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My Morning Routine
My Morning Routine: Mohamed El Naggar, CEO of Raya Auto
“Stay teachable as your responsibilities grow”
Tactful AI’s Mohamed Elmasry on how a smart home idea became a customer experience business
“We built wonders thousands of years ago, and I believe we can do it again”
My Morning Routine: Mayar Naguib, head of Corporate Reputation, CSR, Sustainability, and PR at Etisalat Egypt
“With everyone now expected to do more and move faster, I believe impact matters more…
My Morning Routine: Ali Diab, co-founder and CEO of Agriventure
“Build around your weaknesses, find someone who’s strong where you aren’t, and trust them completely”
Coffee With…
TAQA Arabia wants half its revenues from outside Egypt within five years, CEO Pakinam Kafafi says
Part two of our conversation with TAQA Arabia CEO Pakinam Kafafi
Coffee With Ramy Youssef on what Egypt’s tax strategy will say, and what it won’t
The deputy finance minister on the strategy due before year-end, the free-zone levy that isn’t…
Egypt’s grid needs to be in sync with its generation plans, TAQA Arabia CEO says — and direct power sales don’t exist yet
Taqa Arabia CEO Pakinam Kafafi on the grid’s pace, what the private sector should own,…
Ezdehar eyes USD 200 mn Fund III, with EGX exits back in play
Ezdehar buys Consolidated Group to merge with DalyDress, and lines up a USD 200 mn…
Founder Of The Week
Moves
Oil Ministry taps Baker Hughes’ Amro Elsharkawi to chair the Mineral Resources and Mining Industries Authority
Plus: SFE’s board named Kassem Hassan Kassem head of both its industrial and infrastructure sub-funds
Innovo Group appoints Emaar Misr’s Mostafa El Kady to lead its real estate development arm
El Kady ran Emaar Misr from 2019 through May 2026 and now takes over Innovo’s…
Ali Alhosani to succeed Mohamed Maait on IMF Executive Board in November
Emirati economist Ali Alhosani will take over the Arab Group and Maldives seat after serving…
Azzam to head new four-year FRA board through 2030
Madbouly’s decree keeps Azzam at the helm and seats five outside experts from Cairo University,…
CEO Poll
ShipBlu and Mylerz are building the sector infrastructure Egyptian DTC has been running without
Cash-on-delivery still runs the sector, and success rates determine which fulfillment partner wins the brand
Cabinet greenlights a state company to build Sadat City’s dry port
Plus: Saipem and Egas’ drilling arm team up for offshore work in Egypt
What does Egypt actually mean when it calls itself an energy hub?
What an energy hub actually means, and whether Egypt qualifies
Egypt’s homegrown brand wave stalled at the border
Partnered warehouses and Amazon fulfillment are the one mechanism working now, while physical-store rollouts are…
Reader Poll
The Enterprise 2023 Reader Poll: More of you are feeling downbeat about our economic prospects as headwinds mount
2022 was not a great year for business — and there’s uncertainty on what the…
CBE to hike interest rates this week -poll
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is likely to hike interest rates when it meets…
CBE to raise interest rates this week - poll
The Central Bank of Egypt is likely to raise interest rates when it meets on…
ALC’s Bahaa Alieldean on why freezones are key for FDI and exports
We recently had breakfast with 20 top CEOs to talk about why exports and FDI…
Analyst Of The Week
Meet our analyst of the week: Beltone’s Rawan Ali
OUR ANALYST OF THE WEEK- Rawan Ali, associate at Beltone Financial (Linkedin). My name is…
Meet our analyst of the week: Beltone’s Aly Adel
OUR ANALYST OF THE WEEK- Aly Adel, vice president of research at Beltone Financial (LinkedIn).…
Meet our analyst of the week: NI Capital’s Shady Amr Al Afify
OUR ANALYST OF THE WEEK- Shady Amr Al Afify, senior analyst at NI Capital (Linkedin).…
Meet our analyst of the week: Alpha Capital’s Salma Taha Hussein
OUR ANALYST OF THE WEEK- Salma Taha Hussein, independent board member at AlphaCapital Group and…
Kudos
EGX bags two AFCM awards for 2025 trading activity
The bourse was recognized for having the highest average daily traded value and trading volume…
Our friends at EFG Hermes and Beltone pick up fresh accolades, along with CIB
EFG Hermes retained the top corporate access spot on Extel’s Emerging EMEA survey, Beltone took…
Orascom Construction, Sawiris Foundation back next generation of scholars
This marks the 26th consecutive year of the program
Somabay partners with Chevening to send Aswan scholar to UK
Noha Soliman will pursue a master’s in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of…