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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 […]

Sending a message to the public: The exchange rate should stabilize in three months’ time as overall economic conditions begin to improve, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail promised. Paving the way for that stability is Egypt’s transformation into a free market economy through legislative reforms, the gradual phase-out of subsidies, and the shift in focus from […]

We got a bit excited about the prospect of a new investment act, but then the realities of Egyptian bureaucracy hit us: It will take Maglis Al Dowla (the State Council) almost a month to complete its review of the investment act from the date of receiving it — and it has not officially received […]

The Finance Ministry was allegedly behind the scrapping of private free zones, an unnamed source told El Watan, claiming that the ministry was primarily concerned that private free zones could become hotbeds of corruption. The head of the importers’ division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce told the newspaper separately that private free zones are […]

Good news for government contractors: Finance Minister Amr El Garhy will allow government contractors to revise their pricing in line with movement in the FX rate every three months instead of every six, as was previously the case, Al Mal reports. The minister signed off on the change in amendments to the executive regulations to […]

Sin tax to support healthcare spending: The House of Representatives has approved a bill that will see EGP 0.40 of the VAT on each cigarette pack sold be directed towards healthcare, Aswat Masriya reported. Also yesterday: The Health Ministry has allocated EGP 8 bn to develop and renovate public hospitals over the next two years, […]

The House of Representatives voted yesterday in favor of a bill that will see the establishment of a national food safety authority to monitor products in the market and ensure their compliance with set health and safety standards. According to Ahram Gate, the authority will report directly to the presidency. The head of the new […]

Mobile network operators, Telecom Egypt still dancing around infrastructure sharing agreement: The three existing mobile network operators (MNOs) have submitted their pricing formula for allowing Telecom Egypt (TE) to use their 2G and 3G networks. The proposal would cap the total number of TE subscribers who could be active on the rented infrastructure, sources told […]