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Streamlining operating costs leads to 65% profit increase for Arafa Holdings

Manufacturing of textiles was disproportionally affected by the slide against the US…

Nicholas Mehling

CBE to present 3-month report of SME financing initiative to parliament

The financing initiative does not include micro-projects and Negm did not give…

Mobile subscriptions post minor growth while internet users grow to 33.2m in February

Ministry records a 30% growth rate in mobile phone internet users

Mohamed Alaa El-Din

Egypt’s electronic payment market ranks third largest in Arab region

The Arab market grew by 23.3% and the market reached $5.1bn in…

Mohamed Alaa El-Din

Private sector accounts for 59.3% of credit facilities granted by banks to clients: CBE

Industry at forefront of economic sectors funded by banks followed by services,…

Hossam Mounir

CBE provides $120m to cover pharmaceutical product import requests

The CBE called banks to cover their customers' requests with the US…

Hossam Mounir

Declining purchasing power diminishes mobile phone sales by 30%

We cut down our marketing budget by 70% to support the difference…

Mohamed Alaa El-Din

EGAS to rent gasification ship located in Jordan with 500m cubic feet capacity

Gas line with Amman to re-open this summer, importing 200m cubic feet…

Mohamed Adel