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Morsy wants Brazil to increase investments in Egypt

President Mohamed Morsy is currently on a working visit to Brazil and has urged its businessmen to invest in Egypt in order to increase trade between the two countries. Egypt is the biggest trading partner of the Latin American country in Africa and transactions between them have always been on the rise for more than […]

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Egypt concludes deal for the Al Nouran Sugar Project

The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), the private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank Group, and the Egyptian government have reached a financial and initial working capital terms agreement in Cairo. The agreement is essential for works on the Al Nouran Sugar Project, where an amount of $372 million […]

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Egypt: Huawei and Etisalat conclude new deal

After signing a strategic partnership agreement in February, Huawei and Etisalat Misr have sealed a new contract that will provide the latter with the latest BTS3900 radio base station technology. The deal is meant to improve quality and speed to the Etisalat Misr’s radio network. The BTS3900 will help the Egyptian company to save expenditures […]

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Egypt: Controversy around a new tax

The Egyptian government has made another U-turn after a lot of pressure from investors. The government decided to unveil a 10% tax on stock dividends and investment gains from takeovers in December 2012, but the decision wasn’t welcomed by investors. The government says it is part of the austerity measures that should be implemented to […]

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A New Economic Model for Egypt?

At the ongoing conference under the theme “Saving the Egyptian economy, towards an alternative program,” the Al-Tayar Al-Sha’aby party has claimed that they have an alternative economic model to remedy the country’s situation. Hussein Abdel Ghani, a member of the party, criticized “the current state of the country” and blamed the government for “no suitable […]

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Egypt and Sudan strengthening ties

President Morsi is on a two-day visit to Sudan with the prospect of promoting bilateral relations and cooperation. He is accompanied with a high powered business delegation. Sudanese came out in the hundreds to give him a warm welcome. Speaking upon his arrival, Morsi said that the “internal and external challenges” that both countries have […]

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Egypt: Student entrepreneurial festival

Alex Bank-Intesa San Paolo witnessed the March Entrepreneurs Festival and was impressed with the potentials showcased by the participants and their proposed projects. The festival which was held at the KEY Career Development Centre office was hosted by the Egyptian Junior Business Association (EJB) in cooperation with community service and environmental development organizations from several […]

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Cairo & Tehran, Old Enemies, Forming a New Axis ?

Many foreign political analysts seem increasingly are concerned over the geostrategic implications of the rapid rapprochement between Egypt and Iran, two former foes that are apparently becoming new friends in the Arab Spring era! They are currently busing working to enhance their relationship and warm up their once frosty ties. Few days ago, the two […]

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Egypt: The E.U warnings… if democracy fails

Egypt has received warnings that the European Union (EU) would stop its aid package of €5 billion if its reforms for democracy fail to be effective. In the European Union’s latest report, the European Commission was unsatisfied with the progress Egypt has registered since the elected government took over. EU has already cut some of […]