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97 New York police officers to tour Egypt in recognition of Sinai martyrs: El Nakib
More polling places in areas where Egyptians are based in US needed, Egypt’s general consul in New York says
US Congress, business community praise Egypt’s reforms
Delegation held 89 meetings, including 33 with US lawmakers, 16 with research centres to improve image of Egypt, says Tawfiq
50 major US companies to visit Egypt by October
Washington – Head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham) Tarek Tawfik said on Friday that an American investors delegation will visit Egypt in October, including 50 major American companies. He added that the expected visit will be an important step towards boosting bilateral economic ties, giving American companies the chance to learn about …
Egyptian government applied for programme to protect middle class: World Bank
Government currently working on package of measures in favour of middle class, will be announced soon, Egyptian official says
MB relations with US State Department are over: TIMEP
Egyptian-US relations seem better than during Obama era, still fall short of expectations
Egypt needs 7% growth to reduce unemployment rate, restrain population growth, improve incomes: Mohieldin
Targeted growth should be 6-7%, which requires direct investments of 25-30%
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Egypt is on track; second wave of reforms must start: AmCham members in Washington
Egypt now has a new business model that depends on manufacturing, expansion, and exporting, which is different from the old trade-oriented patterns, says Tawfik
Door-knock mission concludes annual visit to DC
Washington – Egypt and the United States have always enjoyed a special relationship since the October war of 1973, following late Egyptian president Anwar Al-Sadat’s decision to gradually shift from the Soviet camp, sign the 1978 Camp David Accords and Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in 1979, and establish stronger ties with Washington in return for various kinds …
Friendliness between Trump, Al-Sisi does not equal honeymoon for US, Egypt: Salem
Decision to move US embassy to Jerusalem will have dire consequences, could give Iran chance to go against America for Jerusalem, says Feierstein
IMF mission expected to visit Egypt in May, announce results of review in June
Washington- Subir Lall, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team for Egypt, said the IMF will visit Egypt in May for the third review of the economic reform programme implemented by the Egyptian government in accordance with the agreement reached with the IMF. Lall added that the results of the review will be announced in …
Egypt complaining about imposition of steel duties, is working to exclude itself from decision: US officials
Negotiations underway to introduce technology, leather products within QIZ agreement
Door-knock campaign begins annual mission on 12 March
USA negotiating with Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia to sign free trade agreement
Completion of customs bill, executive regulations within days: Customs Authority
New customs law exempts blind persons’cars, injured military, police personnel from customs
Energy subsidies will be zero by FY 2020/2021: Shaker
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker announced that energy subsidies will be zero by fiscal year (FY) 2020/2021, a change from previous plans that were meant to terminate the subsidies by 2019. This came during a monthly meeting at the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham) on Sunday under the title “Future …
Finance Ministry prepares to replace stamp duties with capital gains tax on stock market transactions
Plan to automate all taxation operations within 3 years, terminating paperwork
Official delegation to visit Saudi Arabia to resolve pepper, strawberry exports issue
Arab market accounts for over 45% of agricultural exports, says AEC head
German companies seek to inject new investments in Egypt
Series of mutual visits will be held after new German coalition government’s formation
Egyptian companies mark unprecedented participation at Fruit Logistica exhibition in Germany
Parliamentary delegation participates in exhibition to shed light on importance of agriculture sector, says AEC head
Egypt plans to issue eurobonds before end of FY 2017/2018
Foreign investments in T-bills reached $19.8bn at end of last week, says Kouchouk
Plenty of investments await Egyptian market as risk factors begin clear improvement: Lagarde
Essential to develop tax regime that is fair , incremental , divided across all classes
Over 27m young Arabs will enter labour market over next 5 years: Lagarde
60% of region’s citizens believe nepotism is main factor for finding jobs
Spending on social protection in Middle East represents no more than 11% of GDP
Creating jobs for youth main challenge for Arab region: Azour
Marrakesh – Unemployment continues to be the main challenge facing the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Jihad Azour, president of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the Middle East and Central Asia told Daily News Egypt Monday on the sidelines of the IMF’s Opportunity for All conference. The challenge of unemployment in the Arab …
IMF launches Opportunity for All in Morocco
Marrakesh – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched on Monday the Opportunity for All in Marrakesh, Morocco to create jobs, promote comprehensive growth in the Arab World, and turn the debate over Arab sustainable growth from recognition into implementation. Egypt participated in the two-day conference on 29 and 30 January, represented by a delegation consisting of …
Sustainable business strategies attract $637bn of investments to the Middle East: BSDC Report
Foreign and US companies are willing to invest in Egypt, asserts Tawfik
Egypt’s economic reforms program proceeding well: IMF mission chief
Continuing disinflationary trend has reduced risk of entrenched inflation pressures
Global economy still pre-2008 level: Mahmoud Mohieldin to AmCham
Nobody is ready to keep pace with the technology revolution
Implementing women’s economic empowerment for shaping global economy
A study about implementing women’s economic empowerment for shaping the global economy was conducted by Citibank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the European Commission. The study aims to dig deeper in strengthening the role of women, not only in terms of the labour force, but also in terms of reaching higher …
Government needs to think how to capture spending outside budget: David Cowan
Africa had registered the lowest growth rate since 1994 in 2016 because of the mess in the 3 big economies, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa
Size of the transactions, level of over subscription, yields on Egypt bonds increased after flotation: head of MENA debt capital markets
Middle East market should see higher activity in 2018 after disappointing 2017: Zain Zaidi