Tag: Business

Al-Sisi imposes additional 50% tax on cigarettes, 200% on beer

The tax on other alcoholic beverages, such as wine and spirits manufactured…

Egypt to allow foreign companies to provide mortgage finance

In an effort to expand low-income housing

Mohamed Ayyad Mohamed Ayyad

Sawiris-Beltone deal only succeeds in purchasing 9% of EFG Hermes, falling short of 20% target

54.4m shares purchased represent less than 9% of total Hermes shares

Mohamed Ayyad Mohamed Ayyad

Egypt paid $700m to Paris Club on 4 July: Ramez

Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt Hisham Ramez told Reuters on…

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Rise in fuel prices will bring in EGP 24bn in additional revenue for EGPC: Chairman

The rise in price of such petroleum products as gasoline, diesel, and…

Mohamed Adel Mohamed Adel

Industrial sector requests government protections following energy price increases

The federation said the government must enable industry to withstand the wave…

Abdel Qader Ramadan Abdel Qader Ramadan

100m cubic feet of gas to be added to gas production by the end of July

Production rates will not exceed 4.9bn cubic feet of gas until the…

Mohamed Adel Mohamed Adel

We aim to raise eFinance revenues by 15% during 2014: e-finance Chairman

Ibrahim Sarhan, Chairman of e-Finance, says revenues will increase by 15% this…

Exporters object to cut in export subsidies to EGP 2.6bn in new budget

The Ministry of Industry made an early announcement for a new programme…

Abdel Qader Ramadan Abdel Qader Ramadan

‘Titanium card’ to be launched next month: AAIB retail banking head

25000 clients using credit card in the bank, Verified by Visa (VBV)…

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