UNB-Egypt moves forward with expansion plans
Union National Bank (UNB) Egypt is forging ahead with its expansion strategy and plans to have a total of 30 branches across the country by year's end. While this would…
One On One: MyGlobal looks to transcend borders for ease in banking
Ahli United Bank specializes in making connections. Together with its subsidiaries in Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq and London, the Bahrain-based bank works to ensure that assets move as smoothly…
BUSINESS BEAT: Tanmeyah says small loans can mean big profits
In the world of finance, microfinance has long been viewed as a business with low enough margins, it's typically reserved for non-profit work. It's a business that demands high staff-to-client…
Egypt index dips in late sell-off
CAIRO: Egypt's benchmark index EGX30 ended slightly lower, its sixth straight decline, in low volumes after late selling hit Ezz Steel and blue chip firms dipped into the negative after…
Mozambique salutes late godfather of photography
Mozambicans on Tuesday mourned the recent death of Ricardo Rangel, a groundbreaking photojournalist who documented six decades of Mozambique's history from colonialism and through civil war.The 85-year-old Rangel, whose photographs…
Award-winning Iranian director urges support for protests
Award-winning Iranian film-maker Bahman Ghobadi, in Paris after being released from jail, on Tuesday urged the world to come out in support of the country's young protesters."Iran's youth has spilled…
Barbès and the multi-culti music fest
Wust El-Balad fuses jazz, rock, and oriental music into a mélange dubbed as "Downtown. Yet even Cairo's 'heart of town' paled in comparison to the Orchestre National de Barbès in…
Celebrating Eratosthenes with pencils and rulers
ALEXANDRIA: The Bibliotheca Alexandrina celebrated Eratosthenes (276-195 c), one of the prominent head librarians of the ancient library, with a day of science fun where about 500 Alexandrian preparatory school…
French patriotism shared across religious lines
PARIS: France currently has the largest Muslim community in Europe with approximately five million people (i.e., about eight percent of the total population), most of whom hold French nationality. This…
What's wrong with ethnic profiling?
BRUSSELS: Several years ago, as terrorism, immigration, and unrest in suburban Paris were at the top of the news in France, a French police officer confided to a researcher: "If…