• Monday, 11 January 2021

    Last Night’s Talk Shows on 11 January 2021

    It was mixed bag of nuts on the airwaves last night:Yesterday’s failed GERD talks unsurprisingly received attention, with Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 5:51) and Al Hayah Al Youm’s Mohamed Sherdy (watch, runtime: 2:48) both discussing developments which...
  • Monday, 28 December 2020

    Deglobalization after covid-19

    Could covid reverse the tide of globalization? The past year pulled the brakes on global trade flows, forcing businesses and consumers alike to think and spend more locally, and accelerating a deglobalization of the world economy. With global lockdowns limiting...
  • Thursday, 24 December 2020

    Also on our radar on 24 December 2020

    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has extended a USD 12 mn loan to Al Dau al Haram for Hotels Operations to develop the Hyatt Regency hotel that will overlook the Giza Pyramids, it said in a statement...
  • Wednesday, 23 December 2020

    Also on our radar on 23 December 2020

    Al Azhar issued a fatwa confirming that joining the Ikhwan is religiously forbidden on grounds that the group has engaged in “distorting some texts, taking them out of their context, and using them to achieve personal goals or interests and...
  • Wednesday, 23 December 2020

    Enterprise talks to: Hoda Youssef, senior economist at the World Bank

    Embracing the private sector: An interview with Hoda Youssef, senior economist at the World Bank. Earlier this week, the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation published an in-depth report on the barriers facing private investment in Egypt which prevent...
  • Tuesday, 22 December 2020

    Trade + transparency = private investment, says World Bank

    Egypt’s private sector is yet to feel the benefits of the government’s economic reforms, and although the economy has stabilized in recent years, policymakers must enact further structural changes if the country is to attract more private investment, the World...
  • Monday, 14 December 2020

    Around the world on 14 December 2020

    Just to raise our hackles a little bit: The chairman of DP World says that Israel is the “logical” link between the EU and Middle East. Ports in Europe and the Middle East would be best, and most logically and...
  • Tuesday, 1 December 2020

    The pandemic hasn’t been kind to our current account

    The pandemic hasn’t been kind to Egypt’s current account: Egypt’s current account deficit more than tripled to USD 3.83 bn in 4Q FY2019-2020 from USD 1.09 bn the year before as the pandemic dealt a heavy blow to the country’s...
  • Tuesday, 17 November 2020

    Iraq agreements could be worth USD 1 bn for Egyptian building materials exporters

    Egypt could be looking at an additional USD 1 bn in annual building materials exports to Iraq as the two nations draw closer following a raft of agreements signed last month, according to Kamal El Desouki, VP of the building...

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