Industry

Egypt’s Economic Reforms Empower Private Sector

Cairo, Egypt, August 19, 2007

D-8 Organization noticed that Egypt’s economic reform program, since 2004, has been empowering private sectors and allows significant economic progress. GDP growth rates are at 7 percent for the first half of the fiscal year 2006-2007. The Balance of Payment ...

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Egypt, Turkey join up in Airport Expansion Projects

Cairo, Egypt, August 02, 2007

Egypt Expands Alexandria Borg Al-Arab Airport , and Cairo International Airport will be Constructed by Turkish TAV On the interest of developing cooperation in civil aviation, D-8 Secretariat observed that starting August 1, 2007, the expansion of Egypt ’s small Alexandria ...

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Egypt,Turkey to set up two joint ventures

Cairo, Egypt, July 02, 2007

Egyptian businessmen and their Turkish counterparts agreed on setting up two investment projects in Egypt with investments of LE 1.880 billion. The first project will be established in Upper Egypt with a view to  produce 125,000 tones of papers annually, with LE ...

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D8 wants trade among members doubled

Karachi, Pakistan, May 20, 2007

A roadmap for trade between members of D8 organisation is being prepared to double the intra-group trade to over $60-70 billion within 10 years. Secretary General D8 organisation Dr Dipo Alam said this while addressing the Karachi Chamber of Commerce ...

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Iran to hold International Ecotourism exhibition

Tehran, Iran, May 11, 2007

Iran is planning to host the first international exhibition of ecotourism of Developing 8 Countries (D8) as part of an initiative to boost international ties. Making the announcement, the Iranian secretary of National Ecotourism Committee said the decision was made ...

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