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LEGISLATION WATCH- Cabinet refers anti-terror council legislation to the House: The Ismail Cabinet referred yesterday draft legislation for the establishment of the Supreme Council to Combat Terrorism and Extremism to the House of Representatives. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi had ordered the formation of the council in April, following twin bombings targeting churches in Tanta […]
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Visa appoints Marcello Baricordi as new MENA region general manager
MOVES- Visa has tapped Marcello Baricordi as the company’s new General Manager for the MENA region, according to a statement. Baricordi, who has been with Visa since 2009, succeeds Ihab Ayoub, who left the company for “personal reasons.”
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Abiy Ahmed is Ethiopia’s new prime minister
Ethiopia’s ruling coalition elected yesterday Abiy Ahmed as the country’s new prime minister and chairman of the coalition, according to the Ethiopian News Agency. Ahmed succeeds Hailemariam Desalegn, who resigned suddenly last month over anti-government violence, particularly in Ethiopia’s restive Oromia region. Ahmed is the chairman of the Oromo Peoples Democratic Organization, one of the […]
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How beneficial really is the African Continental Freetrade Area?
How beneficial can the African Continental Freetrade Area really be? The pan-African Continental Freetrade Zone (CFTZ) agreement — signed by 44 African countries including Egypt — is being heralded by the African Union as having the potential to increase intra-continental trade by 53% by eliminating import duties, which average 6.1%, and to more than double […]
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The allure of the Sunken Cities of Egypt exhibition is about more than artifacts
The allure of the Sunken Cities of Egypt exhibition is about more than artifacts: The “Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds” exhibition in St. Louis, which has on display several artifacts from two Egyptian cities recovered from beneath the seabed, is “more than just a collection of artifacts,” Edward Rothstein writes for the WSJ (paywall). The […]
Posted inEGYPT IN THE NEWS
Egypt in the News on 28 March 2018
Among the handful of non-election stories out of Egypt that caught the eye of the international press: A lack of shipments to Egypt due to Russian competition has driven down Romanian wheat exports 9% y-o-y, UkrAgroConsult reports. World Finance takes note of Naguib Sawiris’ new USD 2 bn real estate venture in Pakistan, which caters […]
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Has the state IPO program been studied thoroughly enough? Columnists seem to think not
Has the state IPO program been studied thoroughly enough? Columnists seem to think not: The government doesn’t seem to have properly assessed the potential outcomes (both good and bad) of its IPO program, Safwat Kabel writes for Al Shorouk. The columnist sees the plan to list public companies on the EGX as a recycled version […]
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Why MBA programs must do more to make their grads more appealing to employers
Why MBA programs must do more to make their grads more appealing to employers: As competition between MBA programs to get their graduates placed with top companies intensifies, so does the pressure on them to justify a strong return on investment, writes Jonathan Moules for the Financial Times. Business schools must do more to promote […]