National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr lead coalition to provide EGP 10bn finance to SCZone

Funding will be directed to development of infrastructure, facilities in industrial zones, ports of SCZone

Hossam Mounir

Egyptian economy to rebound in FY 2021/22 supported by vaccine rollout: IMF

Rebound will also be driven by the government’s public investment: World Economic Outlook

Nehal Samir

Egypt Sovereign Fund puts Tahrir Complex development into motion

Diversifying uses of Tahrir building will ensure bringing in non-stop returns, whether from hotel or commercial units: Fund’s CEO

Daily News Egypt

New SMEs law enters into effect after executive regulations issued

Trade Minister Nevine Gamea invites SME owners to obtain project classification certificate to enjoy benefits, incentives of new law

Hossam Mounir

Egypt sees remittances rise by $1.7bn between July 2020 – January 2021: CBE

Increase sees remittances increase to about $18.1bn in January 2021

Hossam Mounir

Cleopatra Hospitals, Nahda University sign EGP 7.4m MoU for joint scholarship programme

Programme lasts for five years from 2020/2021 academic year

Daily News Egypt

Egyptian-African Relations Committee discusses strengthening Egypt’s stance in Africa

The meeting was chaired by Egypt’s Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdi Sanad Loza, and took place in the presence of representatives from various ministries and government bodies.

Sami Hegazi

Laverie raises 6-figure USD investment round led by A15

Company plans to expand its operations to much wider range in Greater Cairo area

Daily News Egypt

Real Estate Chamber, GCC company sign cooperation protocol to export Egyptian real estate

This comes particularly given the competitive global advantages of domestic real estate. As a result, the Chamber has contracted with Nova Media, a regional entity in the GCC market and…

Daily News Egypt

IMF gives upward projection for MENA economy to 4% in 2021

2021 path to recovery in Middle East and Central Asia is expected to be long and divergent, international fund said

Nehal Samir