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Egypt plans more than $100m “major” wheat investment plans

Discussions between President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and his Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafy during the weekend centered to plans that will ease the international wheat dependency burden of Egypt. Reports stated that the projects that were earmarked during their closed door meeting are three “major” internal investment plans. The plans are complimentary […]

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Egypt meets IMF as pound depreciates

Representatives of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Egyptian government discussed the important $4.8 billion loan as the Egyptian pound continues on its dive with the foreign reserves depleting. Before the visit, the IMF said they will discuss recent economic developments and “possible IMF support for Egypt in facing these challenges”. It’s Middle East and […]

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The Egyptian pound and foreign currencies

During the inauguration ceremony of the National Initiative for Economic Launch, the Egyptian Prime minister said that there are expectations that some prospective investments can “help reduce the budget deficit” before the end of the year because these investments can go up to LE20 billion. These remarks came after saying that the transfer of funds […]