Special Euromoney Coverage: Ghali predicts 6 pct growth, Mohieldin sees inflation 'in the teens'
CAIRO: The faltering global economy has left Egypt grappling with a major challenge: a slowdown in its real economy that could see growth rates fall to around 6 percent, Finance…
Special Euromoney Coverage: It's unanimous: Push reforms, privatize, remove subsidies, say experts
CAIRO: The fall in inflation that global recession is expected to spur is a popular silver lining for officials and businesspeople here, especially given Egypt's record-snapping rates this year. But…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Despite gloomy tone, experts say falling pound may spur exports, tourism
CAIRO: Letting the pound's value fall could help the Egyptian economy in the coming months by bolstering export and tourism revenues threatened by worldwide recession, Mohamed Taymour, chairman of the…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Timing is everything when it comes to IPOs
CAIRO: Want to venture into a successful initial public offering (IPO)? Timing, pricing, and distribution are essential elements.Panelists at a workshop Monday explained that a successful IPO has to take…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Bridging the gap between banks and SMEs
CAIRO: Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a key contributor to GDP growth and job creation in Egypt. How to harness their potential was the main issue at stake in…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Lessons learned from Egypt's energy leaders
CAIRO: Egypt's energy sector gradually opened up to private investment in the last 10 years, which is emblematic of a fate touching more and more segments of the country's economy.…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Egypt's mortgage securitization hopes not to repeat US mistakes
CAIRO: Seemingly unabated by the mortgage-related crisis that blew up in the USA, Egyptian banks have started to engage in the securitization of mortgages. Bankers at a workshop organized by…
Special Euromoney Coverage: What makes the lights flicker: Energy in Egypt and where it's heading
CAIRO: In the great lottery of modern energy resources, Egypt's neighbors have been lucky. Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Algeria, for example, were blessed with vast oil reserves; Egypt was not,…
Special Euromoney Coverage: prepares to weather global economic meltdown
CAIRO: On the morning of Monday Sept. 15, the board of directors of venerable investment bank Lehman Brothers, which had been in frantic meetings all weekend, decided to declare Chapter…
Israel's Peres to meet Mubarak in Egypt
JERUSALEM: Israeli President Shimon Peres will head to Egypt this week to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.Peres office said Monday that the two leaders would meet Thursday in the…
