Money EFG Hermes publishes 4th issue of valU bonds for EGP 856.5 million Sama Mousa Mar 21, 2023 0 Egypt's investment bank, EFG Hermes has published on Tuesday the 4th issue of the securitisation bonds to its…
Real Estate Egypt’s Orascom Construction posts $3.6 bln revenues in 2017 Yomna Yasser Apr 12, 2018 0 Egypt’s leading global engineering and construction firm, Orascom Construction (OC) announced Thursday that it has…
Real Estate Elita Real Estate Consultancy sells 25% of The Core New Cairo units Yomna Yasser Mar 11, 2018 0 Egypt’s Elite Real Estate Consultancy Company has sold around 25 percent of the units of its medical and commercial…
Industry & Trade 27% increase in used car listings in 2017: OLX Egypt Yomna Yasser Feb 7, 2018 0 The value of used cars listed for sale on OLX Egypt recorded over 200 billion pounds in 2017, according to the…
Real Estate Egypt’s Orascom Construction adds $650 mln to underway projects in Q4-2017 Yomna Yasser Feb 6, 2018 0 Egypt’s Orascom Construction Company (OC) has added new contracts worth US$650 million to the value of its underway…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s foreign trade rises 2.7% in October 2017: CAMPAS Yomna Yasser Jan 13, 2018 0 The value of Egypt’s foreign trade rose by 2.7 percent, reaching around $7.7 billion in October 2017 from $7.45…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s import bill from China falls 20.3% in first nine months of 2017 Yomna Yasser Jan 9, 2018 0 The value of Egypt’s import bill from China fell by 20.3 percent, reaching around $5.87 billion during the first…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s fuel imports rise to $600 mln in Sept. 2017: CAPMAS Yomna Yasser Jan 7, 2018 0 The total value of Egypt’s fuel imports rose to $601 million during September 2017 from $476 million during the…
Industry & Trade Egypt private sector construction, building activity rose 41.7% in 2016: CAPMAS Yomna Yasser Dec 25, 2017 0 The construction and building works implemented by Egypt’s private sector firms rose 41.7 percent, reaching 56.4…
Real Estate EGYCO executes infrastructure works in phase II of Egypt’s Al-Robeky industrial zone Yomna Yasser Dec 5, 2017 0 Egypt’s state-run El Nasr Company for Building and Construction (EGYCO) unveils it is implementing number of…
Financial Institutions How to buy Bitcoin in seconds from your smartphone Yomna Yasser Oct 25, 2017 0 You've seen all the headlines about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies rising in value. Maybe you want to get in…
Tech news Uproar in Egypt over hike in mobile recharge cards Yomna Yasser Oct 4, 2017 0 Egyptians are angry over a government decision to ratify a 36-percent devaluation of mobile phone balance recharge…
Tech news Value of mobile recharge cards falls 36% Yomna Yasser Oct 1, 2017 0 Egypt's National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority ratified on Thursday evening a decision by mobile…
Industry & Trade CAPMAS unveils 12.3% surge in Egypt’s exports to U.S. Yomna Yasser Jul 10, 2017 0 Egypt's state-run Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) has announced the increase in…
forex news Egyptian pound falls to 18 aganist dollar Yomna Yasser Mar 15, 2017 0 The U.S. dollar has strengthened against the Egyptian pound for first time in almost a month to register an average…
Banks Bank Audi Egypt, European Investment Bank sign MOU for $30mn-loan Yomna Yasser Mar 14, 2017 0 Bank Audi Egypt signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the European Investment Bank to obtain a loan of…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s Hero Food Industries to boost 500m pounds-exports in 2017 Yomna Yasser Mar 7, 2017 0 Egypt's Hero Food Industries is planning to double the volume of its exports in 2017 to reach 500 million Egyptian…
Banks Egypt’s central bank, investors reach deal to settle pre-float credit lines: bankers Yomna Yasser Feb 22, 2017 0 Egypt's central bank has agreed with Egyptian investors to settle credit lines opened before it floated the pound…
Real Estate Palm Hills posts 2016 contractual sales of 8.2 bln Egyptian pounds nada nasser Feb 8, 2017 0 Palm Hills, Egypt's second largest listed real estate developer, said Tuesday it achieved 2016 contractual sales…
