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Three North African countries namely Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria will be benefitting from the Open Data Platforms alongside other 17 other African countries launched by the African Development Bank (AfDB). Upon completion of the project in July 2013, it is believed that quality data on Africa will be brought to the doorsteps of its users […]
If Egypt has declared that it’s no more interested in International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) loan, Tunisia on the other hand has not ruled out its emergency loan which is on standby. However, planned protests and strikes for the following weeks might jeopardize the Tunisian government’s ability to overcome its shaky finance and at worst, its […]
Algeria announced on Monday a series of measures to fight the chronic unemployment excluding thousands of Algerian youths from the work market, mainly in the southern parts of the country. The announcement came while anger is growing among these youths who have planned a massive protest demonstration for Thursday and who no longer believe the […]
In 2011, Libya’s economy contracted to around 60% but according to the International Monetary Fund, it grew by more than 100% in 2012 as it continues to recover. It is forecasted to reach around 16.7% this year after attaining 121.9% in 2012. The head of an IMF mission which went to country, Ralph Chami, stated […]
Egypt’s Minister of Finance, Mursi Hijazi, revealed that the country is losing about 100 million pounds per day because of insecurity and political unrest and that workers’ repeated strikes have also contributed to the losses. According to the minister, “the losses are caused by various disruptions, such as sit-ins, protests, cutting off roads and breaking […]
Governor Hisham Ramez of the central bank has said that the foreign cash reserve recession rate may decline by next month. The central earlier on this month announced that the reserves had reached US$13.6 billion, which would amount to a 16-year low, compared to $36 billion on the eve of the 2011 uprising that ousted […]
According to the analyses of the president of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), David Malone, the 4.8 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan is insufficient to end to end Egypt’s economic woes. President Malone is in Cairo when he said that what Egypt needed is not a “western tailored” development model. Malone, a renowned […]
Egypt was pinning great hopes on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) promised loan to boost its economy, stabilize the country and attract investors and tourists anew. The country is in dire need of this loan also to inject cash in the state’s reserves as foreign currency reserve can barely cover 3 months of imports and […]
Negotiations are going on between Tunisia and the International Monetary Fund for a loan programme. The IMF director for the Middle East and North Africa, Masood Ahmed, said he is looking forward for their talks to progress by early February. Negotiations have been going on prosperously between the two parties and Tunisia is hoping to […]
The Egyptian pound weakened to a new record low against the US dollar on Thursday, extending its losses to 6.4 percent since the central bank introduced a new system of foreign currency auctions to curb a decline in foreign reserves. This came hours after Qatar announced that it is willing to pump in more money […]