CAIRO – State Minister of Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs Nabila Makram asserted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is paying great attention to supporting and strengthening national industry, depending more on local products and enhancing self-reliance.
The State is further backing the private sector to play its role in developing the economy in the coming period, Makram told MENA Friday in remarks on the occasion of “Egypt Can With Industry” conference, set to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday.
She said that this edition will convene at a very important timing amid global economic changes, which, she added are underscoring the necessity of searching for alternative solutions and backing the State’s strategy for strengthening and deepening the national industry, in addition to transferring IT and working with foreign companies that have business in Egypt in different fields in order to reduce imports.