2026 FEBRUARY 11-12 February (Wednesday-Thursday): Gitex Global’s AI Everything Middle East & Africa Summit. 12 February (Thursday): Monetary Policy Committee’s first meeting of 2026. 19 February (Thursday): First day of Ramadan (TBC). MARCH 15 March (Sunday): IMF to hold its seventh review of Egypt’s USD 8 bn EFF arrangement. 21 March: (Saturday): Eid El Fitr […]
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Gov’t to transfer oversight of public business sector companies companies to Sovereign Fund
Good afternoon, friends, and happy almost-weekend. We’ve got a packed issue for you today. At home, oversight of 110 companies is moving to Egypt’s Sovereign Fund following the dissolution of the Public Business Sector Ministry. In the business press, financial firm stocks are in the red after another sell-off. Also in today’s issue: We take […]
Why Egypt’s CEOs are opting for Chinese luxury cars over Range Rovers
From mass market to luxury — are we at a turning point when it comes to buying Chinese cars?
The power of friendship in exile — Hisham Matar’s My Friends
Longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, the novel is an exile story that will absorb you
Al Ahly vs. Ismaily, Zamalek vs. Smouha, and more local and global footie action
⚽ We’ve got a packed sports schedule tonight at home and abroad. On the home front, Al Ahly takes on Ismaily in an Egyptian Premier League Matchweek 14 fixture. The match kicks off at 5pm on ON Sport 1. Second-placed Zamalek will also be going head-to-head with Smouha. The White Knights are looking to keep […]
Comedy and cocktails at Maadi’s The Atrium tonight
🎤🍸 Sometimes you need a cocktail, oftentimes you need a good chuckle, and most days you could use both. American journalist and co-host of the From Cairo podcast Eric Knecht will take the stage at Maadi’s The Atrium tonight to kick off Shadow Comedy and Unapologetic Cocktails — a night where comedy goes uncensored and […]
What the markets are doing on 11 February 2026
The EGX30 fell 1.3% at today’s close on turnover of EGP 7.6 bn (27.4% above the 90-day average). Local investors were the sole net buyers. The index is up 18.8% YTD. In the green: Orascom Development (+4.2%), Kima (+2.4%), and Ibnsina Pharma (+2.3%). In the red: Edita (-3.9%), Misr Cement (-2.7%), and GB Corp (-2.6%).