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This robot turns your wall into an art canvas: If you wish you could draw a mural on one of your walls but have exactly zero artistic skills, a wall-hanging robot called Scribit could be the answer to your prayers. The robot uses dry-erase markers to draw any content sourced from the web onto a […]
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Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
Egypt, Italy prosecutors say Regeni not seen on metro station footage
Egypt, Italy prosecutors say Regeni not seen on metro station footage: Prosecutors from Cairo and Rome said that slain PhD Giulio Regeni does not appear in surveillance footage from the metro station where he was last seen before he disappeared back in 2016. The footage contains gaps that need “further sophisticated examinations,” a joint statement […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
AFD pledges EUR 60 mn for Egypt’s social welfare
AFD pledges EUR 60 mn for Egypt’s social welfare: The French Development Agency (AFD) has agreed to provide Egypt with a EUR 60 mn loan to support social welfare in Egypt, AFD’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer Jeremie Pellet told Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr during a meeting in Paris yesterday, according to an […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
Arab Quartet files ICJ lawsuit against Qatar over airspace dispute
Arab Quartet files ICJ lawsuit against Qatar over airspace dispute: The Arab Quartet filed yesterday a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice against Qatar over a dispute following the quartet’s decision to close their airspaces to Doha, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The four countries boycotting Qatar — Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
El Sisi meets with China’s Communist Party delegation to talk trade, investment
El Sisi meets with China’s Communist Party delegation to talk trade, investment: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met yesterday with a delegation from the Communist Party of China’s political bureau to discuss increasing trade and investment between Egypt and China, according to an Ittihadiya statement.
Posted inEnergy
Sisi meets with Chairman of Euro Africa Interconnector to discuss linking Egypt, Cyprus’ electricity grids
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met yesterday with Chairman of the EuroAfrica Interconnector, Ioannis Kasoulides, to discuss plans to implement a USD 4 bn electrical connection project with Cyprus and Greece, according to an Ittihadiya statement. EuroAfrica had presented the government the day before with feasibility studies for a 1,707 km, 2,000 MW subsea power […]
Posted inInfrastructure
SCA denies seeking EUR 300 mn from Gulf banks to finance dredger purchase
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) denied reports that it’s looking for a EUR 300 mn loan from the Gulf to purchase two dredgers, SCA spokesperson Tarek Hassanein said yesterday, Ahram Online reports. We noted a Reuters report yesterday claiming that the SCA was in talks with Gulf banks for a loan to finance its agreement […]
Posted inBasic Materials + Commodities
Military Production in talks with Except Integrated Sustainability to cooperate on building silos
Military Production Minister Mohamed El Aassar met yesterday with Chairman of Dutch firm Except for Integrated Sustainability Tom Bosart to discuss joint cooperation to build silos for the storage of agricultural produce, according to Al Masry Al Youm. The Dutch company said it was interested in developing sustainable farming systems in Egypt. No additional details […]
Posted inHealth + Education
Japanese-style schools to begin accepting online applications 2 July
Education Minister Tarek Shawki announced that the government’s new Japanese-style schools will begin accepting online applications for the 2018-19 school year as of 2 July, according to Al Mal. The schools had pushed their inaugural semester for a year from last fall. 22 out of a planned 45 schools are expected to be ready for […]
Posted inReal Estate + Housing
NACCUD to tender 1,000 feddans in new administrative capital next week
The New Administrative Capital Company for Urban Development (NACCUD) will issue a tender for 1,000 feddans for development in the new capital next week, company Chairman Ahmed Zaki Abdeen tells Al Mal.