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Sichuan Airlines will begin operating a direct air route linking Chengdu and Cairo starting 23 October, the airline said, according to Al Shorouk. The service will be offered on Tuesday and Friday of every week.
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Posted inTelecoms + ICT
Egypt loses mobile subscribers, gains landline subscribers in 2018
The number of mobile service subscribers in Egypt declined 4.6% y-o-y to reach 95.73 mn at the end of June 2018, down from 100.31 mn in June 2017, according to an ICT Ministry report picked up by Al Masry Al Youm. The number of landline subscribers, meanwhile, grew by 17.6% y-o-y to record 7.40 mn […]
Posted inTelecoms + ICT
ICT Ministry looking to use Samsung’s production lines for educational tablets
The Education Ministry is in talks with Samsung to have the latter manufacture tablets for schools, ICT Minister Amr Talaat said, Amwal Al Ghad reports. The Education Ministry had contracted Samsung last month to supply 1 mn educational tables for the 2018-19 academic year for USD 240 mn. Education Minister Tarek Shawky had previously said […]
Posted inBanking + Finance
Egypt Post allows customers to accept transfers from all banks
Egypt Post has launched a new service that allows its customers to accept transfers from or send transfers to any bank across the nation, Al Shorouk reports.
Posted inEgypt Politics + Economics
Egypt to unify tax identification numbers by April
Every taxpayer in Egypt will have a tax identification number they will be required to use to file all their taxes as of April, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said, Al Mal reports. The Tax Authority will start updating taxpayers’ information in November, to bring the new system — which is meant to eliminate errors — […]
Posted inEgypt Politics + Economics
Gov’t will reportedly stop hiring state workers for the next five years
The Egyptian government will reportedly institute a five-year freeze on hiring until the Planning Ministry completes a review of all current employees, Minister Hala El Said said last week, according to Arab News. The policy has sparked concerns about unemployment.
Posted inEgypt Politics + Economics
Supply Ministry adds 2 mn newborns to subsidy rolls
The Supply Ministry has added some 2 mn newborns to its subsidy rolls under 1.2 mn ration cards between August and the end of September, ministry spokesman Ahmed Kamal said. Kamal did not disclose how much the ministry expects to spend on the new beneficiaries, or how the government plans to finance the additional subsidies. […]
Posted inEgypt Politics + Economics
Court sentences 4 to death and 17 to life over 2016 Giza killings
A court sentenced yesterday four to death and 17 others to life in prison over a case known as “Giza Province”, Ahram Online reports. The defendants allegedly joined a terrorist organization in Giza affiliated with Daesh that killed 20 police officers and a government employee in 2016 while attempting to bomb the Foreign Ministry building […]
Posted inNational Security
52 terrorists killed and seven hideouts destroyed in Central and North Sinai
Three Egyptian army personnel died during recent attacks on terrorists that killed 52 and destroyed seven hideouts in Central and North Sinai, according to an Armed Forces statement.
Posted inNational Security
Egypt, Saudi begin joint wargames Tabuk 4
The joint Egypt-Saudi military exercises Tabuk 4 kicked off yesterday at a military base in Egypt, Asharq Al Awsat reports. The drills will focus on coordination between the two forces.