The Continuing Education Unit at the Faculty of Dentistry at Nahda University organized a series of workshops for its students, under the supervision of Professor Dr. Susan Siefallah, the Dean of the Faculty, Professor Dr. Mohamed El-Mofty, the Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Affairs, and Professor Dr. Khaled Saudi, the Director of the Continuing Education Unit. The first workshop was held on September 13, 2022, on “The Basics of Dental Implantology” with practical training for students, interns, and graduates.
“A digital workshop was organized on “3D Heron Intraoral Scanner” presented by Mr. Alex Aznar (International Training Manager of the company).”
“On October 19th, 2022, a workshop was held on the subject of “Cleaning, Shaping, and Treatment of Root Canals with Nickel Titanium Rotary Files,” featuring practical training for students, interns, and graduates.”
“On October 19th, 2022, a workshop was held on the subject of “Cleaning, Shaping, and Treatment of Root Canals with Nickel Titanium Rotary Files,” featuring practical training for students, interns, and graduates.”
Dr. Mohamed Maait, Minister of Finance, and Prof. Hossam El-Mallahy, President of Nahda University and Senator, attended the opening of the second edition of the Nahda Economic Forum on Sunday, March 5, 2023. The forum is organized by Nahda University in partnership with the Egyptian-African Businessmen Association under the theme “A Strategic Vision for Empowering the Private Sector and Enhancing Competitiveness.”
Attendance of the opening ceremony included Professor Dr. Magdi Abdelkader, Vice President of the University for Education and Student Affairs, Dr. Ahmed Elkhadrawi, Dean of the College of Business Administration at Nahda University, a group of economic experts, businessmen and women, and leaders of major Egyptian institutions and companies.
On his part, Dr. Mohamed Maait noted that there are intensive efforts by the government and the Ministry of Finance to consider the vast majority of citizens and work towards achieving social justice. Our country faces a crisis like many other countries in the world, especially non-oil-exporting developing countries. He added that he is keen to listen to all opinions that support the economy.
During Nahda Economic Forum titled “Strategic Vision towards Empowering the Private Sector and Increasing Competitiveness,” Dr. Mohamed Maait emphasized that supporting local and foreign investment is an inevitable national choice, and that considering the limits of state participation in all areas of the economy and opening more opportunities for the private sector will replace the state in dozens of projects. Additionally, he highlighted the importance of granting all facilities and incentives to the private sector.
The Minister of Finance continued, “Egypt has been facing challenges for the past 10 years, but it has overcome the destructive political situation following the events of 2011, as well as the fight against terrorism. The reform program has helped the economy to be flexible in absorbing economic factors.”
he announced that the Ministry of Finance is preparing the economy for a new phase of growth by taking several steps in the fields of agriculture, tourism, telecommunications, and industries related to reducing the investment gap between imports and exports. He also pointed out that 80% of the problems related to industry and economy have been solved, which will enhance the attraction of the private economy.
he revealed a new policy that will be announced in the coming days aimed at stabilizing the tax policy for the next five to seven years to encourage the private sector, with the allocation of 150 billion for industrial agricultural activities related to renewable energy with a low interest rate not exceeding 11%. In addition, the support for industry electricity will continue with about 6 billion annually.
he continued: In parliament, we are discussing an additional incentive of up to 55% of the value of the due tax as an investment incentive, and there is an effort to reduce the public debt to less than 80% by 2026, through managing steps that help reduce the debt, as happened before the Russian-Ukrainian war, and Egypt was able to reduce it through steps, but it increased due to the repercussions of that war and its economic crisis.
Dr. Hossam El-Mallahy, Senator and President of Nahda University, addressed the Minister of Finance, saying: “There are 120 million Egyptians relying on the Minister of Finance, who is the most important minister at present. Although I am not an economist, the university is a unit in this nation and offers its expertise to the economy.”
Al-Mallahi affirmed that we do not have an economic crisis, but rather it is the birth pangs of a new strong stage and therefore the birth pangs are a little painful. He also expressed optimism about surviving the hurricane that is passing through the whole world.
