COVID-19 threatens main drivers of Egypt’s GDP growth: AmCham

Country’s economy grew by estimated 5% in Q1 2019/20

Hagar Omran

2,188 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Turkey, 122,392 in total

The total number of confirmed cases in the country has climbed to 122,392, while the death toll surged to 3,258, the minister tweeted. Turkey conducted 41,431 tests for the coronavirus…

Xinhua

Egypt registers 358 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, 5,895 in total

According to a statement by spokesman for Egyptian Health Ministry, Khaled Megahed, 14 cases have passed away from the disease, bringing the total death toll to 406. The new figures…

Xinhua

NASA scientists map 16 years of ice sheet loss

Greenland’s ice sheet lost an average of 200 gigatons of ice per year, and Antarctica’s ice sheet lost an average of 118 gigatons of ice per year

Daily News Egypt

US dollar dips in volatile trading

Euro rose to 1.0951 US dollars from 1.0870 US dollar in the previous session, and the British pound rose to 1.2599 dollars from 1.2450 US dollars in the previous session

Xinhua

South African schools to open under strict conditions

Motshekga said they wish to carry out awareness campaign particularly in rural areas and sanitize classes before opening the South African schools

Xinhua

Public transport companies request government aid due to COVID-19

Public transport has been one of the sectors most affected by the pandemic, with companies stressing the difficulty of their role since the virus started spreading in Egypt.

Daily News Egypt

International Cooperation Minister Al-Mashat, private sector discuss economic challenges of COVID-19

Minister and representatives from international financial institution, private sector discuss mechanisms to deal with pandemic

Daily News Egypt

SKPC announces it is sticking to PP project plans

Naeem Research anticipates that the project’s equity portion is expected to be funded via a capital increase, with NI Capital already appointed as the financial advisor.

Daily News Egypt

Ministers follow up on digital transformation at universities

During the ministerial video conference, Abdel Ghaffar said the digital transformation in education trend has been ongoing for over 18 months. The implementation in education follows an initial pilot phase…

Mohamed Alaa El-Din