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An Egyptian scientist says he invented a machine that ploughs fields in a manner that saves about half the amount of water usually used for irrigation in rice fields, and a quarter of fertilizers used in cultivation, according to SciDev. The machine’s inventor, Mohamed El Hagarey, was granted the prestigious WatSave Award for Young Professionals […]
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Cairo is being neglected for the new capital
Cairo and its long history are being neglected and forgotten now that Egypt is building a new capital, writes Lamees Gaber in Al Watan. Cairo’s historical sites have faced waves of destruction over time — the Opera House, the Azbakiya Gardens, even the Salah Al Din Citadel are all relics on which time has taken […]
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How Israeli tech companies do business in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries
Israel’s security and tech firms do business in Saudi Arabia … just very quietly: In the relationship between Israeli tech firms and Saudi Arabia, good agreements and plausible deniability make “good neighbors,” Jonathan Ferziger and Peter Waldman write for Bloomberg Businessweek. They look at some of the cases where Israeli companies interacted with Arab governments, […]
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Make “Your Momma” Great Again
Make “Your Momma” Great Again: With the coming of The Donald, many here have pointed to the horror that a Mortada Mansour presidency would be. The profane Zamalek chairman, public buffoon, former MP, and proud peeping tom has actually run for the presidency twice, backing out in 2014 because he dreamed that President Abdel Fattah […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
Italian embassy in Cairo holds memorial service for Regeni on anniversary
The Italian embassy in Cairo held a memorial service for Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni on Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of when he was found murdered on the approaches to the Cairo-Alex Desert Road tollway, Al Mal reported. Investigations into the murder are ongoing with efforts from both Italy and Egypt.
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Shoukry meets with Emirati counterpart
Egypt and the UAE will meet for bilateral political consultations twice a year under an agreement reached in Abu Dhabi by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Emirati counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Al Masry Al Youm reports. The two Libya, Yemen, and Syria during their meeting.
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South Sudan rebels accuse Egypt of carrying out bombing raids against their positions
South Sudan rebels are accusing Egypt of carrying out bombing raids against their positions and warn of regional war, Reuters reports. The rebels claim the Egyptian Air Force dropped “more than nine bombs and explosions on SPLA-IO positions.” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid denied the allegations.
Posted inEnergy
EGAS urges factories to pay overdue gas bills on time
EGAS has agreed to restructure a total of EGP 2 bn in receivables from factories over periods of three to five years, EGAS Chairman Mohamed El Masry told Al Borsa. He said companies are committed to their repayment schedule and complied with paying 10% of what is owed. El Masry added that EGAS has not […]
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Molla in talks with Petronas over Borollos gas field phase 9B
Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla discussed the USD 950 mn plan to develop phase 9B of the Borollos gas field with the head of Malaysia’s Petronas on Saturday, Al Borsa reported. The project involves drilling eight new wells with a daily capacity of 387 mcf.
Posted inInfrastructure
Endowments Authority looking into establishing fertilizer factory with EGP 300 mn investment value
From the department of WTF, we have this: The Religious Endowments Authority wants to establish a EGP 300 mn fertilizer factory to increase the crop yield from agricultural lands the authority owns or rents, sources from the authority told Al Borsa.