International News Japan’s PM says will keep seeking Trump’s understanding on TPP nada nasser Jan 23, 2017 0 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he believed U.S. President Donald Trump understood the value of…
International News Hong Kong divided over Forbidden City museum plan nada nasser Jan 11, 2017 0 The Forbidden City in Beijing has housed generations of Chinese emperors for hundreds of years. A museum since…
Tech news Samsung’s stock hits highest in 40 years as it considers a split Ghada Ismail Nov 30, 2016 0 Samsung Electronics Co. didn’t quite come out and actually say it, but South Korea’s most valuable company is…
Banks JP Morgan: Egyptian pound to remain volatile for near future Noha Gad Nov 9, 2016 0 The value of the Egyptian currency is expected to remain volatile for the near future as the Central Bank of Egypt…
Tech news Wuzzuf.com is worth of $7 million: CEO Ghada Ismail Oct 24, 2016 0 The leading Egyptian recruiting website, Wuzzuf.com, had a market value of $7 million by the end of 2015, said its…
Tech news SolarCity advisor Lazard made mistake in deal with Tesla Ghada Ismail Sep 1, 2016 0 Lazard Ltd, the investment bank that advised SolarCity Corp on its $2.6 billion sale to Tesla Motors Inc, made an…
Review A guide to Egypt’s new value-added tax Noha Gad Sep 1, 2016 0 Egypt’s parliament gave a final approval on Monday to the implementation of the long-delayed value-added tax (VAT)…
Industry & Trade Investors Associations urges Egypt govt. to exclude free zones from VAT law Noha Gad Aug 21, 2016 0 Egyptian Union for Investors Associations urged the government to amend the tax price in Value Added Tax (VAT) law…
Egypt News Government committed to 14% VAT, parliament will understand: Egypt’s PM aya salah Aug 18, 2016 0 Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Wednesday said the purpose of the value-added tax (VAT) is to obtain more revenues…
Real Estate Egypt establishes social housing projects of $10bn aya salah Aug 7, 2016 0 The value of social housing projects established in Egypt is estimated at 90 billion Egyptian pounds (US$10…
Egypt News Inflation rate expected to rise in Egypt next year: experts aya salah Jul 27, 2016 0 Egypt’s core inflation rate climbed to its highest level in seven years in June, underscoring the challenges…
Tech news Success of Pokemon GO raises hopes for change at Nintendo Ghada Ismail Jul 18, 2016 0 The phenomenal success of Pokemon GO and the surge in Nintendo Co's market value by $17 billion in just over a week…
Tech news Japanese chat app Line shares soars in New York-Tokyo dual listing Ghada Ismail Jul 17, 2016 0 Japan's Line Corp saw its shares rocket on their Tokyo debut on Friday, extending a strong start in New York the…
Tech news No more Tesla buyback guarantee as company cuts price of Model X Ghada Ismail Jul 14, 2016 0 Tesla Motors Inc has ended a program that guaranteed the resale value of its cars, and lowered the starting…
Tech news Nintendo shares soar on Pokemon Go mobile game hopes Ghada Ismail Jul 11, 2016 0 Shares of Japan's Nintendo Co soared more than 20 percent after Friday's surge, adding $7.5 billion to its market…
Egypt News Egypt to issue $3 bln Eurobond in Sept-Oct, impose VAT by Sept aya salah Jun 28, 2016 0 Egypt's finance minister said on Monday the country would look to issue a $3 billion Eurobond between September…
Industry & Trade GM seeks to dismiss claims for recalled vehicles’ lost value Noha Gad Jun 18, 2016 0 A lawyer for General Motors (GM.N) on Friday asked a U.S. judge to bar "unprecedented" claims on behalf of millions…
Tech news Line Corp plans dual Tokyo, New York IPO Ghada Ismail Jun 11, 2016 0 Line Corp on Friday said it plans to list shares in Tokyo and New York next month through an initial public…
Egypt News VAT draft law to be sent to parliament within days: Minister aya salah Jun 7, 2016 0 The State Council finished reviewing the draft law of value-added tax (VAT). The law was sent to the government,…
Industry & Trade Aramco value to top $2 trillion, less than 5% to be sold, says prince Noha Gad Apr 26, 2016 0 Saudi Arabia expects state oil company Saudi Aramco to be valued at more than $2 trillion and plans to sell less…
Tech news Toshiba preparing Westinghouse writedown, CEO to step down Ghada Ismail Apr 20, 2016 0 Japan's Toshiba Corp is preparing to write down the value of its stake in U.S. nuclear subsidiary Westinghouse by…