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War, Confession, Political Reimagining: Five Essential Books by Kenyan Authors
Literary Hub
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July 11, 2025
Weep Not, Child by Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong’o was the first East African novel written in English published in Heinemann’s African Writers Series. Released in 1964, it told the story of Kenya’s Mau Mau struggle through the eyes of two brothers and a...
Travel Trailblazers: Top Global Finalists Shortlisted For Trip Group's Tourism Innovation Awards
MENAFN
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July 11, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) First announced at the Group's Envision 2025 Global Partner Conference , the global awards aim to honour and spur outstanding innovation in tourism across fields like sustainability, technology and cultural heritage. Based on...
Explained: Is crypto Shariah-compliant? Binance launches Islamic finance-aligned investment platform
The Times of India
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Sharia Earn is live in 29 countries like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Indonesia, bringing faith-compliant crypto investing to major Muslim markets./ Image: Binance TL;DR What: Binance has launched Sharia Earn, a crypto staking platform...
Spreadsheets and day trips to Egypt: how gen Z is ‘soft saving’ for the future
The Guardian
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July 11, 2025
As holiday season kicks into gear, a casual glance at gen Z social media might suggest this generation is adopting an expensive lifestyle filled with fine dining and travel. But behind those Phuket photos lies a meticulous spreadsheet. Rather...
Elsewedy Industrial Development, Turkish Boni to establish $100mln integrated textile factory in Egypt
Zawya
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Arab Finance: Elsewedy Industrial Development, a subsidiary of Elsewedy Electric, has signed an agreement with Turkish textile giant Boni to establish a $100 million integrated textile factory in 10th of Ramadan City, as per a statement. The...
China, Egypt vow to deepen strategic ties, promote mutual be...
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, July 11, 2025 — Chinese Premier Li Qiang wrapped up a two-day official visit to Egypt on Thursday, reaffirming stronger bilateral ties and pledging deeper cooperation between the two countries. During his visit, the Chinese premier...
Egypt’s Railway Ticketing System Restored After Ramses Central Fire Disruption
Sada Elbalad
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July 9, 2025
Wed 09 Jul 2025 | 09:22 PM Egyptian National Railways (ENR) has fully restored its electronic train booking system, following a temporary disruption caused by the fire that broke out at the historic Ramses Central Telecommunications Building...
Egypt Reaches Preliminary Agreement with IMF to Merge Fifth, Sixth Reviews amid Cautious Privatization Timeline
Sada Elbalad
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July 9, 2025
Wed 09 Jul 2025 | 09:28 PM Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced on Wednesday that the government has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to merge the program’s fifth and sixth reviews, allowing...
Binance enters Islamic Finance with new crypto product
Gulf News
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Dubai: Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced the launch of Sharia Earn, a new blockchain-based earn product designed to comply with the principles of Islamic finance. The move marks Binance’s first...
Hisense Strengthens Regional Position With First Major Export From Algeria Factory To Egypt And Tunisia
MENAFN
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July 11, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) The export operation was officially inaugurated in the presence of His Excellency Mr. Kamel Rezig, Minister of Trade and Export Promotion of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, alongside institutional...
Egypt: Cairo International Airport welcomes 2.39mln passengers in June
Zawya
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Arab Finance: Cairo International Airport welcomed 2.390 million passengers on 17,919 flights during June 2025, according to an official statement. The total number of departing passengers amounted to 1.098 million over 8,934 flights during June....
China, Egypt vow to deepen strategic ties, promote mutual benefit
People's Daily Online
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CAIRO, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang wrapped up a two-day official visit to Egypt on Thursday, reaffirming stronger bilateral ties and pledging deeper cooperation between the two countries. During his visit, the Chinese premier...
Al Baraka Bank (Pakistan) holds webinar in Sialkot
The Nation
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July 11, 2025
SIALKOT - Al Baraka Bank (Pakistan) Limited held first of its kind webinar in Sialkot, bringing together over 70 sports goods and sportswear exporters from Sialkot and importers from 12 countries across the globe through online video link. This...
Telecom Egypt Partners with KareXpert to Launch National Digital Healthcare...
Silicon India
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Telecom Egypt and Reliance Jio-backed KareXpert have partnered to launch a cloud-based digital healthcare platform in Egypt, integrating HIMS, electronic medical records, and billing systems. The platform is hosted on a secure national cloud,...
Latest News | US Economic, Geopolitical Actions Pushing Countries to Seek Dollar Alternatives for Trade: GTRI
Latestly
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July 11, 2025
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) US President Donald Trump has proposed a 10 per cent tariff on all BRICS nations for conducting trade in non-dollar currencies, overlooking that such moves were prompted by Washington's own economic and geopolitical...
World’s top 10 biggest tourism economies in 2024–25: India breaks into top 10 at this rank
The Indian Express
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July 11, 2025
World’s Top 10 Biggest Tourism Economies in 2025 List: Amid a strong post-pandemic recovery and despite challenges such as climate pressure and local tourism fatigue, the global travel and tourism sector contributed US$10.9 trillion to the world...
Sports good product: Al Baraka Bank (Pakistan) holds webinar in Silakot
Business Recorder
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July 10, 2025
SIALKOT: Al Baraka Bank (Pakistan) Limited held first of its kind webinar in Sialkot, bringing together over 70 sports goods and sportswear exporters from Sialkot and importers from 12 countries across the globe through online video link. This was...
Egypt, WHO discuss expanding health cooperation, development initiatives
Daily News Egypt
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July 9, 2025
Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, met with Hanan Balkhy, Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Eastern Mediterranean, at the ministry’s headquarters in the New Administrative Capital to...
How the Ramses Central Fire Disrupted Egypt’s Internet, Stock Exchange, and Banking Sectors
Daily News Egypt
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July 8, 2025
In the heart of Egypt’s bustling capital, a fire that broke out late on Monday, July 7, at the iconic Ramses Central building quickly turned into a national emergency. The telecommunications hub—originally inaugurated in 1927 by King Fuad I—was...
Arewa Economic Forum: BDCs’ Recapitalisation Requirements Pose Threats to Northern Entrepreneurs
This Day
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July 11, 2025
•Urges CBN to extend implementation timeline •Alleges sector now dominated by single southern ethnic group •Declares development may worsen insecurity, cut jobs, others James Emejo in Abuja Arewa Economic Forum (AEF), yesterday, alleged that the...