Ripplewood deal boosts optimistic expectations for Egyptian real estate market growth
SODIC is one of the largest real estate development companies listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange, launching projects targeting strata that earn above-average income.
ECES proposes a programme to encourage the integration of the informal sector in the formal economy
If implemented, ECES projects the programme could contribute to an 8% annual increase in tax revenues
My liberal times in Oum al Dounia (Part 3)
By Dr Ronald Meinardus After nearly eight years at the helm of the Cairo Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF), Germany’s liberal think tank, Dr Ronald Meinardus,…
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s ‘lost’ legacy
By Dr Cesar Chelala I met Gabriel García Márquez and Fidel Castro at the Convention Palace in Havana during a medical meeting I attended in Cuba in the early eighties.…
In a league of his own: Sisi’s loving embrace
By Rasheed Hammouda and Mohamed Ibrahim This article is the second of a three part series. The aim of this series is to dispel the increasingly widespread belief held by…
Freedoms should not ‘harm the state’: Al-Sisi
Sabahy pledges to create a ministry to support Egyptians living abroad
Use of coal would require EGP 140m investment: South Valley Cement
Cement company says it is aiming to increase investments in order to double its production capacity
Electricity ministry to install meters to prevent power theft in slums
The Ministry of Electricity estimates that 4% of the country’s annual electricity production is stolen. The estimated value of the stolen electricity is approximately EGP 1bn in subsidies, and an…
Egyptian exports down 11% in April
Non-petroleum exports declined in all sectors, excluding leather products and furniture, with total exports amounting to $1.8bn