Tech news Global Telecom Q1 Profits Hit $43 mln, CEO to Step Down Yomna Yasser May 14, 2014 0 International telecoms firm Global Telecom Holding (GTHE.CA), the Egypt-based group formerly called Orascom…
Indices news EFG-Hermes Appoints Finance Industry Veteran as New CFO Yomna Yasser Jan 2, 2014 0 Khalid Ellaicy brings more than 27 years of regional industry experience to his new post as Chief Financial Officer…
Industry & Trade Tycoon Sawiris to Invest in Egypt, Fears Economic Collapse Yomna Yasser Nov 17, 2013 0 Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris, whose family controls the Orascom corporate empire, said he would invest $1 billion…
Tech news Sawiris Tells Canada He’s Not Spy; Re-Directs Investment to Egypt Yomna Yasser Oct 16, 2013 0 Spurned by Canada's federal government that last week branded his interest in the country's telecoms sector a…
Tech news Egyptian Tycoon Shorts Former Italian Telecommunications Monopoly Yomna Yasser Oct 16, 2013 0 Egyptian telecoms tycoon Naguib Sawiris increased his short position in Telecom Italia after Spain's Telefónica…
Tech news Orascom Telecom Holding Renamed to Global Telecom Holding Yomna Yasser Sep 24, 2013 0 Orascom Telecom Holding (ORTE.CA) is pleased to announce that it has changed its name to "Global Telecom Holding…
Tech news Orascom Telecom denies ending Djezzy’s dispute in 2014 Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 23, 2013 0 Orascom Telecom (ORTE) denied media reports about ending Djezzy’s, its unit in Algeria, in the second half of 2014.…
Industry & Trade EFG-Hermes to Showcase Investments in 21 Local Firms to 90 Global Entities Yomna Yasser Sep 9, 2013 0 EFG-Hermes Holding (HRHO.CA), a leading investment bank in the MENA region, will organize its third annual…
Tech news Orascom Telecom Wins 3G License for $105 mln in Bangladesh Yomna Yasser Sep 9, 2013 0 Orascom Telecom Holding (ORTE.CA) announced on Monday that its Bangladesh-based affiliate Banglalink was among the…
Tech news Vimpelcom Sells Africa Assets, Eyes Pakistan Telco Warid; Sources Yomna Yasser Jul 30, 2013 0 Telecoms group Vimpelcom (VIP.N) has agreed to sell two of its sub-Saharan assets for about $100 million and is…