Featured Egyptian pound appreciates to highest since Feb. 2017 Ahmed Ali Jan 13, 2020 0 The Egyptian pound strengthened on Monday against the U.S. dollar, trading at 15.967 against the greenback, its…
Real Estate Egypt’s real estate prices increase by 75% since pound floatation Amwal Al Ghad English May 6, 2019 0 Property prices in the Egyptian market have jumped by an average of 75% since the Egyptian pound floatation in…
Banks Egypt’s two largest state banks raise $23 bln since pound float decision Yomna Yasser Nov 4, 2017 0 National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and Banque Misr, the country's largest state banks, have collected around $23 billion…
Banks Remittances from Egyptian expatriates rise 17.3% since currency float Yomna Yasser Oct 8, 2017 0 Remittances from Egyptian expatriates have increased 17.3 percent from a year ago, to $16.3 billion in the period…
Banks Faisal Islamic Bank raises $300 million since Egypt pound float Yomna Yasser Oct 1, 2017 0 Egypt’s Faisal Islamic Bank has collected around $300 million since the central bank floated the pound currency in…
Banks Faisal Islamic Bank H1 profits 67.3% up on Egypt pound float Yomna Yasser Jul 16, 2017 0 Egypt’s Faisal Islamic Bank has made a 67.3 percent y-o-y rise in profits for the first half of 2017 triggered by…
Industry & Trade Egyptian Cabinet announces new electricity price hikes this July Mennatullah Hamzawy Jun 29, 2017 0 Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail announced Thursday that a new electricity price increase will begin this July…
Financial Institutions Egypt attracts $8.4 bln foreign investment in domestic debt since pound float Yomna Yasser Jun 8, 2017 0 Egypt attracted $8.4 billion of foreign investment in domestic debt instruments since the flotation of its pound in…
Banks Remittances from Egyptians abroad rise to $8 billion in 5 months Yomna Yasser May 2, 2017 0 Remittances from Egyptian expats have climbed 13.8 percent at the end of March since the country floated the pound…
Industry & Trade Sawiris: pound float will make Egypt competitive tourist destination once again Yomna Yasser Apr 20, 2017 0 In an interview with Daily News Egypt, Egyptian tycoon Samih Sawiris tackles the impact of the Egyptian currency…