Contradictory accounts over Al-Azhar’s ban on Muslim Brotherhood book
CAIRO: Contradictory accounts have marked a recent book on the Muslim Brotherhood as its author claims that Al-Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy rejected the book based on orders from state security.…
US, European diplomats strive to save Mideast peace talks
JERUSALEM: US envoy George Mitchell and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton converged on Israel and the Palestinian territories Thursday in a bid to rescue peace talks on the verge…
Panelists point out impasses in Egypt’s PPP development
Egypt currently has 23 public-private partnership (PPP) projects open for tendering to the private sector, with eight already approved, officials said this week. Next year, the market will be saturated…
Brokerage firms need to innovate strategies, says expert
Brokerage firms: it’s time to shake it up — so said a workshop featured in this week’s Euromoney conference. Mohamed Attiya, vice president of Tradenet, who led the workshop, said…
Egypt to sign triple-play licenses, says Kamel at Euromoney
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tarek Kamel said Wednesday that Egypt will sign its first triple-play license with a Vodafone-led Egyptian consortium, Teletech. A second license will be signed…
Bourse chairman says tightening regulations, monitoring key
Problems with regulation and monitoring as well as the lack of a mature, aware investor base are the main obstacles facing Egypt’s stock exchange in the coming period, Khaled Serry…
Nazif on Egypt’s economy, Rachid talks trade developments
The economic crisis has impacted foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Egypt, Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid said Wednesday at the closing of the Euromoney conference in…
HC, Viveris Mashrek partner on SME fund
HC Securities and Investment partnered with Viveris Mashrek to manage a small and medium enterprises (SME) investment fund to be launched by the General Authority for Investment (GAFI), the firm…
HC starts coverage of Egypt’s El Sewedy
HC Brokerage initiated El Sewedy with a "neutral" rating, and said while the company's cable profitability remains superior compared with peers, it is not entirely immune to overcapacity in the…
Egypt aims to cut poverty to 15 pct from 20 pct by 2015
Egypt's Economic Development Minister said on Wednesday the country's poverty rate could be reduced to 15 percent from 20 within five years. "I would say by 2015, we could reach…