Industry & Trade Egypt’s Orient Ceramics to raise sales by 30% next year Yomna Yasser Nov 27, 2017 0 Egypt’s Orient Ceramics Company targets a 30 percent raise in its sales to reach 400 million Egyptian pounds ($22.6…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s president approves bill raising taxes on cigarettes Yomna Yasser Nov 25, 2017 0 Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified on Thursday amendments to the Value Added Tax (VAT) law that raise…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s Oil Minister says no plans to increase fuel prices in FY2017/18 Yomna Yasser Nov 4, 2017 0 Egypt's Petroleum Minister Tarek al-Molla reiterated on Thursday that the Cabinet does not plan to raise the…
Financial Institutions Egypt looks for $4 billion up on international debt market Yomna Yasser Aug 17, 2017 0 Egypt is planning to return to the international debt markets in January to raise as much as US$4 billion to fund…
Industry & Trade Ezz Steel eyes raising exports by 30pct in 2017 Noha Gad Jan 24, 2017 0 Egyptian steel maker Al Ezz Steel Rebars (Ezz Steel) aims at raising exports volume by 30 percent within 2017,…
Industry & Trade Exports volume to hit $34bn by 2020: Egypt’s Qabil Noha Gad Jan 16, 2017 0 Egyptian Trade and Industry Ministry aims at raising exports volume to US$30-34 billion by 2020, Minister Tarek…
Tech news Chemical Council: New strategy to raise Egypt’s exports to $32bn by 2020 Noha Gad Jan 14, 2017 0 Egyptian Chemical and Fertilizers Export Council (CEC) coordinates with Trade and Industry Ministry to raise…
Industry & Trade Rockal plans raising investments in Egypt to 450m pounds by 2020 Noha Gad Jan 9, 2017 0 Egypt-based Al Alamia for Rockwool (ROCKAL) targets raising its investments in the Egyptian market to 450 million…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s home textiles sector eyes 20% increase in exports by 2017 Noha Gad Jan 3, 2017 0 Egyptian Home Textile Export Council (HTEC)plans to raise sector's exports by 20 percent during 2017, Chairman…
Industry & Trade El Marakby Steel eyes sales of $62mn by late-2016 Noha Gad Dec 27, 2016 0 Egyptian steel maker El Marakby for Steel Group plans to raise its sales volume by 30 percent to hit 1.2 billion…
Tech news Airbnb seeks to raise an additional $153 million Ghada Ismail Dec 17, 2016 0 Airbnb Inc is looking to raise an additional $153 million as an extension of a recent funding round, boosting…
Industry & Trade Nissan: floating Egyptian pound decision to raise auto manufacturing cost Noha Gad Dec 13, 2016 0 The movement of Egypt's government to liberalise exchange rate system would cause financial losses for original…
Industry & Trade Building materials exports to be hiked by $552m annually: Egypt’s chamber Noha Gad Dec 10, 2016 0 Egyptian Building Materials Chamber at Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) targets raising exports volume by 10…
Egypt News Egyptian print journalism faces potential collapse due to high print prices Ghada Ismail Dec 7, 2016 0 Several local media outlets in Egypt have echoed their outrage over the decision to raise newspaper printing…
Industry & Trade Medicine exports to hit $300mn by end-2016: Egypt’s ECMI Noha Gad Nov 27, 2016 0 Egyptian Export Council of Medical Industries (ECMI) targets raising state's exports of medicine by 5-6 percent to…
Industry & Trade Cairo Chamber eyes raising trade exchange with Rwanda Noha Gad Nov 23, 2016 0 Cairo Chamber of Commerce (CCC) studies signing a protocol with Rwandan Chamber of Commerce to boost mutual trade…
Industry & Trade Egyptian dairy maker Domty studies raising products prices end-2016 Noha Gad Nov 23, 2016 0 Egyptian dairy and juice maker Arabian Food Industries Company (Domty) studies raising prices of its products by…
Tech news Egypt Post raises interest rates on deposits to 10.25%: Chairman Ghada Ismail Nov 12, 2016 0 Egypt's postal authority, Egypt Post has decided to raise interest rate on savings to 10.25 percent as of November…
Industry & Trade Egypt forms committee to draw five-year plan for raising exports to Africa Noha Gad Nov 10, 2016 0 Egyptian Trade Minister Tarek Qabil issued a decree Thursday to form a committee to design a plan and a strategy to…
Egypt News Egypt raises rates on Suez Canal certificates to 15.5% Noha Gad Nov 7, 2016 0 Egypt raised interest rates on five-year investment certificates in its New Suez Canal project to 15.5 percent, the…
