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This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you our 50th and final edition here.
On 19 April 2012, the management of the English-language newspaper Daily...
Electronic payments in Egypt are on an uptrend, and according to a recent study, this contributes directly to overall economic growth.
A global study conducted for Visa by Moody’s Analytics found that the growth in the use of electronic...
On his first visit to the Middle East in his new capacity as the CEO of the International Finance Corporation, Jin-Yong Cai reiterated what has been repeated for months — investors are still seeking clarity and certainty before putting money...
At this year’s Mobile World Congress, 17 companies from Egypt were present, with a focus on branding the country as the technological hub for the Middle East and North Africa region.
Yasser Elkady, CEO of the Egyptian Information Technology...
BARCELONA — The HTC One made a splash at this year’s Mobile World Congress, walking away with the coveted best in show award.
The sleek smartphone, which also won best new mobile handset, is designed with an all-metal, zero-gap...
Orascom and a group of American investors, among them Microsoft giant Bill Gates, have set into motion a transaction set to transition Orascom Construction Industries into a Dutch company to be known as OCI N.V.
The transaction will involve a share...
The rich Gulf state of Qatar has once again made a sizeable dollar deposit into Egypt’s central bank, bringing its total to US$5 billion.
Late Tuesday, Qatari Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassim al-Thani said in a conference, alongside his...
Talk of economic recovery has all but gone silent in Egypt, replaced by doomsday predictions about the depths to which the country’s dire conditions will spiral.
While the foundations for a robust economy still exist, gross mismanagement...
After a week of tumultuous polarization, Egyptians headed to the ballot boxes in what would be their eighth election since the 25 January revolution.
Like a chorus to a turbulent transition, the voting process became a recurrent scene to Egyptians...
Egypt’s listed companies will join the new Pan-African Index when it goes live Monday, which will encompass 19 stock exchanges from across the continent, according to Mohamed Omran, EGX chairman.
The index launch will coincide with the opening...
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