YEAREND SPECIAL: Aperitivo: A new culinary landmark
Two weeks since its opening and people can't seem to stop talking about Aperitivo, Bodega's latest offering to Cairo. It's a reinterpretation of Italian dining traditions of the 1930s; and…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Top new restaurants of 2009
It has been a good year for food in Egypt. High end restaurants, where dining is a process, and more modest establishments have popped up all over the city. Looking…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Egypt's priestesses of lifestyle luxury: What recession?
In Egypt, consumer choices have become more refined during a year which was witness to a great expansion in the field of local luxury outlets, but it was a matter…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Telecom sector keeps Egypt entertained in 2009
It was a wild year for Egypt's telecom industry with price wars, international disputes, and a rapidly changing industry.The most dramatic - and least satisfying - story of the year…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Movers and shakers: Egypt's stock market in 2009
Some economic pundits have recommended that global stock market data from the end of 2008 should not be included in analysis, but treated as an outlier with little bearing on…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Egyptian pound sees little fluctuation
The Egyptian pound has fared well in 2009 according to many observers, who argue that the pound has managed to maintain a stable exchange rate to the US dollar and…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Mixed performance for major revenue earners
The Egyptian government has structured its economy around three key revenue earners: the Suez Canal, tourism and remittances. All three depend on global economic factors and threatened to undermine the…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Construction, real estate and banking see ups and downs
Economic crises are never a good thing. But depending on the timing, they can be especially devastating.Egypt's economy was in major growth mode when the recession struck last fall. GDP…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Egypt's GDP steady, inflation falls and FDI on target
While last year ended with a note of "cautious pessimism for Egypt's prospects, 2009 demonstrated that the country can rely on its own domestic market to drive growth and that…
YEAREND SPECIAL: M&As and IPOs: The only constant is change
It is said that most start ups fail within the first two years, but even the largest and strongest of businesses are regularly growing, merging, disintegrating, devouring each other in…