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07 January (Saturday): Coptic Christmas, national holiday. 13 January (Friday): Egypt to attend Africa-France Summit 2017 in Mali. 25 January (Wednesday): Revolution (police) day, national holiday. 30 January – 2 February 2017 (Monday-Thursday): Arab Health Exhibition, Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Center, UAE. 14-16 February 2017 (Tuesday-Thursday): Egypt Petroleum Show 2017 (EGYPS), CIEC, Cairo. 31 […]
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PSA #1: How to get your fuel smart card
Public service announcement #1: If you, like us, haven’t obtained a fuel smart card, now may be the time to look into it. As exactly none of us here have yet done so, a handful of us will be trying to register vehicles in the coming days — Egyptian and foreigner, in Arabic and in […]
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PSA #2: Get rid of round GBP 1 coins
Public service announcement #2: Get rid of round GBP 1 coins before 15 October. New 12-sided pound coins go into circulation on 28 March 2017, and any existing coins will become worthless on 15 October. Given GBP 1 equals roughly EGP 6.02×10^23, you may want to think seriously about spending those pounds or exchanging them […]
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US Customs and Border Protection system is down, which means you’re not gonna get into Amreeka in the next few hours
Public service announcement #3: God help you if you’re en route to America as you read this. From The Verge: “Massive lines at US airports after nationwide customs outage: A problem in the computer systems used by United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) authorities has left thousands stuck in airports and unable to enter […]
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Still thinking about the shape of the year? We certainly are — we just need to get far enough down our task list to give it the time it deserves. On that topic: We’ll have our first-ever CEO poll for you next week, and in the meantime recommend two Financial Times pieces on what to […]
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What we’re tracking this week
The Emirates NBD Egypt PMI by Markit is due out tomorrow morning by 6:15am or so. The Saudi and UAE PMIs are due out at the same time. Strong reserves report expected: The central bank is expected to tell us by Thursday how much reserves were in its coffers at the end of 2016, and […]
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On the horizon
Look for news on the eurobonds in the coming 2-3 weeks. We expect the Finance Ministry to announce Egypt’s planned USD 2.5-3 bn eurobond issuance sometime in the coming two to three weeks. The plan, as announced in December, was to move ahead with the issuance mid-January. Deputy Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said at the […]
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Suicide of senior judge in police custody dominates airwaves last night
A senior Egyptian judge arrested early this week on corruption charges was found dead in his detention cell yesterday and is believed to have committed suicide, Reuterssaid. Wael Shalaby, a deputy chief justice in the administrative courts system and secretary-general of Maglis Al Dowla, had been arrested on suspicion of bribery and corruption along with […]
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Education Ministry publishes list of actions it took against a number of private and international schools
The Education Ministry has published a naughty list of international and language schools in Egypt and the actions it has taken against them. On top of the list are SABIS’ International School of Choueifat and the American International School in New Cairo, both of which have been put under the Ministry’s financial and administrative control […]