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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Egypt's real estate market stays the course
CAIRO: The past several years have seen a steady outflow of Cairo's families to spacious villas in new satellite cities, and with the recent move of several major public and…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Egypt's financial forecast: mild turbulence, partly cloudy
CAIRO: As global economic woes deepen, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects global growth to drop sharply for the rest of this year and the next year. However, financial analysts…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Empowering Egyptian consumers key to sustaining growth
CAIRO: Perhaps in an effort to recognize that the consumer is, in many ways, the engine of the economy, EFG-Hermes hosted a workshop entitled "Growth, Inflation and the Egyptian Consumer.…
Film by Wayne Wang premieres on YouTube for free
Is there room among the pratfalls and bedroom tirades of YouTube for an experimental, full-length film?On Friday, the director Wayne Wang will premiere his movie "The Princess of Nebraska on…
'Disgrace' scoops Black Pearl at Abu Dhabi film fest
Disgrace, a searing drama set in post-apartheid South Africa, scooped the Black Pearl award for best picture at the climax on Sunday of the Middle East International Film Festival.The movie,…