• Monday, 22 March 2021

    Don’t hold your breath for vaccine donations from the EU

    Egypt is on the cusp of a third wave of covid-19 infections, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi warned yesterday, urging citizens to take the necessary precautions, especially during Ramadan (watch, runtime: 2:39). We were relatively lucky with the first and...
  • Sunday, 21 March 2021

    Egypt fuels 2020 MENA e-commerce boom

    Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE led a boom in e-commerce in the MENA region last year, as the covid-19 pandemic forced consumers online, according to a new study published last week. The value of the region’s e-commerce sector surged...
  • Sunday, 21 March 2021

    Around the World on 21 March

    Egypt is “concerned” about the latest developments in the fraught negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly said during the high-level meeting on water at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, two days after Ethiopia...
  • Sunday, 21 March 2021

    Turkey tells Ikhwani press to lay off Egypt in latest bid for reconciliation

    Turkish officials have told Ikhwani mouthpieces and other dissident media based in Turkey to tone down their criticism of Egypt, head of the Istanbul-based Al Sharq television station and former Egyptian MP Ayman Nour told Reuters, marking the country’s latest...
  • Tuesday, 16 March 2021

    What we’re tracking tonight on 16 March 2021

    Good afternoon, everyone. We made it through hump day together — two more days and we can slide into the weekend. That also brings us two days closer to Ramadan, with the holy month being 28 days out from where...
  • Monday, 15 March 2021

    What we’re tracking on 15 March 2020

    The flood of M&A news continues unabated this afternoon, folks, and we have a price range announcement on the Taaleem IPO to boot. Chapter and verse on this and more can be found in this afternoon’s news well.SOUND SMART: The...
  • Sunday, 14 March 2021

    Around the World on 14 March 2021

    Saudi Arabia will contribute USD 3 bn to a joint fund for investments in Sudan, and has recommitted to delivering the remaining USD 1.2 bn of a USD 1.5 bn grant promised to Sudan in 2019, Reuters reports.Israeli Prime Minister...
  • Thursday, 11 March 2021

    What we’re tracking tonight on 11 March 2021

    …and that’s another week in the books, wonderful people. We hope you all have plans to unwind and relax this weekend before we return on Sunday for week #11 of 2021 — and start the 30-day countdown to Ramadan. We...
  • Thursday, 11 March 2021

    Around the world on 11 March 2021

    Saudi Arabia’s 70-year-old kafala sponsorship labor system will end on 14 March, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development said in a tweet. Under the initiative announced last November, foreign employees will no longer need their work sponsor’s permission...

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