DNE News Brief: 22 March 2017

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Daily News Egypt

A world without water

We can survive for weeks without food - but without water? That's a different story. Yet all over the world, people and wildlife alike are having to cope without it.…

Deutsche Welle

Huawei Egypt to increase local market investments

Investment minister and Huawei’s CEO discussed the future plans of Huawei in the coming period

Daily News Egypt

TBEA, Orascom win tender for Walideya power plant

Contracts estimated at EGP 94.86m for TBEA, EGP 1.25m for Orascom

Mohamed Farag

The government targets collecting foreign financing of $9bn next year

External liabilities on Egypt are expected to exceed $10bn during the next FY

Ahmed Farahat

Chubb Life Insurance-Egypt aims to increase its business 3-fold by 2020

Egypt will represent a significant growth opportunity for Chubb Life in the coming years, says vice chairperson 

Hossam Mounir

Shoukry in Washington to attend anti-IS meeting

Egypt should discuss that it is listed the US administration’s electronic device ban on flights, says Hassan Nafaa

Daily News Egypt

Cabinet approves stamp tax on EGX transactions

Expected proceeds range between EGP 1bn and EGP 1.5bn in fiscal year 2017/2018

Mohamed Ayyad

Al-Sisi meets with Lebanese PM to discuss bilateral cooperation 

Lebanon is ready to cooperate with Egypt in countering terrorism, says Saad Hariri

Daily News Egypt

Amazon to acquire UAE-based e-commerce platform souq.com  

Souq currently controls around 78% of all e-commerce in the MENA region

Mohamed Samir