The Coca-Cola Foundation has partnered with the Misr El Kheir Foundation and the youth and military production ministries, to launch the first phase of the “Your Bicycle, Your Revenue” initiative, which offers a source of income for young people, according to a statement (pdf). Almost 1.4k bikes will be distributed along with training and Coca-Cola products, allowing unemployed youth to start their own micro-businesses.

Our friends at ALC Alieldean Weshahy & Partners have for the first time been designated a “leading firm” by Legal 500 in its recently issued 2022 EMEA rankings, earning nods in four practice areas: banking and finance; commercial, corporate and M&A; projects and infrastructure; and arbitration. Among the individual practitioners getting nods:

• Arbitration: Ahmed Weshahi and Yehia Shahine;
• Banking and finance: Bahaa Alieldean, Elham Mabrouk and Mahmoud Al-Araby;
• Commercial, corporate and M&A: Amr Namek, Weshahi, and Alieldean;
• Projects and infrastructure: Weshahi and Alieldean.

A number of practitioners have been named to IFLR1000’s Women Leaders 2022 (in alphabetical order):

• Amira Sherif senior partner at Sarie-Eldin & Partners;
• Ingy Badawy, a founding partner a Zulficar & Partners and head of corporate M&A;
• Lamyaa Gadelhak, co-head of the banking and projects practice group at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie’s Cairo office;
• Mariam Fahmy, partner at Shalakany Law Office;
• Mona Zulficar, founding partner and chairperson at Zulficar & Partners.
• Ragia Omran, of counsel at Zaki Hashem & Partners;
• Sara Hinton, senior partner at Ibrachy Legal Consultancy;

E-payments firm Damen has signed an agreement to collect donations for breast cancer charity the Baheya Foundation through its electronic platform, Damen said in a statement.