“And he emphasized that President Sisi does not show off, but rather faces challenges, believing that the year 2024 will be better and will be the year of breakthrough.”
On his part, Dr. Yousry Elsharkawy, the president of the African Businessmen Association, called for connecting the education and research community with the private sector, especially since economic issues are interconnected. He added that the Cabinet discusses daily a dialogue and open platforms to receive opinions regarding the local and global economy, which requires a good effort to reach practical solutions that boost the economy.
In a related context, Dr. Ahmed El Khedrawi, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at Nahda University, said that the world has been facing a crisis since World War II, and all governments of advanced and emerging countries are struggling for survival, and Egypt is one of the countries most affected by the crisis.
The dean, Dr. Ahmed El-Khadrawi, added that Egypt has put forward a roadmap to revive the economy through two approaches: the first is an economic plan to address the impact of the global crisis, and the second is by providing solutions to chronic crises, in order to overcome five historical situations, which are the events of 2011 and 2013, the crisis of startups in 2018, as well as the crises of COVID-19 and the Russian-Ukrainian war.
He pointed out that despite the crises, Egypt has survived, but it has borne a high cost to overcome the global contraction by increasing its economic growth. Everyone in Egypt must face global inflation rates, increasing debt levels, and fluctuations in the private sector participation rate.
At the end of the opening session, Dr. Hossam El-Mallahy honored Dr. Mohamed Maait – Minister of Finance, Dr. Yousry El-Sharqawy – Chairman of the African Businessmen Association (strategic partner), Ms. Yasmina El Husseiny – Head of Strategic Planning Sector at the Export Development Bank of Egypt (the main sponsor), the ambassador of Niger, and the Minister Counselor of Nigeria.
Dr. Khaled Saudi, a lecturer in the Conservative Dentistry Department at the College of Dentistry and Oral Medicine at Nahda University, has won third place in the E-Poster competition for the best research at the national level. He participated in the scientific research titled “Pulpal repair after direct pulp capping with new bio ceramic materials: A comparative histological study.”
The competition was held during the 6th International Cairo Dental Conference, which took place from February 24-27, to enhance the technical and digital aspects of dentistry and exchange research experiences among various professors from Egyptian, Arab, and international universities.
“The Faculty of Dentistry of Nahda University organized the First Upper Egypt Dental Conference, in collaboration with the Dental Colleges of Beni Suef and Fayoum Universities, from February 22 to 24, 2023. The conference was held at the Noria Resort on the banks of Lake Qarun in Fayoum Governorate.”
“The opening ceremony was attended by Dr. Tarek Salah El Din – Head of the Dentistry Sector Committee at the Supreme Council of Universities (Conference Chairman), Dr. Susan Saifallah – Dean of the Dental College at Nahda University, Dr. Lamiaa Ahmed Ibrahim – Acting Dean of the Dental College at Fayoum University, Dr. Ahmed Fathallah – Dean of the Dental College at Beni Suef University, members of the teaching staff of the three participating colleges, and the Director of the Commissioning Department at the Ministry of Health and Population.”
This comes as a support from the three universities for scientific research and encouragement of research efforts that serve the community. It is necessary that the university’s professors, researchers, and scientists in various fields play an active role in reforming the community and providing scientific solutions to the problems that afflict society.
The conference, held over the course of three days, included numerous scientific presentations and lectures by a select group of professors from the participating universities, as well as professors from Cairo, Ain Shams, and Misr International Universities.
On her part, Professor Dr. Susan Seif Allah, Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at Nahda University, confirmed that many stimulating ideas were presented to hold this conference as soon as possible. She explained that the conference is directed towards young researchers and graduate students, through the assistance of great expertise in the field of dentistry from various Egyptian universities. She also emphasized the keenness of the universities in North Upper Egypt and their desire to hold the conference annually, with the participation of more government and private Egyptian universities, to maximize scientific and practical benefit in the future.
At the end of the conference, Dr. Susan Seifallah, Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at Nahda University, received a shield for the First North Upper Egypt Dental Conference on behalf of Prof. Hossam El-Malahy – President of Nahda University.
