Consumers are tightening their belts as recessionary fears overshadow confidence in a slowly recovering economy, Sherine Nasr reports
This year has witnessed a significant decrease not only in the number of tourists visiting Egypt from all around (...)
Douglas Gilstrap, head of strategy at Ericsson, speaks to Sherine Nasr about the privileges and challenges in the ICT industry
In 2010, the number of mobile broadband subscribers worldwide, generated by strong growth in smart phones, connected (...)
Sherine Nasr finds out that getting connected has become second nature
In the technological realm of today's world, the aim to accomplish more tasks in an efficient, cost-effective and faster manner is dictating which direction new advancements are (...)
Whereas the first goal of the Egyptian Revolution was toppling an autocratic president, now the challenge is steadying the nation's ailing economy. Expectations for growth in the fiscal year 2010/11 were hovering around 3.5 to 4.8 per cent. However, (...)
Enhancing Egyptian economy may prove to be a tougher task than changing a regime, Sherine Nasr reports
Scrutinising Egypt's economic situation after the revolution proves that toppling a president was not the challenge: steadying the nation's ailing (...)
In his first appearance as minister of petroleum, Abdallah Ghorab was affirmative that while Egypt respects its natural gas export agreements signed with different countries, the Ministry of Petroleum (MP) will activate certain mechanisms that will (...)
Sherine Nasr examines the possibility of reviewing the terms of Egypt gas export agreements
In his first appearance as minister of petroleum, Abdallah Ghorab was affirmative that while Egypt respects its natural gas export agreements signed with (...)
Against all odds, a good tax season is unfolding. Such has hardly been the habit of taxpayers who are known to be last- minute people. At this time of the year, the Egyptian Tax Authority (ETO) would normally urge the tax society in Egypt to comply (...)
Against all odds, a good tax season is unfolding, Sherine Nasr reports
Although economic activities have slowed down since the eruption of the 25 January Revolution, taxpayers are, nevertheless, keen to submit their tax files in due time. Such has (...)
Reviewing land contracts will open the door to more legal disputes, Sherine Nasr reports
The scrapping of the initial contract to sell the Egyptian-Kuwaiti Investment Company 26,000 feddans of land in Ayat, Giza governorate is one of several (...)
Tourism took the hardest blow in the course of the revolution, Sherine Nasr reports
"When news about the uprising in Tunisia came, the Canadian group I escorted were worried what impact that could have on Egypt. But I was affirmative that Egypt was (...)
The market is regaining its balance after a week of price hikes and a commodity purchase spree, Sherine Nasr reports
In times to panic, people resort to stockpiling. Indeed that was how Egyptian consumers reacted last week. News of the revolt (...)
The situation in Libya will be taking its toll on the Egyptian economy, Sherine Nasr reports
The cry for democracy in Libya has a cost, not only for Libyans but for Egyptians as well. The loss of millions of dollars in remittances of Egyptian (...)
The gold market is weighed down by insecurity and market stagnation, Sherine Nasr reports
For two weeks now, gold shops, workshops and factories have been closed not only because demand has dwindled to unprecedented lows, but also because those in (...)
Egypt is increasingly reverting to scientific geographical information to upgrade agriculture and land use, Sherine Nasr reports
In 2010, the Crops Inventory and Agricultural Acreage and Yield Estimations (CIPA) project in the Nile Valley and Delta (...)
The latest gas deal with Israel is in violation of a verdict delivered earlier this year by the Higher Administrative Court, which stipulates that Egyptian gas exports to Israel be halted, argue activists who oppose the sale.
The opponents' main (...)
The liberalisation of agricultural exports between Egypt and the EU will soon bear fruit, reports Sherine Nasr
Following years of negotiations, an agreement between the European Union and Egypt intended to further liberalise agricultural trade (...)
In an attempt to empower small enterprises and entrepreneurs, Egypt is working on regulating the microfinance sector. Sherine Nasr reports
Providing finance to micro-entrepreneurs has played an effective role in alleviating poverty in many (...)
It is all about streamlining procedures to enable the private sector take a lead role, Sherine Nasr reviews Doing Business report 2011
The private sector is the effective growth engine in any society. The creation of a healthy business environment (...)
Bureaucracy is Arab economic integration's worst enemy, reports Sherine Nasr
Why Arab countries have not yet succeeded in establishing a free trade area (FTA) of their own has been among the region's most fervently debated issues for more than half (...)
In its bid to reform the subsidies regime, Egypt needs the right tools and a clear vision, reports Sherine Nasr
Subsidy reform is now making headlines. According to Minister of Social Solidarity Ali Meselhi the details of how to manage the process (...)
Egypt's gold output is increasing, paving the way to unlimited potentials in the mining industry, reports Sherine Nasr
When Sami El-Raghi, once chairman of Australia-based Centamin Egypt Limited returned home in 1994 to investigate the possibility (...)
MAKRO has launched its second wholesale store, this one in the governorate of Qalioubiya, Sherine Nasr reports
The store, over 10,000 square metres, has over 20,000 food and non-food products under one roof. It means to introduce its services (...)
While Egypt has attained progress on various Millennium Development Goals, it still faces challenges in the areas of poverty eradication, hunger and gender equality, Sherine Nasr reports
Egypt's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) report 2010, was (...)
Is it possible for the private sector to provide for its growing energy demands? Sherine Nasr investigates
Reports by the Ministry of Petroleum about strategic gas discoveries during the past year sharply contradict with the trend currently adopted (...)