Industry & Trade Egypt’s Hikma Pharmaceuticals launches new unit to bring advanced medicines to… Ghada Ismail Jun 5, 2016 0 Hikma Pharmaceuticals Egypt announced the launch of its new business unit “Hikma Specialized Egypt” as part of…
Tech news Oracle hit with whistleblower lawsuit over cloud accounting Ghada Ismail Jun 2, 2016 0 Oracle Corp was sued on Wednesday by a former senior finance manager who claimed she was terminated in retaliation…
Egypt News Egypt’s finance ministry releases VAT-free goods and services list aya salah May 21, 2016 0 Egypt's finance ministry has listed 52 commodities and services that will be exempted from a new value-added tax…
International News IMF contingent measures impossible to legislate; Greek finmin says Noha Gad May 8, 2016 0 Greece is applying reforms to meet bailout pledges but extra contingency measures demanded by the IMF are…
Tech news Loxon to Sponsor SME Banking and Finance Egypt 2016 Ghada Ismail Apr 23, 2016 0 Loxon, leading risk management software solutions provider, along with regional partner Pio tech, joins the SME…
Egypt News Finance ministry adopts ‘stable’ tax policies to lower Egypt’s deficit,… Noha Gad Apr 19, 2016 0 Egyptian Finance Ministry is to adopt clear and stable tax policies within the coming period to reach government's…
Egypt News Egypt delays international bond issuance, is not in talks with IMF aya salah Apr 17, 2016 0 Egypt will delay an international bond issuance until at least the first half of fiscal year 2016/17 and has not…
Egypt News Egypt, Arab Fund sign agreements worth $364mn to finance projects aya salah Apr 6, 2016 0 Egypt signed Tuesday two agreements with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) to finance…
Egypt News Don’t rush to float the Egyptian pound, says ex-PIMCO CEO El-Erian aya salah Feb 25, 2016 0 Floating the Egyptian pound is not enough to solve Egypt’s economic woes, and curbing imports is a positive…
Banks SFD receives first tranche of Saudi $200m grant aya salah Feb 17, 2016 0 Egypt’s Social Fund for Development (SFD) received the first tranche of 62.5 million Egyptian pounds from the Saudi…