Day: September 25, 2022

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Egypt moves toward being regional hub for energy, trade: IDSC

Egypt is taking steady steps towards turning into a regional hub for energy and trade, affirmed the Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC).

Egypt has successfully managed to promote its production and export capabilities, added the IDSC report, which included also infographics to shed light on Egypt’s quest to benefit from its potential resources of natural gas.

The IDSC also pointed out to the various international agreements signed to explore gas and develop ports and liquefaction stations.

The natural gas indicators recorded significant achievements, said the report, noting that the gas growth rate stood at 4 percent during 2021/2022 , down from 11 percent during 2015/2016.

The natural gas production went up to hit 69.2 billion cubic meters in 2021/2022 against 41.6 billion cubic meters in 2015/2016, added the report.

The report, meanwhile, pointed out to the launch of a national plan to rationalize electricity consumption, which will save natural gas to redirect it for exporting and increase Egypt’s sources of foreign currency.

The report further said that Egypt’s exports of natural and liquefied gas jumped by 13-fold to hit dlrs 8 billion during 2021/2022 against dlrs 0.6 billion during 2013/2014.

Egypt was ranked 19th globally in terms of gas production in 2015, noted the reported, adding that this was changed following the discovery of the mega Zohr gas field in offshore Egypt.

Egypt achieved natural gas self-sufficiency in September 2018 and resumed exports, added the report.

Regarding the foreign investments in the petroleum and gas sectors, 108 new petroleum agreements have been signed to explore gas at total investments worth about dlrs 22 billion, according to the report.

The current production from Zohr gas field jumped to 2.7 billion cubic meters per day, noted the report.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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Egypt, UAE model for Arab environmental cooperation by highlighting waste file – min.

Environment Minister Yasmin Fouad said on Sunday Egypt and the UAE are cooperating in sending an important message to the world by shedding light on the importance of waste file and its impacts on producing emissions that cause climate change.

Speaking during a press conference on announcing a cooperation protocol on collecting solid waste in Sharm El-Sheikh, Fouad noted Egypt, in cooperation with the UAE, is implementing a national waste system in Sharm El-Sheikh in light of its host of the UN climate conference (COP27).

Fouad pointed out that the past nine months had witnessed the studying of the situation in the Red Sea resort city to outline an appropriate work plan for solid waste management, underlining that all equipment used in the system will be operated by electricity and solar power.

She also pointed to the role of bedouins in working and managing the system, adding that the work will include raising the awareness of the society to ensure their participation in the system not only in collecting and moving the waste.

The minister thanked South Sinai Governor Khaled Fouda for his support in establishing 35 environmental projects in the city.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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Egyptian, Jordanian Awqaf ministers discuss boosting cooperation

Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa met Sunday with his Jordanian counterpart Mohammad Khalayleh to probe means of boosting cooperation.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 33rd conference of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.

During the meeting, Gomaa reviewed efforts exerted by the Awqaf Ministry for spreading the moderate teachings of Islam and countering the extremist thoughts.

Concluding the meeting, Gomaa gifted Khalayleh with copies of the Awqaf Ministries’ publications, a move that was appreciated by the Jordanian minister, who in turn praised the efforts and stances of the Egyptian ministry in renewing discourse and raising the awareness of youths.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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Immigration min. probes with Sierra Leone new amb. boosting cooperation

Minister of Immigration Soha Gendi met Sunday with the newly appointed Egyptian ambassador to Sierra Leone Sherif Refaat to disuss means of cooperation in various files.

The meeting comes as part of the sustainable and continuous cooperation and coordination among the ministries and agencies, especially between the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, to meet the needs of the Egyptian expats abroad.

Gendi highlighted the Immigration Ministry’s Africa-focused initiatives, including “Egypt’s voice in Africa”, which is interested in honoring the Egyptians, who have successful contributions in the African countries, as well as “Egypt is the beginning of the road” initiative, which honor the Arab, African, and foreign prominent and influential figures, who studied and graduated from Egypt before assuming leading posts in their countries.

For his side, Refaat stressed his country’s readiness to continue the ongoing coordination, which serves the interests of the Egyptian nationals in Sierra Leone.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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Industry Minister says working to decentralize services through automated measures

Eyeing decentralization of services, Trade and Industry Minister Ahmed Samir said on Sunday 25/9/2022 that work is underway to automate all procedures to further encourage investors to start industrial projects in Egypt.

Speaking during a meeting with board members of the Egyptian Federation of Investors Associations (EFIA), Samir said his Ministry is seeking to ease all challenges and meet demands of the businesspeople.

A follow-up committee is working to guarantee all problems facing investors are solved, he noted.

The political leadership in Egypt is particularly concerned with supporting the industrial sector with the aim to turn Egypt into an industrial hub in the region, Samir said.

All ministries and bodies concerned are acting to make things easier for investors, he assured.

The minister urged the EFIA to sort all insolvent factories across Egypt for his Ministry to be able to study their cases and determine the best way to help restart production.

He made it clear that new investor-friendly laws are in the pipeline, including one to ease licensing of industrial facilities.

