⚽ We don’t have any important matches today, but consider it a breather before a jam-packed football weekend. Zamalek kicks off matchday 1 at the CAF Champions League tomorrow, when it meets CR Belouizdad at 6pm. The White Knights and the Algerian champions are in Group D, which also includes Sudan’s Al Merrikh, Espérance Sportive […]
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Wrap up your week with the perfect melting cheese burger
? EAT THIS TONIGHT- JJ’s Burger Truck is the perfect destination for a delicious, no-nonsense meal. If you’re craving the classic taste of a juicy burger, then you should head to JJ’s Burger truck in Sheikh Zayed’s Arkan or Lake District Mivida. The Imported Black Angus Beef in their signature JJ’s Burger is succulent and […]
Try a new activity this weekend
? OUT AND ABOUT- (all times CLT) “An Archive of Love”: Digitent’s Cairo Photo Week exhibition Middle East Archive is running from today until 18 February at The Hanger in Downtown Cairo. The curated collection of photographs is a “a sincere visual exploration and celebration of love in the Middle East and North Africa.” Get […]
This one’s for the true-crime junkies out there
? EARS TO THE GROUND- Crime Junkie is a podcast made for the true-murder obsessed folks. This weekly podcast, which comes out every Monday, tackles a new gruesome story about a murder case. The host, Ashley Flowers, does an impeccable job at maintaining a distinctive story-telling tone that gives the chills. Without going down rabbit […]
Lessons from exile in How to Lose a Country
? UNDER THE LAMPLIGHT- How to lose a countrywritten by Turkish journalist Ece Temelkuran is centered around the concepts of populism and nationalism, and how they can eventually seep into established governments. Temelkuran points to examples such as the UK, US, and Turkey, where governments believed “it couldn’t happen here” — but these concepts did […]
What the markets are doing on 9 February, 2023
The EGX30 rose 3.9% at today’s close on turnover of EGP 2.5 bn (35% above the 90-day average). Foreign investors were net sellers. The index is up 20.7% YTD. In the green: Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals (+10.6%), EFG Hermes (+8.2%) and CIB (+6.2%). In the red: CIRA Education (-1.5%), Oriental Weavers (-0.4%) and Ibnsina Pharma (-0.3%).
Global VC funding down 43% in 2022
2022: A tough year for startups globally as the CVC funding river dries up. The amount of money deployed in startups by corporate venture capital firms (CVCs) fell 43% to USD 98.9 bn in 2022, as investors scaled back activity on rising borrowing costs and fears of an oncoming recession, according to data gathered by […]
FEBRUARY 11 February (Saturday): Second semester of 2022-2023 academic year begins for public universities. 12 February (Sunday): The House reconvenes. 13-15 February (Monday-Wednesday): The Egypt Petroleum Show (Egyps), Egypt International Exhibition Center, Cairo. 13-15 (Monday-Wednesday): World Government Summit, Dubai. 19 February (Sunday): Senate reconvenes. 23-27 February (Thursday-Monday): Annual Business Women of Egypt’s Women for Success […]
THIS MORNING: Egypt’s on-oil exports were up 50% last year + Is Bing finally about to get good?
Put the total value of non-oil exports at USD 35.6 bn last year