• Thursday, 15 July 2021

    1 mn Sinovac vaccines coming this week

    Egypt will receive 1 mn doses of the Sinovac vaccine before the end of next week, Health Minister Hala Zayed said in a cabinet meeting yesterday. The Chinese company last week delivered a 500k-dose shipment of the vaccine, while Egypt...
  • Wednesday, 14 July 2021

    Hybrid work is making workplace inequality worse

    It’s an uneven playing field for promotions during hybrid work: With the option of working from home on the table, employers are labelling in-office workers as higher performers and giving them bigger raises and promotions. Managers are still sticking to...
  • Wednesday, 14 July 2021

    Slovenia donates vaccines to Egypt

    Slovenia donates vaccines to Egypt: The 250k doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine heading to Egypt this week have been donated to us by Slovenia, the Health Ministry said in a statement.This means that the shipment is not part of the...
  • Tuesday, 13 July 2021

    TONIGHT: AstraZeneca jab won’t let you into Europe. + Egypt’s Tax Authority rolls out invoicing app.

    Good afternoon, wonderful people, and welcome to another very brisk afternoon. The Sisi administration dominates today’s news cycle with word of a new EGP 100 bn mortgage finance initiative for low- and middle-income earners and new ESG reporting requirements for...
  • Tuesday, 13 July 2021

    Egypt becomes member of African Medicines Agency

    Egypt has signed up to the African Medicines Agency (AMA) treaty, Health Minister Hala Zayed said yesterday. The AMA aims to unify medical regulations among African countries, and improve access to medicines. The treaty came into force in March of...
  • Tuesday, 13 July 2021

    Rubles for Dabaa contractors

    Rosatom will provide between USD 3-4 bn to several Egyptian contractors working at the site of the Dabaa nuclear power plant as soon as permits are issued and construction begins, the company’s Chief Sustainability Officer Polina Lion told a presser...
  • Tuesday, 13 July 2021

    THIS MORNING: EGX elections tomorrow.

    Good morning, all. We have another packed issue for you this morning, albeit one that is again low on hard business news. Instead, legislation dominates the agenda: with our elected representatives eager to escape to Sahel for the summer recess,...
  • Monday, 12 July 2021

    TONIGHT: Oil Ministry signs USD 17 mn gold exploration contracts. + Oil prices slip. ALSO: Read ‘Midnight in Cairo’.

    The pre-Eid news slowdown appears to be in full effect, with not one major theme in business happening today. For those who have not set an internal countdown, Monday, 19 July is the Wa’fa.THE BIG STORY TODAY- The Oil Ministry...
  • Monday, 12 July 2021

    More than 2.25 mn vaccines will be delivered this week

    Pfizer, AstraZeneca, J&J jabs to arrive this week: Egypt will receive our first 2 mn-dose shipment of the Pfizer / BioNTech mRNA vaccine by the end of this week while a new 250k-jab batch of the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine...

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