Egypt, USAID sign six assistance agreements worth $90m covering eight sectors

Egypt, USAID sign six assistance agreements worth $90m covering eight sectors

The sectors include basic and higher education, scientific research, technology, health, agriculture, and trade and investment







Doaa A.Moneim

, Thursday 9 Jul 2020







Minister Rania Al-Mashat and US Ambassador to Egypt Jonathan Cohen













Egypt and USAID have inked six assistance agreements worth $90 million, aiming to implement development projects in eight priority sectors including basic education, higher education, scientific research, technology, health, agriculture, and trade and investment.

The two parties announced the signing of agreements in a webinar held Thursday in the attendance of US Ambassador to Egypt Jonathan Cohen, Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat and USAID mission director in Egypt Sherry Carlin.

Ambassador Cohen said that USAID has played a key role in Egypt for over 40 years, providing over $30 billion in development assistance to empower the US partnership with Egypt, adding that this is one of the longest and most substantial assistance commitments of the United States to any country in the world.

Cohen also highlighted a number of projects that USAID implements in Egypt, including modernising the Aswan High Dam, upgrading Egyptian businesses and infrastructure, and reducing hepatitis C infections and other projects