ITIDA signs deal with UAE's MGN to expand operations in Egypt

STORY: ITIDA signs deal with UAE's MGN to expand operations in Egypt SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 13, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 14, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:30 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the signing ceremony STORYLINE: The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) and the UAE-based Mashreq Global Network (MGN) signed on Tuesday an agreement that aims to expand the latter's operations in the Egyptian market. The signing ceremony, which was held on the sidelines of the Egyptian participation in the World Governments Summit in Dubai, was witnessed by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Minister of Communication and Information Technology Amr Talaat. Under the terms of the agreement, MGN commits to hiring a minimum of 300 new Egyptian employees over the three-year duration of the agreement. These new hires will be primarily engaged in export activities related to banking business services. Moreover, MGN will expand its operations in Egypt including extending offsh

Egyptian traditional handicrafts exhibited to celebrate national day

STORY: Egyptian traditional handicrafts exhibited to celebrate national day DATELINE: July 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): EHAB SAMIR, Copper crafts maker 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): TALAAT IBRAHIM HARFI, Arabesque exhibitor 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SHAHIRA REFAAT, Jewelry designer 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): NAILA MAKRAM, Yemeni visitor 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Arabic): KHALED IMAD, Visitor 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Arabic): AHMED HAMDI, Visitor 8. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: An exhibition of handicrafts to celebrate Egyptian National Day has attracted a lot of exhibitors and visitors at Freedom Park in Cairo. Exhibitors praised the help they get from the Enterprise Development Agency. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): EHAB SAMIR, Copper crafts maker "The Enterprise Development Agency is now helping us to go out to broader horizon and get to know the audience in a better way." SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): TALAAT IBRAHIM HARFI, Arabesque exhibitor

Egypt, UAE agree on 10-gigawatt wind farm project

STORY: Egypt, UAE agree on 10-gigawatt wind farm project DATELINE: July 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. Shots of the Egyptian cabinet 2. Shots of Egypt's Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly meeting with UAE delegation (taken by Egyptian cabinet) STORYLINE: Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly held a meeting on Tuesday with an Emirati delegation, including Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sultan Al Jaber, in the presence of Egypt's cabinet members, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker, and Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat. Shaker asserted that an agreement of constructing a 10 GW wind farm between both states will be signed after Eid al-Adha holiday which is set to begin on Saturday. Shaker said that all details of the project have been finalized. During the meeting, Al Jaber was briefed on the results of recent consultations to implement the recently-signed trilater