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Scorpion venom: elixir or poison?
Cultivating scorpion venom for fun and profit: A group in Cairo is turning a profit by way of scorpion breeding,…
Cabinet to discuss final draft of SMEs Act next week
The Cabinet will discuss the final draft of the SMEs Act next week, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said. The government…
CBE directs banks to provide facilitated loans to Egypt’s farmer cooperatives
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has instructed commercial banks to begin extending facilitated loans to Egypt’s farmers, according to…
Factoring could provide the solution to close the SME funding gap- Afreximbank
The second-oldest profession could help SMEs grow in Egypt and Africa: Factoring could be a viable and sustainable solution to…
Founder of Egyptian recruitment platform Wuzzuf picked for WEF’s Young Global Leader program
Wuzzuf founder becomes World Economic Forum young global leader: Ameer Sherif, founder and CEO of BasharSoft, the owner of recruitment…
AT Lease to launch new factoring and SMEs leasing operations before year-end
Al Tawfeek Leasing (AT Lease) will launch before year-end factoring and SME-targeted leasing operations, according to a press release (pdf).…
What we’re tracking on 18 March 2019
It’s another quiet news day here at home — not that there’s anything wrong with that, as a brilliant show…
El Sisi ratifies USD 1 bn loan from World Bank
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has ratified a USD 1 bn loan from the World Bank to support the next…
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