Banks NBE, Banque Misr raise limits on card usage abroad Noha Gad Nov 6, 2016 0 Vice chairperson of the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) Yehia Aboul Fotouh said that the bank will raise the limit…
Industry & Trade Egypt steel prices to jump 15% in November: Metallurgical Industries Chamber Noha Gad Nov 2, 2016 0 Local steel manufacturers are set to raise steel prices by 1,000 Egyptian pounds , i.e. 15 percent, next November,…
Industry & Trade Cairo Chamber, Korea Development ink protocol on raising trade exchange Noha Gad Nov 1, 2016 0 Cairo Chamber of Commerce (CCC) signed Tuesday a cooperation protocol with Korean Association of Development on…
Industry & Trade Swedish Tetra Pak eyes higher sales in Egypt Noha Gad Oct 24, 2016 0 Swedish food packaging firm Tetra Pak plans to raise its sales volume in the Egyptian market within the…
Industry & Trade Egypt to increase oil tenders to raise reserves Noha Gad Oct 10, 2016 0 Egypt's recent spike in purchase tenders for petroleum products is part of ongoing efforts to build strategic…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s tobacco maker Eastern Company raises issued capital to $169mn Noha Gad Oct 5, 2016 0 The Egyptian joint stock company Eastern Company is set to boosts its issued capital to 1.5 billion Egyptian pounds…
Industry & Trade VAT to raise food commodities’ prices by 15%: Cairo Chamber Noha Gad Oct 4, 2016 0 Food commodities' prices are expected to jump by 15 percent within the coming period following the application of…
Industry & Trade Damietta Furniture City to raise Egypt’s exports by more than $200m: Minister Noha Gad Oct 3, 2016 0 The set-to-be-established Damietta Furniture City is expected to participate in boosting exports of furniture…
Industry & Trade S. Africa, Egypt’s GAFI sign MoU on raising joint investments, trade Noha Gad Oct 3, 2016 0 Egyptian General Authority of Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with…
Egypt News Egypt to host Yemen aid conference in March Noha Gad Sep 7, 2016 0 Egypt is hosting an international conference in March to raise humanitarian aid for Yemen, where an 18-month civil…
forex news Dollar gains as rate hike still viewed as likely Noha Gad Sep 3, 2016 0 The U.S. dollar gained on Friday, erasing earlier losses, as investors viewed the Federal Reserve as still likely…
Tech news Tesla plans to raise more cash this year Ghada Ismail Sep 1, 2016 0 Tesla plans to raise additional cash this year to help fund development and production of its new Model 3 sedan and…
forex news Dollar off highs as investors seek more U.S. rates guidance Noha Gad Aug 30, 2016 0 The dollar held firm on Tuesday, just below the previous day's high as investors focused on the next set of U.S.…
Tech news China Selfie App Meitu aims to raise up to $1 billion in HK IPO Ghada Ismail Aug 23, 2016 0 Meitu, the maker of a Chinese selfie app, plans to raise as much as $1 billion in an initial public offering (IPO)…
forex news Dollar dips vs yen, kiwi lifted by RBNZ’s rate view Noha Gad Aug 23, 2016 0 The dollar dipped against the yen on Tuesday, while the New Zealand dollar rose after the nation's central bank…
World Asia stocks edge up amid Fed lull, oil slips Noha Gad Aug 23, 2016 0 Asia shares inched up on Tuesday while oil fell for a second session as investors awaited clues on whether the…
Tech news Vevo hires Goldman Sachs for up to $500 million capital raise Ghada Ismail Aug 20, 2016 0 Online music video service Vevo has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc to raise up to $500 million from new investors,…
forex news Dollar at seven-week low as Fed minutes show scant support for rate rise Noha Gad Aug 18, 2016 0 The dollar hit a seven-week low against a basket of major currencies on Thursday, after minutes from the Federal…
International News U.S. inflation tame despite economy gaining momentum Noha Gad Aug 17, 2016 0 U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in July but a rise in industrial output and home building suggested a pickup in…
Tech news Lyft rebuffs acquisition interest from GM Ghada Ismail Aug 13, 2016 0 Ride hailing company Lyft rebuffed acquisition interest from General Motors Co and will raise a new funding round…