Tag: Iris Boutros

Powering economic equality: GE, Ashoka Changemakers and social entrepreneurs

Three social entrepreneurs will receive cash prizes from GE and Ashoka Changemakers…

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Egyptian female youth and their labour market

Recently, I was stunned. I had quite a surprising experience while interviewing…

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Social enterprises: The missing piece to protecting Egypt’s natural treasures?

Social enterprises could be powerful implementers of Minister Iskandar’s longer-term environmental agenda,…

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Getting in the way: politics and doing business in Egypt

“If it bleeds, it leads.” That news industry fundamental is Minister of…

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The Egyptian and Californian tomato farmers and the galabaya mafia

“I am a farmer. My father was a farmer. My grandfather was…

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The ‘minimum wage’ defeat for ten million

There have been mixed reactions to this week’s announcement of a new…

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Education, a waste of money?

“Zahma moot, (it is very crowded) and it’s not yet 9 AM.”…

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Stop the battle cries, people need hope

The gas bill collector cried at my door. He is not a…

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More than 700 million worth of positive signals in Egypt

The ‘Egypt Support’ Fund, the 306306 account, has exceeded EGP 700m according…

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Egyptian opinion on sit-in dispersals: Finding truth in reported facts

A recent poll suggests that 67% of Egyptians are “satisfied with the…

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