Doaa Moneim – Ahram Online Holding a portfolio of €4.8 Billion, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has been one of the biggest investors in the Egyptian market over the past 40 years. In an exclusive interview, the head of EIB’s Cairo Office Alfredo Abad shares with Ahram Online the bank’s …
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In an exclusive interview with Times of Egypt; Ambassador Adel “We inform London on GERD negotiations”
London – Times of Egypt: In an exclusive interview with Times of Egypt, Egyptian Ambassador Tarek Adel discussed the British position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). “We inform the British side of all developments in the GERD negotiations”, he said. He added “Britain knows Egypt’s stance towards the …
Read More »US Ambassador to Libya explains conditions of peace deal
Bassem Aly and Haitham Nouri – Ahram Online US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland visited Cairo on Monday for talks with Egyptian officials and the speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, on means of resolving the Libyan conflict. Ahram Online spoke to Norland about the Libyan crisis, …
Read More »Malinne Blomberg, African Development Bank Egypt representative, on financial support amid the pandemic
Sara al-Issawy – Ahram Online Malinne Blomberg, the resident representative of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Egypt, spoke to Ahram Online about the bank’s measures to ameliorate the Coronavirus’ economic impacts on the continent and on discussion with Egypt to benefit from the bank’s financing. She stressed the strength …
Read More »Egypt will see slower economic growth, but no recession, says EBRD official
Doaa Moneim – Ahram Online The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was the first international institution to respond to Egypt’s efforts to alleviate the economic impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. In an exclusive interview with Ahram Online, held virtually from Jordan, Managing Director of the EBRD’s Southern and …
Read More »Rana el-Kaliouby: emotional AI is a multi-billion-dollar industry that will enhance people’s lives
93% Of human communication is through body language and facial expressions, stated the leading researcher in emotion detection technology. Ashraf Amin – Ahram Online Rana el-Kaliouby is a pioneer in artificial intelligence. She is the co-founder and CEO of Affectiva, an artificial intelligence (AI) start-up based in the US. …
Read More »Zoleka Mandela: A story of a road safety advocate
Nourhan Magdi – Egypt Today Zoleka Mandela, 39, is Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter and South African writer and road safety advocate. She has been at the forefront of global campaigns for road safety after a drunk driver killed her daughter in a car crash 10 years ago. Hit by an …
Read More »ROSATOM regional manager, confirms Dabaa nuclear plant safety mechanisms
Ahram Online In an interview with Al-Ahram’s business and economy magazine, Alexander Voronkov the regional manager of the Russian atomic energy company ROSATOM, highlighted that modern self-regulation and monitoring systems are an integral part of modern nuclear power plants. The system has the ability to automatically correct any human error. …
Read More »Richard Montgomery, WB executive director says Egypt’s economy achieved significant progress
Doaa Moneim – Ahram Online In an interview with Ahram Online, during his visit to Cairo earlier this month , Richard Montgomery, British executive director of the World Bank (WB) and spokesperson of a high-level delegation of World Bank executive directors, talked about the delegation’s view of Egypt’s economic reform programme …
Read More »Belgian ambassador to Egypt, sheds light on bilateral cooperation
Ghada Al-Sharkawy – Ahram Online A big fan of Egyptian culture and history, Belgium’s Sibille de Cartier is one of the most active European ambassadors in Egypt. She participates in special celebrations of culture and antiquities. De Cartier, who took up her post in Egypt in 2016, is married with …
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