The Trade and Industry Ministry is also working to tighten control over factories to guarantee production is up to Egyptian and international standards, Samir said.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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PM: STS to usher in new era in step with transport sector’s overall development

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Sunday followed up the implementation status of the national smart transportation system (STS), especially the civil works along high priority roads, including the Ring Rd. circling Greater Cairo, regional ring road, and Cairo-Ismailia Rd.

During a meeting with Minister of Transport Kamel El Wazir and a host of the officials concerned earlier today, Madbouli stressed the importance of the new system, which will usher in a new era that is in line with the comprehensive development the sector is witnessing in the country.

Madbouli said the new system is being carried out as per the highest standards in place to ensure statewide citizens’ traffic safety, pursuant to the directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on that score.

Meanwhile, Cabinet Spokesman Nader Saad noted that the new system had already been commissioned along Shubra-Banha Highway, which was also supplied with two surveillance and control rooms.

The meeting also touched upon the importance of the new system for expediting emergency response, cutting pollution rates, ensuring accuracy of registered road violations, creating new investment opportunities, and improving global investment indicators for Egypt.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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SCZONE eyes attracting further industrial projects, says chief

Chairman of the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) Walid Gamal el Din said the authority seeks to develop the infrastructure of its industrial areas and ports to lure further projects.

Gamal el Din’s remarks came while he was chairing the first meeting of the SCZONE’s executive committee in the New Administrative Capital on Sunday.

The meeting took up the SCZONE’s activity in the coming period, notably the activation of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) on green hydrogen projects.

Gamal el Din added the SCZONE is highly qualified to handle light, medium and heavy industries, citing the vital role played by the authority’s ports in promoting trade traffic.

He underlined the importance of the SCZONE’s participation in the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27) in Sharm El Sheik in November, especially as the authority targets centralize green fuel production in Egypt.

Source: State Information Service Egypt

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La solution de réseau ferroviaire urbain intelligent de Huawei est dévoilée à l’InnoTrans 2022

BERLIN, 24 septembre 2022/PRNewswire/ — L’InnoTrans 2022 s’est tenu du 20 au 23 septembre à Berlin, en Allemagne. Lors du salon, Huawei a présenté ses applications, ses pratiques et ses succès d’innovation dans la construction et le déploiement de transports ferroviaires intelligents. Dans la zone d’exposition dédiée à la « Numérisation de l’infrastructure ferroviaire », Huawei a présenté des solutions complètes de transports ferroviaires urbains intelligents, parmi lesquelles un réseau de communication sol-train WI-FI 6, une gare intelligente et des solutions d’inspection intelligentes.

L’innovation du Wi-Fi 6 accélère la transformation numérique vers le transport ferroviaire urbain intelligent

En ce qui concerne le transport ferroviaire urbain, l’exploitation entièrement automatisée des trains nécessite des services de liaison en temps réel gourmands en bande passante tels que les PIS.

Le réseau de communication sol-train WI-FI 6 de Huawei met à profit de nombreuses innovations technologiques et permet une liaison en temps réel avec jusqu’à 1,4 Gbit/s de bande passante à une vitesse de 160 km/h. De plus, le passage en douceur vers l’Internet mobile assure une liaison stable pour les services sol-train. La solution de Huawei est à la pointe de la transmission en continu, à large bande passante et à faible latence de tous les services, facilitant l’exploitation automatisée des trains urbains et assurant la sécurité des déplacements des citoyens.

Les gares intelligentes améliorent considérablement l’expérience voyageur

Dans les gares urbaines, afin d’assurer le fonctionnement des CCO, il faut un réseau de communication de données permettant de connecter les terminaux situés dans toute la gare au CCO.

Le réseau de campus intelligent bas-carbone de Huawei offre une architecture simplifiée unique comprenant un interrupteur central et des appareils radio prêts à l’emploi, remplissant l’objectif « un appareil, un réseau ». La technologie PoE optique-électrique de pointe permet d’utiliser des PoE++ fournissant 60 W à des distances de 300 mètres. Le câblage unique permet une évolution progressive pour les 15 prochaines années, et la conception écologique et écoénergétique permet de déployer des services durables en station.

Les réseaux IP intégrés permettent le fonctionnement de réseaux ferroviaires urbains à lignes multiples

Le réseau urbain ferroviaire intelligent de Huawei utilise la technologie de découpage rigide du réseau avec FlexE pour centraliser le transport et l’isolation sûre des systèmes ferroviaires urbains, notamment les systèmes AFC, PIS et ACS. Il permet une transmission de données intraligne et interligne stable à large bande passante, une migration rapide des services ferroviaires urbains vers le cloud, une affectation des ressources à la demande et une évolutivité flexible, permettant aux clients transformer les opérations, passant d’une ligne unique à des lignes multiples.

Actuellement, les solutions de transport ferroviaire urbain intelligent de Huawei ont été déployées sur plus de 300 lignes urbaines. À l’avenir, Huawei continuera sa percée dans le secteur ferroviaire urbain en tirant pleinement parti de ses prouesses techniques et de son expérience en matière de transformation numérique.

Au cours de l’InnoTrans 2022, Huawei a organisé le 9e Sommet mondial du rail le 22 septembre au Grand Hyatt de Berlin pour étudier les moyens les plus efficaces d’encourager la numérisation du rail d’avenir pour créer une nouvelle valeur ensemble.

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