Thirteen Egyptian businesswomen made it to the Forbes Middle East 100 Most powerful businesswomen 2023 list this year.
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Four Egyptian students were rescued in Turkey after being under the rubble for several hours following a deadly earthquake that rocked southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 2,800 people.
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Just as they have done for centuries, Egyptians in the social media era are employing humour, memes and comics as they deal with the economic difficulties that the country is facing as a result of the consequences of the global crisis.
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Egypt will send an official invitation to business tycoon Elon Musk to visit Egypt following his Tweet in which he expressed admiration for the Ancient Egyptian civilization, an Egyptian tourism official announced on Saturday.
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In London, Egyptian post-graduate student Abdullah Hassan – not his real name – was making the final plans to replace his dying laptop with a new one to benefit from the sale offers at the holiday season. Hassan’s plans were dashed when, on 22 December, he received a message from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announcing limits on overseas cash withdrawals in foreign currency.
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Egypt’s biggest children's cancer hospital 57357 -- which mainly relies on donations -- is fighting for survival as the country braces up to face the consequences of another possible devaluation of the Egyptian pound and fights to reduce the impact of the global economic crisis.
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Egypt’s Catholics and Anglicans are celebrating Christmas nationwide on the eve of 25 December.
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A huge decline in drug abuse was recorded in Egypt between 2015 to 2020, according to the Egyptian Fund for Drug Control and Treatment of Addiction (FDCTA).
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The spread of the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) should not alarm the public as it is not an epidemic and its spread does not call for the suspension of study in schools, Minister of Heath and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar said on Tuesday in a press conference held in Cairo about the recent spreading of the virus.
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Egypt's unemployment rate rose to 7.4 percent in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022, up by 0.2 percent in the previous quarter, the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAMPAS) reported on Tuesday.
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The Mobile Phone Division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce announced on Tuesday that South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate Samsung has released its first-ever Made in Egypt Galaxy A13 (SM-A137F/DS) smartphone in the local market.
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Egypt’s Ministry of Education warned schools and teachers last week to watch out for students involved in any “abnormal activities” following the emergence of videos on TikTok showing students participating in the so-called “blackout challenge”, which involves participants holding their breath until they pass out.
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On the occasion of the 27th session of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) scheduled to be held in the city of Sharm El-Sheikh on the Red Sea in Egypt in November, Ahram Online shares a list of the most endangered species in the Red Sea and the related conservation initiatives.
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The global economic crisis and its repercussions on the Egyptian economy have hit millions of Egyptians’ daily mood fix – the caffeine dose from coffee and tea – with a 17-18 percent increase in prices and fears of a looming shortage.
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An Alexandria prosecution ordered on Wednesday the detention of popular Egyptian TikToker Ibrahim Khalil for four days pending investigation into charges of promoting debauchery and indecency.
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Some 4.9 million tourists visited Egypt in the first half of 2022 (from January to June), an 85.4 percent increase compared to the first half of 2021, where 2.6 million tourists visited the country, Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced on Tuesday.
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Minister of Health Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar slammed the skyrocketing rates of C-section deliveries in Egypt, saying the country is ranked first globally in the number of C-section deliveries which make up 75-80 percent of deliveries, in comparison to an average of 25-30 percent worldwide.
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The Supreme Council of Media Regulation (SCMR) announced on Wednesday that it will issue regulations and licences for streaming and online platforms, while stressing that broadcast material must not contravene the country's social values.
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The fertility rate per woman in Egypt declined in 2021 to 2.8, a 20 percent drop from the 3.5 births per woman figure in the last survey conducted in 2014, the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) said on Tuesday
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Ahram Online looked into why the price of the gold in Egypt has recently surged to nearly 10 percent more than international rates, revealing that it is largely due to the declining value of the Egyptian pound against the dollar.
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