Latest news
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The internet and mobile phones in the service of the revolution
The internet, including the mobile internet which can "report live", makes it possible to create news and expose events better than ever before.
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Egypt secures $3.7 billion for refinery
Major inward investment will fund a facility producing valuable light fuel products, helping reduce Egypt's import bill.
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Egypt wants digital ID cards for 85 million people
If completed, the digitalized ID deployment would be one of the world's largest.
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Can Egypt’s economy turn the corner?
Why a win by the Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate could be the best thing for Egypt’s economy.
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Egypt's business scene shaken up
Planet Investment Banking is partly responsible for the tumult in Egypt's business sector, especially in its deal with EFG Hermes.
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Market Report: Egypt stocks see muted rebound on PM speech, reserves
Main index rises 0.1 per cent, its first gain in a week, as Egyptians regain some buying appetite despite protests and looming elections.
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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.