USAID inaugurates energy research center in Egypt’s Ain Shams University

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has inaugurated an energy research center at Ain Shams University, cabinet said in a statement. The center will be run in cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which will collaborate with Ain Shams on energy research. USAID announced earlier this year a USD 90 mn plan to establish energy, agriculture, and water centers at leading local universities in partnership with MIT, Cornell, and the American University in Cairo.