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Nasr schools Richard Quest on Egypt

Also coming from the Spring Meetings — Sahar Nasr schooled CNN’s ever-annoying Richard Quest as the grating host tried to…

INVESTMENT WATCH- IFC on track to invest USD 1 bn in Egypt’s private sector this year: The International Finance Corporation…

CORRECTION- Amendments to the capital market law gives the Financial Regulatory Authority the power to suspend trading on the EGX…

MOVES- German software giant SAP has appointed Hoda Mansour (LinkedIn) as its Managing Director in Egypt, Al Mal reports. Mansour…

MOVES- Jean-Marc Harion has resigned as Orange Egypt’s CEO, the company announced in a statement to the EGX (pdf). Orange…

Egypt was ranked 167th out of 190 nations in Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ 2018 Paying Taxes report (pdf). “Using the perspective of…

Sudan’s Ghandour fired — look for strain in Cairo-Khartoum relationship. Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir fired Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour…

INVESTMENT WATCH- Florida-based iQ Power is planning to invest USD 300 mn in solar energy projects in Egypt, CEO and…