Economy
Real estate investments up 30% in Q1/2015
May 17, 2015
Real estate investments up 30% in Q1/2015
Real estate investments in Egypt have increased by 30 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to Ibrahim…
Egypt hosting COMESA, SADC, EAC free trade agreement launch
May 17, 2015
Egypt hosting COMESA, SADC, EAC free trade agreement launch
Trade and Industry Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour said Egypt is hosting the launch of the free trade agreement between…
Egyptian pound steady at official auction, stronger on black market
May 17, 2015
Egyptian pound steady at official auction, stronger on black market
Egypt's central bank kept the pound steady at 7.53 to the dollar at a foreign exchange auction on Sunday, while…
Egypt’s market loses LE1 bn on Sunday, EGX30 down 0.51%
May 17, 2015
Egypt’s market loses LE1 bn on Sunday, EGX30 down 0.51%
Egypt's market closed in red zone on Sunday's session, as benchmark EGX30 Index dropped 0.51 percent to a five-month low…
Egypt’s SODIC doubles first-quarter profit
May 17, 2015
Egypt’s SODIC doubles first-quarter profit
Egypt's third-largest listed property developer SODIC reported first-quarter net profit of LE79.31 million ($10.39 million), nearly double the 40.33 million…
Egypt’s Oriental Weavers posts slight fall in first-quarter profit
May 17, 2015
Egypt’s Oriental Weavers posts slight fall in first-quarter profit
Egypt's Oriental Weavers reported first-quarter net profit of LE152.68 million ($20.01 million) in a statement to the Cairo bourse on…
WB approves $5-bn loan to Egypt over 4 years
May 16, 2015
WB approves $5-bn loan to Egypt over 4 years
The World Bank approved increasing the volume of financing to Egypt within the four coming years up to US$5 billion,…
Finance minister welcomes S&P’s upgrading of Egypt’s outlook to ‘positive’
May 15, 2015
Finance minister welcomes S&P’s upgrading of Egypt’s outlook to ‘positive’
Egypt's finance minister welcomed on Friday a revision of ratings provider Standard and Poor's outlook on Egypt from "stable" to…
Egypt’s market loses 19.4 bn in one week, EGX30 falls 5%
May 15, 2015
Egypt’s market loses 19.4 bn in one week, EGX30 falls 5%
Egypt's market dropped sharply this week after MSCI's decision to exclude Telecom Egypt from its emerging markets index on Tuesday. The…
Sisi opens upgraded Armed Forces factories
May 14, 2015
Sisi opens upgraded Armed Forces factories
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi opened on Thursday a number of upgraded Armed Forces factories for top-notch cars, armored vehicles and…