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The minister announced future plans to turn the New Administrative Capital into the first cashless city. (Shutterstock)

February 18th, 2019 - 08:52 GMT

Egypt’s New Administrative Capital Aims to Be First Cashless City

Last Friday, Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Amr Talaat, met with MasterCard Vice Chairman and President Michael Froman to discuss the possibility of going cashless.

January 28th, 2019 - 11:22 GMT

Egypt's Culture City New Wonder for Arts

The district will comprise 21 giant towers and will be completed at the end of 2020, with an investment cost worth $3.2 billion. (UDC)

October 17th, 2018 - 03:44 GMT

China and Singapore Set Their Eyes on Industrial and Tech Projects in Egypt's New Capital

The new cities are planned in Cairo, Giza, Dakahlia, Beheira, Port Said, Matrouh, North Sinai, Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut, Qena, Luxor and Aswan. (Shutterstock)

September 11th, 2018 - 08:15 GMT

Egypt 20 New Cities to Accommodate 30 Million

China's President Xi Jinping (R) and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi listen to anthems during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on September 1, 2018.
Nicolas ASFOURI / AFP

September 3rd, 2018 - 08:52 GMT

Sisi Attends China Africa Business Forum in Beijing, Slams Political Islam

Sisi is trying to raise his political stock by announcing a vast number of extraordinary, and just as unrealisable, mega-projects. (AFP)

July 8th, 2018 - 11:29 GMT

Sisi and the Mega Projects: Are They Enough to Raise Egypt's Economy?

An Egyptian man loads gas cylinders onto a truck to be refilled at a warehouse in Cairo, Egypt, on September 11, 2016. (AFP/ File)

May 4th, 2017 - 04:00 GMT

'Egypt Will Achieve Gas Self-Sufficiency by 2018, Surplus by 2020,' Says Minister

The report said that a number of reforms that were carried out in the middle of 2000s led to an increased growth rate in Egypt, but did not limit the soaring unemployment, nor did they provide increased economic opportunities to a large segment of Egyptians. (File photo)

June 19th, 2016 - 09:43 GMT

Egypt's economy has taken a backseat to politics: Report

The proposed new capital was announced in March 2015 and will be located 45 kilometers east of Cairo. (Twitter)

February 21st, 2016 - 01:30 GMT