For the past few years, many people in Egypt have increasingly complained of unfamiliar weather patterns, including bitterly cold winters with temperatures dropping to unprecedented lows and summers becoming longer with Gulf-like heat.
While many (...)
On 14 June civil engineer Hani Azer was awarded the first-class Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of his services to the German nation.
Azer, an adviser to President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and honorary president of the (...)
On 14 June civil engineer Hani Azer was awarded the first-class Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of his services to the German nation.
Azer, an adviser to President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and honorary president of the (...)
Electricity prices in Egypt will increase by an average of 15 percent in July, the minister of electricity announced last week.
Electricity prices for the commercial sector will increase by an average of 14 percent, while prices for the industrial (...)
Electricity prices in Egypt will increase by an average of 15 per cent in July, the minister of electricity announced last week.
Electricity prices for the commercial sector will increase by an average of 14 per cent, while prices for the industrial (...)
A joint team from the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy and the Egyptian Electrical Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency is currently working on plans to gradually phase out electricity subsidies.
A plan has been in place (...)
A joint team from the Ministry of Electricity and renewable energy and the Egyptian Electrical Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency is currently working on plans to gradually phase out electricity subsidies.
A plan has been in place (...)
The start of an experimental run of the electricity connection between Egypt and Sudan is scheduled for the end of the next month, Gamal Abdel-Rahim, chairman of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), told Al-Ahram Weekly.
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In a move to make the most of its solid waste and prevent environmental pollution, a waste-recycling plant was recently inaugurated in the Minya governorate.
At a cost of LE32 million, the Al-Edwa Waste-Recycling Plant will process 300 tons of (...)
The government took steps to amend Egypt's 2014 mining law some weeks ago by sending an amended version of the law to parliament for approval in answer to calls that had long been made by investors in the sector.
The legislative measures are being (...)
In a move to make the most of its solid waste and prevent environmental pollution, a waste-recycling plant was recently inaugurated in the Minya governorate. At a cost of LE32 million, the Al-Edwa Waste-Recycling Plant will process 300 tons of (...)
The government took steps to amend Egypt's 2014 mining law some weeks ago by sending an amended version of the law to parliament for approval in answer to calls that had long been made by investors in the sector.
The legislative measures are being (...)
The number of entrepreneurs and start-ups do not match the potential of the Egyptian economy, businessmen and experts said at a recent seminar, entitled “Entrepreneurship in Egypt: From Local Individual Successes to Becoming an African Hub”, on the (...)
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi ratified Egypt's new consumer protection law some months ago, but the law can only go into effect once its executive regulations are published, a process which can take three months from ratification.
In the meantime, (...)
Best practices in the management and recycling of waste and its conversion into energy were the themes of a discussion hosted by the Swedish Embassy in Cairo last week entitled “Green Talks: Sustainable Approaches to Waste Management”.
The event (...)
Best practices in the management and recycling of waste and its conversion into energy were the themes of a discussion hosted by the Swedish Embassy in Cairo last week entitled “Green Talks: Sustainable Approaches to Waste Management”.
The event was (...)
Egypt is the 94th most-competitive nation out of the 140 countries ranked in the 2018 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum.
The country's ranking averaged 93.5 from 2007 until 2018, and it scored its (...)
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in its Renewable Energy Outlook report on Egypt has praised the Egyptian government for its Integrated Sustainable Energy Strategy (ISES) 2035 that emphasises the need to ensure the country's energy (...)
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi flew to Greece on 10 October for a trilateral summit with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexi Tsipras. The tripartite meeting is the sixth to be held since 2014.
Presidential (...)
The irrigation ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia met in Addis Ababa last week for more talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), with the ministerial meeting being attended for the first time by the tripartite scientific committee (...)
The irrigation ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia met in Addis Ababa last week for more talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), with the ministerial meeting being attended for the first time by the tripartite scientific committee (...)
Petroleum Minister Tarek Al-Molla announced this week that Egypt will no longer import liquefied natural gas (LNG), saving the government the LE3 billion it earmarked annually to meet local demands.
The savings are due, in large measure, to the Zohr (...)
Hani Al-Nokrashy is an international energy expert and member of the scientific advisory council to the president of Egypt. In 2009 he was co-founder of the DESERTEC Foundation in Germany, which aims at creating a global renewable energy strategy (...)
Some 98 per cent of Egypt's population is concentrated in the Nile Valley and Delta, which represent only four per cent of the country's total area, with only two per cent of the population living in the vast desert areas east and west of the River (...)
Investors are looking forward to the announcement of the winning company for the tender to construct a 250 MW wind-power plant in the Gulf of Suez.
The company that will execute the project will be selected from a short list of three including the (...)