News Ethiopia says Renaissance dam is 90% complete as alarm grows in Egypt Ethiopia said Friday that its Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile is 90% complete 12 years after work began, the Middle East Monitor reports. Faqrati Tamru, the vice-chair of the…
News Nokia, Orange to digitise Egypt’s New Administrative Capital The Finnish telecoms company Nokia and French rival Orange have won a deal to install digital services at Egypt’s New Administrative Capital. Working for delivery body ACUD (Administrative Capital for…
News France’s NGE to build 330km high-speed railway in Egypt French infrastructure company NGE has signed a contract to help build a 330km high-speed railway in Egypt.
News Egypt’s new capital to get a “Forbes International Tower” Saudi property developer Magnom and publishing house Forbes will collaborate on a zero-carbon office tower in Cairo’s New Administrative Capital, to be designed by Chicago-based tall-building specialist Adrian Smith +…
News Japan lends Egypt $306m towards cost of Line 4 of Cairo’s metro Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed a loan worth up to $306m to fund part of Line 4 of the Cairo metro. The money will go towards the first…
News Russia pours concrete for second reactor at Egypt’s El-Dabaa nuclear plant Russian nuclear engineer Rosatom poured the first concrete on Saturday (19 November) for the second reactor at Egypt’s El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, the country’s first. Egypt’s energy minister Mohamed Shaker…
News Cairo to get 45ha ‘healthcare city’ The International Finance Corporation is to partner with developer Egyptians for Health Care Services to support the construction and operation of a 45ha ‘healthcare city’ on the outskirts of Cairo.