Egypt:  LE 138.6 Billion for Wages By an Increase of LE 21 Billion

Egypt State Information Service, 15 May 2012

The cabinet is due to allocate its next meeting under Prime Minister Dr. Kamal al-Ganzouri to discuss the two drafts of the State budget and the investment plan of the new fiscal ... read more »

Africa:  Shagari in Egypt, Challenges Africa On Water, Sanitation

Daily Trust, 15 May 2012

The 4th African Water Week opened yesterday in Cairo, Egypt with a call to African leaders not to relent on their efforts to increase the access of Africans to clean and safe ... read more »

Egypt:  Constitutional Declaration - a New Stage in the History of the Great Egyptian People (document)

Egypt State Information Service, 14 May 2012

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful and Most Compassionate read more »

Egypt:  Cabinet Committee to Probe Details of the New Budget of the FY 2012-2013

Egypt State Information Service, 14 May 2012

Prime Minister Dr. Kamal al Ganzouri has decided to set up a mini cabinet committee to probe details of the new budget of the FY 2012-2013 before referring it to the People's ... read more »

Egypt:  Govt Signs Agreements With Saudi Arabia, S. Korea On Double Taxation

Egypt State Information Service, 13 May 2012

Chief of International Tax Treaties at the Tax Authority, Dr Mostafa Abdel-Qader, on 12/5/2012 said that Egypt will soon sign two agreements with Saudi Arabia and South Korea on ... read more »

Egypt:  Country Needs a National Civil Leadership, Amr Moussa

Aswat Masriya, 8 May 2012

Presidential candidate Amr Moussa called Egyptians to challenge what he described as "chaos and troublemakers" and insisted that Egypt needs a qualified, national and civil ... read more »

Egypt:  Abul-Naga - Saudi Arabia Aid Package to Country

Egypt State Information Service, 6 May 2012

"Saudi Arabia intends to implement its financial commitments to Egypt", said Fayza Abul-Naga, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation. read more »

Egypt:  Saudi King Receives Country Popular, Parliamentary Delegation

Egypt State Information Service, 4 May 2012

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz met the Egyptian delegation, which has already arrived in Riyadh on Thursday for a fence-mending visit aiming to defuse the crisis between Egypt ... read more »

Egypt:  Minister - Economy is Recovering

Egypt State Information Service, 27 April 2012

Minister of Finance Momtaz Al Saeed affirmed that the Egyptian economy is capable of recovering and regaining confidence in it locally and internationally in a brief period. read more »

Egypt:  PM Asks Finance Minister to Provide Le 15 Million to Land Reclamation Companies

Egypt State Information Service, 26 April 2012

Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri asked the Finance Ministry to provide some LE 15 million to the reconstruction and development authority within the upcoming two months. read more »

Egypt:  Finance Minister - Freezing Private Funds Aims At Tiding Supervision

Egypt State Information Service, 24 April 2012

Finance Minister Momtaz Al Saeed said on Monday 23/4/2012 the decision to freeze private Funds and private accounts at commercial banks is only a structural one meant to ... read more »

East Africa:  Lack of Funds Hinder Electricity Grid

The New Times, 21 April 2012

Plans to interconnect electricity grids within Eastern and Central Africa are failing due to lack of funds necessary to finance the implementation of projects in the next four ... read more »

Africa:  Transcript of IMF Press Briefing: Mali & Egypt (document)

International Monetary Fund, 5 April 2012

The following is an excerpt from a press briefing with Gerry Rice, External Relations Department, International Monetary Fund. read more »

Egypt:  IMF Maintains 'Broad Based' Support for National Economic Program (press release)

International Monetary Fund, 10 April 2012

A staff mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Cairo from March 25 to April 10 to continue discussions on possible financial support requested by the Egyptian ... read more »