Egypt’s national carrier EgyptAir has added new routes serving India and the United Kingdom, namely Cairo to Manchester and Cairo to New Delhi. The Manchester-bound flights will kick off on July 15 with plans to operate five weekly round trips on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, using the Boeing B737-800NG model. The first flight […]
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Arab world urges Morocco to show the way in automobile industry
The Arab parliament has urged Morocco to make available its experience and know-how in the automobile industry to other Arab countries so the latter can set up robust automobile industries, Le360.ma reports. The call came Tuesday from members of the Committee of the Arab Parliament in charge of scientific research, innovation and digital during a […]
Ukraine seeks to woo Africa and ‘Global South’ in push to challenge Russia
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks with “Global South” leaders during an Arab League and a Group of Seven (G7) summits last week while the country’s foreign minister is on a tour of Africa this week, all aimed at broadening support for Ukraine in its war against Russia. Zelenskyy held talks with India’s Narendra Modi and […]
Egypt, India launch polyethylene factory in Suez governorate
Egypt and India unveiled Sunday the cornerstone for a polyethylene (PET) production factory to cost a $110 million investment, in Ain Sokhna, Suez governorate. The project is planned to have a production capacity of 30,000 tons per month, Ahram Online reports. The construction will go through two phases, the first starting during the first half […]
Africa’s palm oil sector to see prices falling in 2023 as output rises
Although palm oil production has been linked to environmental damage and human rights abuses, it remains an important industry providing jobs and contributing to economic growth in several countries in Africa. The global palm oil market size reached US$53.1bn in 2022 and looking forward, the market is expected to reach US$67.6bn by 2028, exhibiting a […]
Russia, India to move away from US dollar in their trade exchanges with Africa
Trade exchanges between Russia and Africa should move away from the US dollar and be facilitated by transition to national currencies, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, just as Tanzania and India have inked an agreement establishing a platform by which their bilateral trade will be carried out in their own currencies, not the dollar. […]
South Africa still holds “neutral” stance on Ukraine war — minister
The meeting of financial chiefs of the Group of 20 (G20) leading economies held in Bengaluru, India, on 24-25 February 2023 failed to issue a proposed final communiqué in the face of Russian and Chinese objections, which has again brought into spotlight the self-proclaimed ‚neutrality’ of South Africa and many other countries on the continent. […]
Egypt, India ink MoUs in many areas including ICT, cybersecurity
Egypt and India signed several memoranda of understanding covering the areas of ICT, cybersecurity, youths and sports, broadcast, and culture. The MoUs were signed on the sidelines of President El-Sisi’s three-day visit to India to participate for the first time ever in the South Asian country’s 74th Republic Day celebrations, Egypt’s Presidential office indicated Wednesday. […]
OCP, India seal deal for supply of 1.7 million tons of fertilizer over 12 months
Morocco’s OCP Group and the Indian government have sealed an agreement on the supply of fertilizers to the Asian country. In a statement released over the weekend, OCP said it will supply more than 1.7 million metric tons (MT) of phosphate fertilizers to Indian companies during the agricultural season over the next twelve months. “The […]
South Africa vows to use BRICS chair role to advance African interests
South Africa will use its chairmanship of the BRICS group of leading emerging economies — comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — to focus on advancing African interests, the country’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. South Africa has just taken over the chairmanship of the BRICS — a bloc widely seen as an […]