President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi cast his vote early morning on the first day of the presidential election at Mostafa Youssri Abou Emeira School in Heliopolis.
The school, that was previously a royal palace for Princess Ferial of Egypt, King Farouk’s eldest child, is also where former presidents of Egypt had cast their ballots. What’s more, the school is named after the martyr Mostafa Youssri Abou Emeira, who sacrificed his life for the sake of Egypt’s safety and security.
The 2018 Egyptian Presidential Election is taking place for 3 days all over Egypt, schools are open from early morning till night allowing citizens to cast their votes freely during the day; needless to mention that citizens above 18 are eligible to vote, except active members in the armed forces and police; eligible citizens to vote in this election are around sixty million citizens, according to the National Election Authority (NEA). There are 1410 polling places around the country, supervised by 44 general committees; not to mention that all the polling places and voting booths are incredibly secured by the police and armed forces to ensure the safety of all voters, and create a positive voting experience.
Egypt is now witnessing the third national election since the January 2011 revolution; the results of the 2018 presidential election will be announced on the second of April.
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has encouraged and called for every Egyptian to go out and practice their rights by casting their votes, stating that voting in the presidential election is a national duty.
Egypt has jumped 10 places in just a year in the 2020 Global Knowledge Index (GKI), according to three infographics released by the Egyptian Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center.
The index, which gets issued every year by the United Nations Development Programme and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, shows that Egypt has moved from the 82nd place to the 72nd in only one year.
The rankings are based on a survey done on the knowledge performance of 138 countries in 7 areas and 199 indicators. Egypt has shown great advancement in all areas, it moves 23 ranks up in the area of Technical and Vocational Education and Training and 11 ranks up in Pre-University Education.
The index also highlighted Egypt’s points of strength in education sector, which included higher enrollment in universities and a significant decline in out-of-school children. There’s also an increase in the number of students enrolling in vocational and technical schools.
Switzerland, the United States, and Finland came on top of the 2020 index.
Egypt’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development has announced that Egypt is planning on building its very first train factory in Port Said.
The factory will build EMUs, DMUs and monorail trains in East Port Said industrial zone.
The Ministry made the announcement on the 16th of September in a meeting attended between the minister of planning and economic development, Dr Hala El-Said, transport minister Major General Kamel El-Wazir and chairman of the Suez Canal Economic Zone Authority, Mr Yahia Zaki.
The meeting went over the project’s implementation plan and the possible outputs of the factory.
Egyptian Railways Services and Maintenance Company (Ermas) will most probably run the new plant in cooperation with the private sector including a number of international companies, such as the Suez Canal Economic Zone, and Egypt’s Sovereign Fund.
According to El-Waziri, the factory is seen as part of a localizing initiative that aims at producing railway equipment locally, in order to meet the rising demand both domestically and in Africa and on the Arabian peninsula.
The factory will help boost the Egyptian economy, in addition to generating hard currency and providing job opportunities.
AstraZeneca announced today the effectiveness of its Covid-19 vaccine and it turned out to be around 90% effective with no serious side effects!
According to data from the late-stage trials in Britain and Brazil, the vaccine, which is developed by Oxford University, has shown 90% effectiveness after being administered as a a half dose followed by a full dose at least one month apart.
“This vaccine’s efficacy and safety confirm that it will be highly effective against COVID-19 and will have an immediate impact on this public health emergency,” Pascal Soriot, Astra’s chief executive, said in a statement.
British Prime minister Boris Johnson said it was “incredibly exciting news the Oxford vaccine has proved so effective in trials.”
The next step now is for the company to start preparing regulatory submission of the data to authorities across the world that have a framework in place for conditional or early approval.
It will also seek an emergency use listing from the World Health Organization (WHO) to speed up availability in countries with low income. In parallel, the full analysis of the interim results is being submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
With both Oxford’s and Pfizer’s vaccines, we can be hopeful that the new year will come bearing good news!
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