Egypt signs $1.1bn agreement with International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation
January 14, 2021 at 7:00 am | Published in: Africa, Egypt, News A worker gesturing for cars to move as others fill up a at a petrol station in Cairo, Egypt on June 29, 2017 [KHALED DESOUKI/Getty Images] January 14, 2021 at 7:00 am Egypt has signed an agreement with the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) to finance the country's petroleum imports, the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum announced on Tuesday. "The loan agreement is valued at $1.1 billion," the ministry confirmed in an official statement, adding that the fund was allocated: "To fund the country's petroleum and ...