App-savvy company Instabug is here to fix your problems

The company, created by two young Egyptians, has seen its popularity soar amid a growing market for startups in Egypt. Daily News Egypt sits down with Instabug founders Omar Gabr…

Mohamed Alaa El-Din

German utility Eon logs huge half-year loss

German energy giant Eon has booked a big loss for the first half of the year. Like other utilities, it has been impacted by Berlin's mandated shutdown of nuclear power…

Deutsche Welle

Erdoğan v Gulen: power struggle comes full circle in Turkish soccer

Politics’ incestuous relationship with soccer came full circle this week with the mass resignation of executives from the Turkish football federation and the firing of scores of officials, including referees,…

James Dorsey

‘Lonely’ Erdogan turns his face back to Russia

Meeting of the Turkish and Russian leaders put an end to tension between the two countries. Both Erdogan and Putin are eyeing rapprochement. However, energy expert Necdet Pamir is skeptical…

Deutsche Welle

Shooting stars: What we know and still need to find out about the Perseid meteor shower

The Perseid meteor shower is as regular as clockwork. It peaks August 12, same as last year. This time we can expect to see twice as many shooting stars, perhaps…

Deutsche Welle

Government policies increase poverty, future for the poor seems bleak: expert

Poverty in Egypt will increase throughout the year, as the government did not use the incoming foreign currency to create jobs, according to Aliaa Mamdouh, a former economist at CI…

Hisham Salah

Upper Egypt will become poorer due to corruption: expert

Corruption creates poverty with Upper Egypt being the most affected

Hisham Salah

Poland’s e-mobility program: seeking ‘green credentials’

Not wanting to be outdone by its richer western neighbor, Warsaw has said it plans to invest heavily in e-mobility. Europe's biggest coal guzzler could do with a PR clean-up,…

Deutsche Welle

Chinese town suspends nuclear waste project

A city in the eastern part of China has said it's suspending preliminary work on a nuclear waste processing plant after days of protests by local residents over health concerns.…

Deutsche Welle

Poverty rate rises while solutions are lacking, low-income citizens in Upper Egypt, Sinai most affected: experts

The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced that the percentage of the population under the poverty line jumped from 26.3% in 2012/2013 to 27.8% in 2014/2015. With…

Daily News Egypt