Cabinet signs off on social support, development and investment measures:Ministers approved several decisions covering social support, education, waste management, and food security during their weekly meeting yesterday, the Madbouly cabinet said in a statement.

More families added to Takaful and Karama: Around 300k families will be added to the Takaful and Karama social security program after cabinet signed off on proposals to amend some of the rules for disbursing financial support. The families already receive financial assistance under a different program but will now be made eligible for Takaful and Karama under government efforts to unify welfare schemes.

Who’s now eligible? The introduction of two new eligibility categories mean that female breadwinners with children over the age of 18 will now be eligible for the program, as will young people over the age of 18 who are enrolled in education and no longer receive the support of their parents.

Also among the decisions:

  • New private tech uni gets the greenlight: A draft decision to establish the Elsewedy University of Technology in Tenth of Ramadan City.
  • Siemens x Life Care Tech: A contract for the German company Siemens and medical equipment company Life Care Technology to supply medical devices for the first phase of the establishment of the Dr Magdi Yacoub Center in Rwanda.
  • Recycling contract extension approved: A Finance Ministry study to extend the contract handed to Zahra South Sinai Company to operate the Khanasir waste recycling and landfill plant in Sharm El Sheikh by five years.
  • Improving food security, nutrition: A decision by the prime minister to set up a committee tasked with creating a system to track national nutrition and food security indicators in line with the country’s 2030 sustainable development goals.
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