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Remember paper planes? They’ve now also gone digital. Well, not exactly, but the crowd-funded PowerUp is now accepting pre-orders for their new remote-controlled paper planes, which you can choose to have either fly distance or do acrobatics. The planes are then controlled by a smartphone application. Orders are shipping this month with some models arriving […]
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Posted inThe Market Yesterday
EGP / USD CBE market average: Buy 17.64 | Sell 17.74 EGP / USD at CIB: Buy 17.59 | Sell 17.69 EGP / USD at NBE: Buy 17.60 | Sell 17.70 EGX30 (Monday): 15,158 (+0.8%) Turnover: EGP 1.3 bn (15% ABOVE the 90-day average) EGX 30 year-to-date: +0.9% THE MARKET ON MONDAY: The EGX30 ended […]
Posted inCALENDAR
19-20 February 2018 (Monday-Tuesday): The Banking Tech North Africa, The Nile Ritz-Carlton, Cairo. 17-21 February 2018 (Saturday-Wednesday): Women For Success - Women SME's "World of Possibilities" Conference, Cairo/Luxor. 20 February (Tuesday): The Third Annual Capital Markets Summit, InterContinental Cairo Semiramis, Cairo. 05 March (Monday): Egypt’s PMI reading for February released. 05-07 March (Monday-Wednesday): EFG Hermes’ […]
Posted inWhat We're Tracking Today
What we’re tracking on 19 February 2018
It’s a relatively quiet morning in Cairo on which we’re grateful for many things, not least of which is the fact that we get to write to all of you every morning. Thank you all, readers and sponsors alike, for making it possible to do what we do each day. Sweden’s Trade Minister Ann Linde […]
Posted inWhat We're Tracking Today
Egyptians dominate top nine richest list
Egyptians dominate Forbes’ list of the nine richest persons in Africa, according to the magazines’ Middle East edition. The top nine list, part of Forbes’ broader listing of 23 African bn’aires, unsurprisingly includes members of the Sawiris and Mansour families, with the remaining three spots belonging to Moroccan and Algerian business leaders. Nassef Sawiris is […]
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Netflix signs first Middle East partnership agreement with OSN
OSN lives to fight another day? Subscribers to the pay-TV service in MENA will gain access to Netflix content. Netflix has signed its first Middle East partnership agreement with satellite entertainment network OSN, the streaming service announced in a press release yesterday. OSN customers will soon be able to access Netflix’s content library via a […]
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Women play rugby in Egypt, here’s how you can join them
PSA- We’re helping grow women’s sports in Egypt. Cairo Rugby Football Club’s women’s team is looking for new players to join its ranks. Cairo Rugby is Egypt’s oldest rugby team and is made up of a diverse group of volunteering women and men from all over the world. The women’s team now welcomes players of […]
Posted inWhat We’re Tracking This Week
What we’re tracking this week
The third annual Capital Markets Summit gets underway tomorrow. The theme for this year’s conference is “the role of reforms in restoring growth and the vision of the capital market 2030,” and will feature a discussion of the state IPO program and the impact of the government’s reform program. Speakers include EGX boss Mohamed Farid, […]
Posted inON THE HORIZON
On the horizon
Our friends at EFG Hermes are hosting their 14th annual One on One Conference in Dubai on Monday, 5 March. The three-day event is the largest investor conference globally focused on frontier and emerging markets and will bring together some 175 companies for discussions on what a year of shifting benchmarks — including oil production […]