Nearly 65% of adults in the Arab region remain excluded from formal financial systems, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Annual SDG Review 2025 paints a sobering picture of persistent financial exclusion that is undermining the region’s ability …
Malnutrition is a huge burden on the Arab Republic of Egypt's economy. Undernutrition--manifested by poor linear growth (stunting), wasting, and micronutrient deficiencies in children, and by anemia among women of reproductive age--collectively saps an estimated two percent of Egypt’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) through forgone productivity and health care …
Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmin Fouad announced on Sunday that the ministry has begun work on phasing out plastic bags due to the environmental danger they pose, adding that hypermarkets have already begun replacing plastic bags with eco-friendly and biodegradable alternatives. Fouad said that the Energy and Environment Committee in …
India, projected to surpass China as the world's most populous country around 2027, is expected to add nearly 273 million people between now and 2050 and will remain the most populated country through the end of the current century, a UN report said on Monday. 'The World Population Prospects 2019: …
“People do not just fight over garbage here, I have seen them fight to the death over garbage,” says Samaan Girgis. “There are no rules in this job.” Girgis is one of the Zabaleen (Arabic for “garbage people”), Cairo’s army of informal workers that collects refuse for conversion into valuable …
Ministers from more than 30 developing countries on Monday urged wealthy nations to top up a set of climate funds that channel money to international development banks, in a year when competition for limited donor dollars is set to heat up. The $8.3-billion Climate Investment Funds (CIF), currently the world's …
The Western Indian Ocean, comprising nine African countries and Réunion (an island under France), has a 10 000 km stretch of coastline with crystal clear waters and rich coral reefs. But these marine and wildlife ecosystems, which are interdependent with the health, food security and national economies of over 200 …
The 2019 Land and Water Days- Near East and North Africa (NENA) Conference convened by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations was started in Cairo on Sunday. The five-day event attracted around 400 experts, practitioners, government officials, policy makers and development partners from countries of the Near …
The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA) signed two contracts worth EGP 20m with Car-Gas and Gastec to convert 4,000 cars from operating on diesel fuel to compressed natural gas (CNG). The contracts come in the framework of the Towards Natural Gas initiative launched by MSMEDA and the …
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) released its latest report on the transformation of rural areas, renewing its commitment to empower young people in developing countries as agents of change. The report, The Youth Advantage: Engaging young people in green growth, shows that enabling access to land and other …
In Egypt, promising opportunities to accelerate renewable projects are on the horizon, which will reduce dependency on fossil-fueled power plants. According to President and CEO of ACWA Power, Paddy Padmanathan: “While recently, many projects in the energy sector in Egypt have been completed, we see promising opportunities to procure more …
GE Power has announced that it has won the contract to deliver the turbine island equipment for El Dabaa nuclear power plant project in Egypt through AAEM, its joint venture with Atomenergomash. The solutions provider will supply the basic design of four conventional islands, supply four nuclear turbine generator sets, …
Egypt’s economic development hinges on the energy sector. To meet burgeoning energy demand, the government’s Integrated Sustainable Energy Strategy, ISES 2035, involves stepping up the use of renewables and improving energy efficiency in the power sector. The government has set targets for renewables to make up 42% of the country’s …
The tripartite committee including water ministers of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt on Tuesday has kicked off a new round of talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Addis Ababa. The meeting would discuss the outcome of the joint technical team among the three countries besides the joint studies …
Egypt’s Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr, signed on Monday with the director of the United Sates Agency for International Development (USAID) in Egypt, Sherry Carlin, an agreement for the second stage of infrastructure support with a total grant of $65m. The minister explained that the agreement included …
This handbook provides practical guidance for planning and implementing community-led ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in three vulnerable ecosystems: mountains, drylands and coastal areas. It is intended for project managers, practitioners and technical specialists. The guidance is structured around eight key steps in the project cycle, and includes general implementation protocols for …
It may seem off-putting to some, but human waste is full of nutrients that can be recycled into valuable products that could promote agricultural sustainability and better economic independence for some developing countries. Cities produce and must manage huge quantities of wastewater. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign …
Egypt and China signed a grant for the implementation of launching satellite Egypt-SAT-2 for remote sensing applications with $45m. Minister of investment and international cooperation, Sahar Nasr signed with Chinese ambassador to Cairo Song Aiguo, with the presence of Minister of Higher Education Khalid Abdel Ghaffar and representatives of the …
Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad said on Monday that the procedures for countering air pollution will not be limited in certain times, but will last over the whole year in cooperation with other ministries and institutions. In a press conference for announcing the ministry’s plan for countering the black clouds …
$600m investment of projects, implementation will be according to BOO system Mohamed Farag 12 hours ago 0 Comments The cabinet will be settling the offer made by Saudi Aquapower to establish wind turbines with a capacity of 500 MW within a week. Government sources told Daily News Egypt that the …
Hend Farrouh, the manager of Small Solar Energy Projects Systems, said that a project related to the solar energy systems connected to the grid is currently under implementation, in order to support the use of solar cells smaller than 500 kW, especially decentralised generation plants installed on roofs of residential, …
