Egypt uses 5 million tonnes of plastic a year. Here's the map to using less

By Ahmed Saleh, Executive Director, IECC (Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness Center), Nile University, and Irene Samy, Director, SESC (Smart Engineering Systems Research Center) and Professor of Industrial Engineering, Nile University Every year, Egypt consumes about 5 million tonnes of plastic and throws away close to 2.9 million tonnes of plastic waste. Three polymers, PET, polyethylene, and polypropylene, make up 87 percent of that waste. Put another way, the average person in Egypt goes through somewhere between 350 and 560 plastic bags a year. The national target is to bring

Will AI Replace Tomorrow’s Workforce? A Calmer Answer for Parents of Future Leaders

By Ahmed Saleh, Acting Marketing Director and Executive Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Nile University If you have a teenager deciding what to study, you’ve probably felt the worry so many Egyptian parents share right now: by the time they graduate, will artificial intelligence have taken the job they trained for? It’s a fair question. It also has a calmer answer than the headlines suggest. Yesterday on MBC Masr, Dr. Ahmed ElMahdy, Acting Vice President for Research and Dean of the School of Information Technology and Computer Science at Nile University, made the point plainly
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Nile University hosts a delegation from Central China Normal University (CCNU)

On Sunday May 31st 2026, Nile University hosted a high-level delegation from Central China Normal University (CCNU), marking a key milestone in NU’s internationalization efforts. The visit culminated in the formal signing of a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), strengthening long-term educational and research collaboration between the two universities. Prof. Essam Roushdy and Prof. Xia Lixin officially signed a five-year, renewable Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement lays down the legal framework for: Joint Research Initiatives: Collaborative work across foundational and

Nile University Hosts High-Level Delegation from China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)

Nile University was honored to welcome a distinguished delegation from the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), led by Mr. HU Wenhui, Deputy Commissioner, in a milestone visit that reflects the growing collaboration between Egypt and China in innovation, intellectual property, and technology transfer. The visit was coordinated through the Egyptian Authority for Intellectual Property under the presidency of Prof. Hisham Azmy, and organized through the collaboration of Ms. Menatalla El Kotamy, Acting Director of IP & Public Health at the Egyptian Authority for IP, and Dr
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