Business Emerging Markets

Algeria encourages France to attack Sub-Saharan Africa

The economic partnership between Algiers and Paris is in the right direction and both partners are willing to improve on it in order to make it more conducive for national and foreign investors. Minister Rahmani is on a working visit to France to improve the cordial business relationship they share. He will be holding meetings […]

Business Energy

Libya: Russian Oil Company resumes activity but security still to be consolidated

Tatneft, a Russian oil company, has agreed to begin its operations again in Libya after the circumstances of the uprising against Ghadaffi no longer permitted its staff to continue with their daily activities at the Mellitah energy complex. The company said that its staff members have begun returning to the plant which is located in […]

Business Emerging Markets

Confidence in the Egyptian real estate market

Emaar Misr has announced that it will be increasing its investments showing   confidence in the Egyptian real estate market which they expect “to recover very soon in the middle to long term.” The company will be having its total investment portfolio stand at EGP 53billion during the course of the year. Presenting their investment plans, […]

Business Finance

Egypt: IMF loan faces another dilemma

With its economy showing no sign of recovery and the inflation on the rise, Jones Lang LaSalle has stated that property prices have been escalating especially in two large well known Cairo satellite cities; New Cairo and 6th of October City. In its latest report, the two cities have witnessed an average price rise of […]

Business Finance

The Egyptian Exchange worst day

It was not a joyful day at the Egyptian Exchange just like any other day since the beginning of the week. Tuesday was among the worst as losses continue to increase with the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) 30 benchmark index dropping by 1.95% to reach 5,129 points at the end of the session compared to 5,231 […]

Business Finance

Egypt: QNB finally takes over NSGB

A total of 443,535,902 shares of the ‘’National Société Générale Bank’’ (NSGB) have been acquired by the Qatar National Bank (QNB) at a selling price of EGP 35.65 per share. The 100% acquisition of the shares cost the Qatari bank EGP 16.142bn. The NSGB is a subsidiary of the French Société Générale Bank in Egypt. […]

Business Emerging Markets Features

Morocco’s King Eyeing Business in Africa

In a gloomy economic environment, Morocco turned its eyes from Europe and opened its hand towards the South, wanting to free itself from the shackles and chains locked by trade agreements with a self-centered Europe. According to African countries, the EU uses its quotas and standards as leverage against them. The recent African tour led […]

Business Finance

EU contributes €20.8 million to payment of Palestinian salaries

The European Union has made a contribution of approximately €20.8 million to the payment of February’s salaries and pensions of almost 82,000 Palestinian civil servants and pensioners in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and called on all other donors to provide their promised financial support to the PA, a press release announced on […]