This year’s Rise Up Summit, the second annual installment of a conference for Egyptian entrepreneurs, was a chance for home-grown start-ups to share experiences, get advice from business experts, pitch…
Only in its second year, the RiseUp Summit has already positioned itself as Egypt’s main annual entrepreneurial event and is expecting a surge in attendance from the start-up community, as well…
When Egypt finally approved a feed-in tariff on September 16, the move was initially hailed as the government’s first clear indication of how they plan to integrate private energy projects…
With Egypt’s tourism numbers plunging and unemployment rising in the past months, one company is trying to give one of the country’s highest revenue earning sectors an innovative push. Tayarah,…
“You’re going to pay means you’re going to pay,” President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on the day of the new Suez Canal project’s inauguration. His statement was directed at businessmen…
There’s no mistaking the message officials and private sector players were pushing at the opening of this year’s Euromoney Egypt Conference, whose titular theme is already a dead giveaway: stability,…
After deciding that the financing needs of the Suez Canal development project will be pooled from investment certificates made available to the public, authorities have announced that Egyptian pound-denominated certificates…
"We call on every Egyptian who isn't in need of the ration card or the subsidy to willingly give up the card. If you have a high income, don't burden…
Standing in her small kitchen to prepare lunch for her two boys before they come back from school, Mona speaks about regret. Mona, who prefers not to mention her real…
In early July, the government restructured petroleum product subsidies, raising diesel and 80-octane gasoline prices in particular, and leading to heightened fears of subsequent price hikes on other commodities. Mada…
During a June 24 speech, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared that no public employee in Egypt would be paid more than LE42,000 per month, the same salary the president is…
On June 8, thousands of Egyptians gathered in the streets of downtown Cairo to ring in a new era on the day of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's inauguration. The mood…
After weeks of budget-related drama, Egypt’s Ministry of Finance has finally released details of its budget for the 2014/2015 fiscal year, which began on July 1. After President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi…
«Continuous political turmoil since January 2011, and the resulting decline in the annual growth rate to a near-recession level, have turned many of the Egyptian economy's…»
The Mahrousa Center for Socio-economic Development issued statistics on labor protests since the beginning of this year, citing a total of 1,651…
With Egypt’s new financial year starting Tuesday, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi approved a budget for the upcoming year late on Sunday. He had rejected a previous draft approved by the…
It's hot and hectic behind the scenes at Tafwiq Shalaby’s bakery in Port Said’s Osman Ben Affan district. Giant vats of dough are wheeled to machines and conveyer belts that…
In an effort to stabilize the national economy, Egypt’s authorities have repeatedly called on the working classes to increase production, and to refrain from strikes and other forms of…
The official results of Egypt’s presidential election were announced on Tuesday, confirming Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s landslide victory after last week’s three-day poll. While he managed to garner 96.9 percent of…
With Egypt ranked the third deadliest country for journalists worldwide, making journalism an increasingly dangerous profession, it is not amongst the country’s deadliest occupations. Egypt’s most hazardous and life-threatening…
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