Month: May 2016

First session for lawsuit contesting islands agreement on Tuesday

There are calls for citizens to attend the session to support the…

Daily News Egypt

Court sentences married couple to prison on charges of assaulting a doctor

This is the first verdict of its kind that we have formally…

Daily News Egypt

Jailed novelist Ahmed Nagi to be honored by PEN International

Nagi's brother will receive PEN's “Freedom to write” award on his behalf

Daily News Egypt

Government raises prices of medicine under EGP 30 by 20%

Pharmaceutical companies have demanded the government increase the prices of medicine after…

Mohamed Ayyad

The art of yarn dyeing: a talent at risk of being lost

  The long process of transforming original white fabric into the final…

Mohamed Omar

Council to coordinate between CBE, Finance Ministry to legalise informal sector

Bylaws to govern the agricultural SEs to be issued within days

Hossam Mounir

CIB targets to increase number of SME customers to 80,000 in 4 years

The bank finances these projects by providing EGP 50,000 to EGP 25m,…

Hossam Mounir

Lack of financing hinders SMEs in Egypt

The lack of a unified body responsible for this sector is the…

Hossam Mounir

Parliament’s economic committee to discuss AMF’s loan on Tuesday

The loan is worth $243m with an interest rate of 1.2% and…

Combating fraud: Visa working to ensure safe transactions for cardholders

Visa has analysed and risk scored more than 112bn transactions annually, says…

Hossam Mounir