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Egyptian firms bid for USD2.4bn of Libyan infrastructure projects
Egyptian contracting, construction and hospitality companies will carry out infrastructure projects in Libya.
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Can jumping spiders kill in space? Student's experiment set for orbit
The Egyptian winner of the YouTube Space Lab competition will carry out his experiment in space later this year.
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Facebook launches Mideast office in Dubai
The office is starting with three employees in Dubai's Internet City, a business park popular with tech firms.
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National Bank of Egypt to arrange USD420m facility for Mobinil
Mobinil wants the facility in order to develop its infrastructure and increase its broadband network, since it has about 33 million subscribers.
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Google launches Map Maker in Egypt
By providing more detailed and dynamic maps, users can better navigate throughout Egypt, and this is what Google Maps wants to achieve.
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Egyptian students go global, but is it worth the price?
More and more schools decide to take students to international field trips, yet the topic itself becomes the home of a lot of different opinions.
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Egypt seizes land valued at $10.6 billion from investors
54 million square meters of land worth 64 billion Egyptian pounds were confiscated by the government.
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Tunisia tourism hit harder than Egypt by Arab Spring
Despite the major concerns of Egyptian officials about the drop in the tourism sector, Travel Weekly assures that Egypt is luckier than Tunisia.
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Samsung's Smart TV brings interaction, content & (r)evolution
A TV activated by voice and motion, that keeps the user fit and the children entertained – Samsung launched the 2012 Smart TV in Egypt.
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Egypt foreign reserves up $302 million in May, helped by foreign aid
Country's currency reserves climbed to $15.52 billion, in their second successive monthly rise, central bank figures show.
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Future University boosts employment prospects with SAP's IT training
SAP's UAP has to date signed up 27 institutions across Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and the company aims double that figure.
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Jump in Egypt foreign reserves may mask problem
Foreign reserves climbed to $15.52 billion at the end of May from $15.21 billion at end-April.
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Egypt's Brotherhood looks to private sector to boost economy
Depending on a free-market economic plan, the Muslim Brotherhood is planning to step into negotiations with the IMF.
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Market Update: Egypt stocks slip 0.4 pct by Wednesday close
The benchmark EGX30 slipping 0.4 per cent, while the broader EGX70, by contrast, edged up 0.21 per cent.
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Abul Naga: French grant for establishing Kom Ombo Power Plant
France gave Egypt a grant of 800,000 Euros through the French Ambassador, to support the feasibility study of the Kom Ombo Power Plant.
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Nestlé reaffirms investment in Egypt to boost growth
Around 200 jobs have been created as a result of the first tranche of investment worth more than 500 million Egyptian pounds.
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Egypt Airlines incident forces closure of Nairobi airport
Although the mishap prompted all incoming and outgoing flights in Nairobi, no injuries were reported.
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Egypt foreign funding trial postponed
The NGO-trial which brought upon trouble between Cairo and Washington, is postponed till next month.
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Egyptian initiative to establish free trade zone with Libya
An Egyptian delegation of lawmakers and government officials held talks with counterparts in Libya on how to overcome the obstacles of trade.
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The irony of the Arab Spring - a rise in unemployment
Although the Arab Spring was semi-triggered by the massive problem of unemployment in the Arab World, it seems to have changed nothing in that field.