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Egypt’s disabled lending a helping hand: The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services — an NGO that creates jobs for disabled people to manufactures products for the use by other disabled folks — is receiving plenty of props from Reuters, and rightfully so. The organization has a factory that produces between 1,000 and 1,500 mobility […]
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Posted inEGYPT IN THE NEWS
Egypt facing severe threat from rising sea levels
Egypt is facing a direct threat from climate change and rising sea levels, Jane Arraf writes for NPR. In Alexandria, “all along the waterfront, the government has erected barriers to counter increasingly fierce winter storms. There's no beach on this part of the shore. The sand washed away years ago… Some historic buildings are already […]
Posted inWorth watching
One step closer to the Star Trek Universal Translator?
One step closer to the Star Trek Universal Translator (that thing that makes countless aliens speak English)? Condé Nast Traveler is running a feature on Bragi’s wireless DashPro earpiece that helps translates spoken conversation. It is still, however, not at a level of having your own personal UN instant translator: The earphone will need to […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
Diplomacy + Foreign Trade on Monday, 14 August 2017
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s African tour comes as the Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office plans to establish the Nile Basin Commission to “enforce demands of equitable utilization of the Nile river’s resources,” according to Sudan Tribune. This commission will be established soon after Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Rwanda ratify the Nile Basin Initiative’s Cooperation Framework […]
Posted inEnergy
Siemens to build two substations to transmit electricity from Burullus
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) awarded Siemens a contract to construct two substations to transmit electricity from the Burullus power plant. The stations will be located in Samanoud and Aboul Matameer and “will enable power delivery to Egyptian homes as well as different industries located in the Delta region.” Under the contract, Siemens will […]
Posted inEnergy
EGPC issues exploration tender in Eastern Desert
The EGPC is issuing a tender for oil exploration in the Eastern Desert, Reuters reports. “The areas open for exploration include Wadi Dara, with a total area of 50 sqm, and block G in West Gharib, with an area of 20 sqm.” Bids for the tender must be submitted before 28 December.
Posted inBasic Materials + Commodities
Food prices for government outlets to be set by Food Industries Holding Company
The Food Industries Holding Company will be centralizing the process of stocking up the state’s retail outlets through a newly-formed committee, Chairman Alaa Fahmy says, according to AMAY. The committee will oversee the purchase of supplies to eliminate price competition between the state’s retail outlets. Fahmy also said that he called for a meeting with […]
Posted inManufacturing
Bids for industrial complexes to begin review Tuesday
Emaar and Polaris are among five firms bidding to build industrial complexes in Upper Egypt governorates, according to Al Borsa. The Industrial Development Authority (IDA) will begin reviewing the offers on Tuesday. The IDA also plans to issue another global tender soon for the automation of its services and facilities, now that the Industrial Permits […]
Posted inHealth + Education
Medical supplies companies want to invest EGP 1.5 bn within five years
Local medical supplies companies are targeting investments worth at least EGP 1.5 bn in the next five years, deputy head of the Federation of Egyptian Industries’ medical supplies division Emad Louis tells Ahram Gate. They want to cover 80% of local demand in five years, from 20% currently. The companies’ current investments amount to EGP […]
Posted inReal Estate + Housing
SODIC expected to complete 173 villas as part of Villette development this year
173 villas in SODIC’s Villette project are set to be completed before the year is out, according to Moataz Mahmoud, board member of Medcom Misr Engineering Development Company, which was contracted to build them. Medcom plans to complete another 46 villas by July 2018, Mahmoud tells AMAY. Both phases of the project are estimated to […]