#food security
Shortages of Ukrainian corn, price hikes threaten Egypt’s food security
Ukraine is among the top three exporters of corn to Egypt
Nada Arafat
9 دقيقة قراءة
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#Egypt-EU relations
As invasion of Ukraine plays out, are there alternatives to Europe’s dependence on Russian gas?
Even small disruptions could have costly downstream effects in the European market
10 دقيقة قراءة
#vegetable prices
Vegetable prices soar as crop yields suffer from cold wave
Agriculture in Egypt has suffered in recent years as a result of erratic weather patterns
Nada Arafat
4 دقيقة قراءة
#IMF loan
Egypt in talks with IMF over possible new loan
The talks for a new loan are playing out against several challenges facing the Egyptian economy.
Aida Salem و Beesan Kassab +1
11 دقيقة قراءة
#acquisitions and mergers
EG Bus merger endangers employment status of 7,000 state bus company workers
Over 7,000 workers at three state-owned bus transport companies face an uncertain future, as sources anticipate that a merger of the firms…
4 دقيقة قراءة
#Bread politics
Subsidy tales from Sayeda Zeinab
Many beneficiary households resort to saving bread points to buy other commodities
Mohamed Tarek
11 دقيقة قراءة
#agriculture policy
Farmers suffer as fertilizers sellers turn to open market amid global price surge
The issue affects a variety of key crops, threatening Egypt's food security
Nada Arafat
5 دقيقة قراءة
#agriculture
Climate change strikes another crop in Egypt: Olive harvest drops by half
“If they’re too expensive, [people] just won’t buy them”
Nada Arafat
4 دقيقة قراءة
#Banque Misr
e-Finance’s EGX debut: What’s whetting investor appetite for the govt payment services provider?
The company saw its share price skyrocket by 40 percent on the first day of the listing
Beesan Kassab
6 دقيقة قراءة
#Agriculture Ministry
How climate change is affecting Egypt’s mangoes
Many farms saw an 80 percent drop in productivity this year
Nada Arafat
9 دقيقة قراءة
#agriculture
After subsidy cuts price them out of diesel, farmers in mountains of Qena turn to solar energy for groundwater
Under the scorching heat of Upper Egypt, between lands that vibrate in hues of green and lands awash in in a barren drabness, a modest house stands in the mountains…
Nada Arafat و Omaima Ismail
8 دقيقة قراءة
#COVID-19
Q&A with anthropology professor Hania Sholkamy | On the need to rethink social spending as crisis response after COVID-19
The pandemic exposed flaws in the way social protection is thought about in Egypt
Beesan Kassab
9 دقيقة قراءة
#new administrative capital
How real estate companies in the new capital are targeting the middle class
Market conditions have created a race to offer favorable terms to potential buyers
Beesan Kassab
9 دقيقة قراءة
#budgets
General budget approved despite apparent shortfall in spending on health, education
Successive cabinets have failed to hit the constitutionally mandated marks for health and education.
Mada Masr
4 دقيقة قراءة
#labor
Workers protest for compensation as Egyptian Iron & Steel furnaces extinguished
Thousands of jobs are at stake as the furnaces lie dormant for the first time in 63 years.
6 دقيقة قراءة
#financial regulations
Predatory, for-profit loans dominate Egypt’s microfinancing sector
Women have faced systematic predatory lending practices
Sara Seif Eddin
10 دقيقة قراءة
#draft budget
Where does social protection spending stand in Egypt’s 2nd COVID-19 budget?
The budget fails to meet the constitutionally mandated spending minimum for health and education.
Beesan Kassab
7 دقيقة قراءة
#Agriculture Ministry
Big fish in a shrinking pond: How an Armed Forces company is building a fish farming monopoly
“My whole family worked in the fish farming field. I was born and raised on this land”
Mostafa Hosny
15 دقيقة قراءة
#Central Bank of Egypt
3×3: How will Egypt fare as US Treasury bonds spike in yield?
The fallout of the bond yield surge on the value of the Egyptian pound remains unclear
Daniel O'Connell
24 دقيقة قراءة
#urban development
Heliopolis: A brave new city
A colonial economic history of an urban development venture
Dina Hussein و Lina Attalah
25 دقيقة قراءة
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