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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...
Egypt Restores Digital Banking Services After Ramses Telecom Fire... ATMs Fully Functional
Sada Elbalad
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July 9, 2025
Wed 09 Jul 2025 | 09:00 PM Egypt’s banking system has fully restored its digital services, including ATM withdrawals, point-of-sale (POS) payments, and mobile banking applications, following a brief but widespread disruption caused by a major fire...
Egypt's Bourse Closes on Mixed Performance; EGX30 Edges Higher amid Foreign Buying
Sada Elbalad
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July 9, 2025
Wed 09 Jul 2025 | 07:30 PM Egypt’s stock market (EGX) ended Wednesday’s session on a mixed note, with the benchmark index EGX30 standing out as the only gainer, buoyed by foreign and Arab investor appetite. In contrast, broader indices saw mild...
Egypt's PM Reports 4.77% Economic Growth in Q3 FY 2024–25
Sada Elbalad
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July 9, 2025
Wed 09 Jul 2025 | 08:06 PM Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced that Egypt’s economy grew by 4.77% in the third quarter of the 2024–2025 fiscal year, a significant improvement compared to 2.2% during...
‘Critical to any community’: Cairo to see major infrastructure upgrades in coming years
WALB - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
CAIRO, Ga. (WCTV) - By October 2027, Cairo residents can look forward to major upgrades in their city’s infrastructure. Cairo City Manager Booker T. Gainor IV said he is grateful and excited to improve the quality of life for his constituents....
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...
Egypt’s FM Reaffirms Call for Full Withdrawal of Foreign Forces from Libya
Sada Elbalad
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July 9, 2025
Wed 09 Jul 2025 | 08:04 PM Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has stressed the urgent need for the withdrawal of all foreign forces, mercenaries, and foreign fighters from Libya, calling it a critical step toward restoring stability and...
Egypt’s Mufti, Director of Baku Center Discuss Mutual Cooperation on Interfaith Dialogue
Sada Elbalad
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July 9, 2025
Wed 09 Jul 2025 | 02:34 PM Egypt’s Mufti, Director of Baku Center Discuss Mutual Cooperation on Interfaith Dialogue Dr. Nazir Mohammed Ayyad, Grand Mufti of Egypt and President of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide,...
Firefighters rush to reignited blaze at Cairo's major telecoms centre
The National News
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A fire reflared on Thursday evening at the Ramses Central telecoms building in downtown Cairo, just four days after a blaze there claimed the lives of four workers and injured dozens. Civil defence teams were sent immediately to the scene after...
Renewed Fire at Ramses Central in Cairo Quickly Contained, Officials Say
Sada Elbalad
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July 11, 2025
Fri 11 Jul 2025 | 03:47 AM A limited fire broke out Friday at the Ramses Central exchange building in downtown Cairo, reigniting concerns just days after a major blaze paralyzed one of Egypt’s primary telecommunications hubs. Authorities confirmed...
Egypt needs more drinkable water – how windy coastal resorts could help
The Conversation
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July 9, 2025
Egypt is facing a growing water crisis due to its arid climate, limited water resources, and rapidly increasing population. The country of 114 million people depends heavily on the longest river in the world, the Nile, for fresh water. But rising...
Neighborhood kids in Cairo receive free summer lunches thanks to community giveback
WTXL Tallahassee - Florida
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July 10, 2025
CAIRO, GA. (WTXL) — In the heart of Cairo, neighborhood children are lining up for much-needed meals. With school out for the summer and fewer school-based food programs available, a local grassroots group is stepping in to fill the gap. The T and...
AEF warns against CBN’s new BDC policy, cites threat to Northern economy, national security
Eagle Online
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July 10, 2025
The Arewa Economic Forum, a leading northern Nigerian advocacy and think-tank, has raised serious concerns over the Central Bank of Nigeria’s new Bureau De Change (BDC) recapitalisation policy, describing it as economically exclusionary,...
Egypt: USD/EGP exchange rise on Monday
Zawya
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Arab Finance: The US dollar traded at EGP 49.61 for buying and EGP 49.71 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and the Commercial International Bank Egypt (CIB) on Monday. At Banque Misr, the exchange rate hit EGP 49.6 for purchasing and...
Egypt's annual urban consumer inflation at 14.9% in June, stats agency says
WKZO - Michigan
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation slowed to 14.9% in June from 16.8% in May, data from statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Wednesday. The drop in inflation is steeper than the median forecast of 15 analysts polled by...
Egypt’s Tie House picks former pro-footballer Zidan for latest campaign
Campaign Middle East
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July 9, 2025
Tie House, a top men’s fashion brand based in Egypt, has launched a campaign featuring former professional footballer Mohamed Zidan to celebrate its 30-year anniversary. The campaign follows Zidan taking on multiple everyday characters with subtle...
Why Rich Europeans Ate Up All The Egyptian Mummies
Explorersweb
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July 10, 2025
While Egyptian kings and queens are the most famous examples of mummification, the practice wasn’t just for pharaohs. It expanded over time until everyone from the poor up were being preserved for eternity. So, where are all the mummies? Well,...
Judo on the Beach in Egypt
International Judo Foundation
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The Egyptian Judo Federation, headed by Mohamed Motei, is innovating and implementing new projects to promote judo throughout the country and so the Judo on the Beach programme was launched. Judo on the Beach in Alamein The first edition took...
Egypt: Catalyst Partners Middle East approves $56mln share swap deal to acquire Qardy, Catalyst Holding
Zawya
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Arab Finance: Catalyst Partners Middle East, the first licensed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in Egypt, has secured shareholder approval to acquire Qardy for Digital Applications and Catalyst Partners Holding in a share swap deal...
Egypt: CBE temporarily raises bank withdrawal cap to $10,076 amid network disruptions
Zawya
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Arab Finance: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has temporarily raised the daily limit for cash withdrawals in local currency from bank branches to EGP 500,000 for both individuals and corporates, as per a statement. The move doubles the previous...