Egypt, Madagascar sign cooperation deals to deepen economic ties
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Madagascar's President Michael Randrianirina oversaw the signing of several…
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Egypt’s central bank signs COMESA deal on banking sector competition oversight
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) signed a memorandum of understanding with the COMESA Competition and Consumer…
Profile: Ahmed Rostom, Egypt’s Minister of Planning, Economic Development
Ahmed Rostom, recently appointed Egypt’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, brings nearly 25 years of…
Egyptian investment ministry outline plans to strengthen trade ties with Africa
Egypt is accelerating efforts to expand trade with Africa and strengthen its investment climate, Investment and…
Egypt-Africa trade rises 7.6% in 2024 ahead of African Statistics Day: CAPMAS
Trade between Egypt and African Union countries rose 7.6 per cent year-on-year in 2024 to $9.9 billion, driven by…
Madbouly leads Egypt delegation to 24th COMESA Summit in Nairobi
Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly will head his country’s delegation to the 24th Common Market for Eastern…
Egypt seeks to expand investment, trade ties with Uganda: minister
Egypt aims to deepen its economic and investment partnership with Uganda, focusing on infrastructure, agriculture,…
Egypt, Vietnam discuss strategic trade partnership
Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Engineer Hassan El-Khatib, met on Monday with Vietnamese Deputy…
Egypt’s CBE hosts COMESA stress testing workshop
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) hosted a five-day regional training programme on Micro and Macro Stress Testing for…
Egypt’s El-Khatib reports $46.1b FDI in 1 year – CNBC interview
Egypt's net FDI reached a record $46.1 billion last year, a 361 per cent increase, driven by projects like Ras El…
Egypt’s ECA chair highlights AI-driven market oversight at H.Kong Competition Exchange
Mahmoud Momtaz, chairman of the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA), participated in the Hong Kong Competition…
Egypt’s foreign currency receipts reach $159.6b in ’23/’24
Egypt’s foreign currency receipts reported a 30.8 per cent year-on-year growth
Egypt-COMESA trade hits $14b in ’23
Egypt’s trade with COMESA countries reached $14 billion in 2023, with further growth anticipated as Egypt…
Egypt keen to attract more Chinese investments – Min. El-Khatib
Haier Electric Egypt is investing an additional $40 million to produce central air conditioning systems on a…
Egypt’s CBE hosts 2nd annual training for African c. banks
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is hosting a training programme on The Application of Big Data Analysis and…
Egypt’s exports to GAFTA, ESCWA, COMESA up 5.1% in ’23
Egypt's total exports to international blocs of which it is a member state reached $42.0 billion in 2023, up 5.1…
COMESA Business Council: SMEs drive 43% of Egypt’s GDP
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) constitute 43 per cent of Egypt’s gross domestic product (GDP), employing over…
Egypt’s FX revenues fall 24% in 2022-2023
Egypt's foreign exchange revenues totalled $121.9 billion in 2022-2023, down 24 per cent from $160.5 billion in…
Egypt’s CBE holds training courses for African central banks
Egypt’s Central Bank (CBE) is hosting a training course on Application of Big Data Analysis and Artificial…
Madbouly calls for shipping routes linking Egypt with African countries
Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly called for operating two regular shipping routes linking Egypt with…
Egypt ends Uganda tariffs crisis on its exports of iron sheets
Egypt has ended the crisis resulting from a 35 percent customs tariffs imposed by Uganda on Egyptian exports of…
Egypt establishes 32% of COMESA’s projects in 7 months
Egypt has implemented 32 projects in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), accounting for 32…
Egypt-COMESA trade exchange increases to $3.9bn in 2019
Trade exchange between Egypt and the members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) grew by…
Kenya backtracks from slapping 25% tariffs on Egyptian exports
Kenya has made U-turn on its decision to impose 25 percent tariffs on Egyptian exports. Kenya has proposed to…
Egypt awaits a clarification after Kenya imposes 25% tariffs on Egyptian exports
The Kenyan government has imposed 25-percent tariff on Egyptian exports in violation of the COMESA free trade…
Egypt’s trade with COMESA records $2.9 bln in 2018
Egypt's trade with states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) hit $2.951 billion in 2018,…
Egypt’s trade with COMESA records $2.3 bln in 2018
The volume of trade exchange between Egypt and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) reached…
Egypt’s Trade Minister partakes COMESA summit in Nairobi
Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry Amr Nassar, on behalf of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, led Egypt's…
COMESA thanks Egyptian ministries for their efforts at Africa 2018 Forum
The COMESA Regional Investment Agency (RIA) has thanked Egypt's ministries of foreign affairs and investment and…
Egypt’s Sisi praises COMESA efforts to promote regional integration in Africa
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi praised on Monday efforts exerted by COMESA to promote regional integration…
COMESA chief: Egypt’s presidency of AU to beef up investments
Chileshe Kapwepwe, Secretary General of Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), confirmed on…
Youth, women at the heart of Africa 2018 Forum in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh
Africa Forum, Egypt’s biggest international gathering, is placing this year place special focus on issues of…
Egypt ranks first in FDI flows in Africa: report
According to a report by fDi Markets, affiliated to the Financial Times, Egypt ranked first in Africa in terms of…
Egypt brings into Africa 2018 Forum plan to lure investment to Africa
Egypt, which holds the presidency of the African Union for 2019, has put Africa high on this year’s Africa Forum…
Agriculture investment opportunities in COMESA are big: Egypt’s minister
There are big investment opportunities in agriculture in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa’s…
Egypt signs $1.15 billion World Bank loan to boost economy
Egypt on Friday signed a deal with the World Bank for a $1.15 billion development policy loan to fund the…
Egypt’s investments in COMESA registers $7.9 bln in 62 projects
Egypt’s investments in Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have reached $7.9 billion distributed…
Leaders, ministers of 24 nations to gather in Sharm El-Sheikh for COMESA conference
Presidents and ministers from 24 nations will gather in Sharm El-Sheikh on Thursday for a three-day conference of…
Egypt expects Africa’s largest free trade deal talks to complete early 2018
Africa's three economic blocs — COMESA, SADC, and EAC are expected to complete negotiations to establish a free…
GAFI: $7bn worth of Egyptian investments in Africa
Egyptian investments in Africa have reached $7 billion, Mohamed Khodair, chairman of the General Egyptian Authority…