13-31 January (Wednesday-Sunday): Egypt will host the 2021 Men’s Handball World Championship in four venues in Alexandria, Cairo, Giza and the New Capital.
19-22 January (Tuesday-Friday) Global Energy Forum, Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Atlantic Council-organized event will focus on the post-pandemic energy system.
25 January (Monday): 25 January revolution anniversary / Police Day.
25-29 January (Monday-Friday): The World Economic Forum’s “Davos Dialogues” (virtual).
26 January (Tuesday): AUC’s School of Business webinar on “Rethinking Macroeconomics in the Digital Age.” Registration available here.
26 January (Tuesday): Uber will host a virtual panel discussion titled ‘Tech for Transport Safety’, which will be the inaugural panel in a MENA-wide series of events under the name Ignite.
26-28 January (Tuesday-Thursday): Future Investment Initiative, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
28 January (Thursday): National holiday in observance of 25 January revolution anniversary / Police Day.
31 January (Sunday): The deadline for businesses to electronically submit their annual tax return to the Egyptian Tax Authority.
4 February (Thursday): The CBE’s Monetary Policy Committee will meet to review interest rates.
6-18 February (Saturday-Thursday): Mid-year school break (public schools — enjoy the break from bumper-to-bumper traffic).
18 March (Thursday): The CBE’s Monetary Policy Committee will meet to review interest rates.
8-10 April (Thursday-Saturday): The TriFactory’s Endurance Festival at Somabay.
13 April (Monday): First day of Ramadan (TBC).
25 April (Sunday): Sinai Liberation Day.
29 April (Thursday): National holiday in observance of Sinai Liberation Day.
29 April (Thursday): The CBE’s Monetary Policy Committee will meet to review interest rates.
1 May (Saturday): Labour Day (national holiday)
3 May (Monday): Sham El Nessim.
13-15 May (Thursday-Saturday): Eid El Fitr (TBC).
18-21 May (Tuesday-Friday): The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting “The Great Reset”
31 May-2 June (Monday-Wednesday): Egypt Petroleum Show, Egypt International Exhibition Center, New Cairo.
30 May-15 June (Wednesday-Thursday): Cairo International Book Fair.
1 June (Tuesday): The IMF will conduct a second review of targets set under the USD 5.2 bn standby loan approved in June 2020 (proposed date).
17 June (Thursday): The CBE’s Monetary Policy Committee will meet to review interest rates.
24 June (Thursday): End of the 2020-2021 academic year (public schools).
26-29 June (Saturday-Tuesday): The Big 5 Construct Egypt, Cairo International Convention Center
30 June (Wednesday): June 30 Revolution Day
1 July: (Thursday): National holiday in observance of 30 June Revolution
30 June- 15 July: National Book Fair.
1 July (Thursday): Large taxpayers that have not yet signed on on to the e-invoicing platform will suffer a host of penalties, including removal from large taxpayer classification, losing access to government services and business, and losing subsidies.
19 July (Monday): Arafat Day (national holiday)
20-23 July (Tuesday-Friday): Eid Al Adha (national holiday)
23 July (Friday): Revolution Day (national holiday)
5 August (Thursday): The CBE’s Monetary Policy Committee will meet to review interest rates.
9 August (Monday): Islamic New Year
16 September (Thursday): The CBE’s Monetary Policy Committee will meet to review interest rates.
1 October (Friday): Expo 2020 Dubai opens
6 October (Wednesday): Armed Forces Day
7 October (Thursday): National holiday in observance of Armed Forces Day
18 October (Monday): Prophet’s Birthday
28 October (Thursday): The CBE’s Monetary Policy Committee will meet to review interest rates.
13-17 December: United Nations Convention against Corruption, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
16 December (Thursday): The CBE’s Monetary Policy Committee will meet to review interest rates.
Note to readers: Some national holidays may appear twice above. Since 2020, Egypt has observed most mid-week holidays on Thursdays regardless of the day on which they fall and may also move those days to Sundays. We distinguish below between the actual holiday and its observance.