of Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform announced that it is organising, in cooperation with the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), to launch the first national network…
Finance Ministry ignores parliament’s economic committee inquiry on private funds: Sherif
We would like this file to be handled with transparency; non-response to prime minister's letter very serious, raises many questions about these private funds, says representative of parliament’s economic committee
3 ministries to join programmes, performance evaluation by end-February
Parliamentary planning, budget committee works on imposing system on 10 additional ministries next fiscal year, reaching 16 ministries in total
IMF’s demand of economic authorities to limit borrowing means accelerating privatisation: MP
EGPC leads list of borrowers with guarantees from public treasury, accounting for 47.61% of loans
Parliament agrees to extend SUMED’s work for 27 years
SUMED is joint stock company of $400m capital; Egypt, represented by EGPC contributed 50% of capital
Finance Ministry sends parliament new draft of tenders, auctions law
Disagreement over bill’s new meaning tenders, auctions put forward by public sector will not be subject to law
Why Donald Trump’s immigration deal is a hard sell
In an effort to finally pass a budget and avert another government shutdown, President Trump has offered to fulfill a key Democratic demand – a path for citizenship for the…
German photography giant Stefan Moses dies at age 89
Described as the "Grand Old Man of German photography," Moses spent decades photographing Germans and Germany. While he captured many famous faces, he also shot regular people at extraordinary moments…
Kenya’s flower industry threatens country’s fisheries
The area around Kenya's Lake Naivasha is sometimes known as 'the flower bed of Africa.' But the industry — essential to the country's economy — is heavily polluting. Some companies…