20% of Egyptian SMEs prefer Sharia-compliant products: IMF

IMF recommends Islamic banks attract large numbers of Muslim population worldwide currently without bank accounts

Shaimaa Al-Aees

African bond index launched by AfDB and Bloomberg

Bank announced last year it will expand its financial support to Egypt

Daily News Egypt

Mehleb calls for new Port Safaga completion timetable in June: Cabinet

Total area of port after development reaches 825,000 sqm with total circulation of 8.5m tonnes, marine energy accommodating 1.3 million passengers annually

Mohamed Ayyad

Egyptians spend $10.18m at Dubai Shopping Festival via Visa cards

Visa card holders in Saudi Arabia came in first place in terms of spending, spending $35.18m during the first half of the festival compared to around $27.29m during the same…

Daily News Egypt

Ministry of Supply studies listing FIHC in stock market

Ministry of Petroleum is also studying possibility of capital market listing

Sara Aggour

Qalaa Holding investigates raising capital to EGP 1.8bn: Sources

Qalaa Holding Company aims to increase capital to EGP1.8bn, in return for share swapping of partners stocks in subsidiaries and sister companies

Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi

Kaki demands Egyptian government refund EGP 1bn

Kaki Group would not terminate its Egypt investments despite smear campaigns led by former employees of the company, says Kaki Group owner

Shaimaa Al-Aees

Election race heat up, as registration doors shut

Candidates started applying to the SEC on 8 February, with the door for candidacy set to be closed on 17 February, but which was then extended by two days for…

Adham Youssef

EGP 93m disbursed for Sinai’s ‘second phase’ families

Amount given to families who resided in 313 houses recently demolished

Menna Zaki

Media gag imposed on Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis trial

Group pledged allegiance to “Islamic State”, changed name to “State of Sinai”

Adham Youssef