The Egypt Investment Forum kicks off on Saturday at Al Masa Hotel Nasr City, and continues on Sunday at the Nile Ritz Carlton. Discussion will focus on Africa, with an emphasis on trilateral cooperation between Egyptian companies, GCC-based investors and suppliers based in developed economies. Also look for public-private partnership strategies for infrastructure and urban development to get air time. You can click here for the agenda.

A consortium of Russian companies is expected to visit Egypt next month to explore investment and operational logistics in the Russian Industrial Zone area of the Suez Canal Economic Zone, reports the local press.

The gov’t will begin rolling out its debt control strategy next month. The four-year strategy aims to bring down Egypt’s public debt to 80-85% of GDP by the end of FY2021-22.

An Egyptian ministerial delegation will visit France in March to discuss boosting bilateral trade, local press reported.

Egypt-Sudan electricity grid connection project is on track, and is set to begin its first-phase trials next month, according to The North Africa Post.