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By John Lee. eYouth, an Egyptian edtech company, has announced a strategic partnership with Al Majal Group to launch eYouth Iraq, described as the first Arabic-language digital education platform dedicated to workforce skills development in Iraq. The platform is intended to support workforce readiness by delivering market-driven training programmes aligned with local labour market needs. […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has chaired a special meeting to review progress on the Ali Al-Wardi Residential City (City of Roses / Madinat al-Ward), located southeast of Baghdad, amid concerns over administrative and technical delays. The meeting was attended by the Baghdad Governor, representatives from the Ministries of Construction, Housing, Municipalities […]
By John Lee. Egypt's Edita Food Industries will direct part of its planned EGP 4-billion ($84 million) investment budget for next year toward expanding production in Iraq. Chairman and Managing Director Hani Berzi told Asharq Business that Edita's programme in Iraq includes installing a new production line at a factory the company bought recently, with operations scheduled […]
By John Lee. Cairo 3A Holding has reportedly signed a Memorandum of Understanding with International Venture Investment (IVI) Holding Limited in Baghdad to develop an integrated poultry project in Iraq. According to report from Agar Gate, the agreement marks the start of a long-term partnership aimed at building a vertically integrated operation that meets international […]
By John Lee. On Monday, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani chaired a Board meeting of the Iraq Development Fund to review progress on key strategic and investment projects overseen by the fund. The meeting discussed the "Eduba" schools construction project, for which the first phase has been launched, and reviewed a Ministry of Finance report […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani on Monday received Mr. Hisham Talaat Moustafa, Chairman of Egypt's Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG) along with his accompanying delegation. The meeting was attended by the Chairman of the National Investment Commission (NIC) and the Saudi Ambassador to Iraq. The discussions focused on the Al-Rafeel [Rafael] Economic City […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani chaired a special meeting on Monday to review progress on the Ali Al-Wardi New Residential City (Madinat al-Ward), planned for southeast Baghdad. The project, spanning 61 million square metres, will provide 120,000 housing units of various types. It is positioned as a key solution to Iraq's housing […]
By John Lee. Egypt's Edita Food Industries has established of a UAE-based holding company, Edita Investments Holding LTD, which has invested IQD 960.7 million [USD 730,000] in Ahramat Al-Nile for General Trading and Food Industries Limited -- formerly Tuma Jebur Abbas (TJA) -- in Iraq, via a capital increase. Operations in Iraq are expected to begin […]
By John Lee. Ireland's Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Harris, has confirmed the release on bail of Robert Pether, an Australian engineer resident in Ireland, who has been imprisoned in Iraq since 2021. The announcement comes following a phone call from Iraq's Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, who personally informed the […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani oversaw the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the National Investment Commission (NIC) and Egypt's Talaat Moustafa Group for Real Estate Development (TMG) to develop part of the economic zone in Al-Rafeel [Rafael] City, west of Baghdad. The agreement involves Iraqi-Egyptian-Saudi investment and includes participation from […]
By John Lee. Talaat Moustafa Group Holding (TMG Holding) has confirmed that it is in advanced negotiations with Iraq's National Investment Commission (NIC) to develop a large-scale mixed-use project southwest of Baghdad, marking a major step in its regional expansion. The project, spanning approximately 14 million square metres [14,000 donums; 1,400 hectares], is expected to […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Trade, Dr Atheer Dawood Al-Ghurairi, laid the foundation stone on Thursday for a new modern grain silo in Kirkuk province, with a storage capacity of 60,000 tonnes. The project forms part of the Ministry's infrastructure development strategy to support the agricultural sector and increase national storage capacity. Speaking at […]
