economy
Egypt’s unemployment rate drops to 7.5 percent
Egypt
August 13, 2019
Egypt’s unemployment rate drops to 7.5 percent
Egypt’s cabinet released an official statement announcing the decline of the unemployment rate in Egypt, which fell from 9.9 percent…
Deputy Minister: To combat Egypt’s rising poverty, government must study causes
Egypt
August 4, 2019
Deputy Minister: To combat Egypt’s rising poverty, government must study causes
Egypt’s Deputy Minister of Planning, Follow up and Administrative Reform for Planning Affairs Ahmed Kamali said that the government must…
Sources: Egypt’s government to sign agreement with IMF
Business
July 28, 2019
Sources: Egypt’s government to sign agreement with IMF
Egypt’s government has announced that a new technical agreement will be signed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to implement…
Finance Minister expresses pride in Egypt’s economic performance
Economy
July 17, 2019
Finance Minister expresses pride in Egypt’s economic performance
During a press conference on Wednesday at the Cabinet headquarters to announce the Cabinet’s economic performance, Minister of Finance Mohamed…
CAMPAS: Foreigners working at Egypt’s private sector rise by 9.7 percent
Economy
July 15, 2019
CAMPAS: Foreigners working at Egypt’s private sector rise by 9.7 percent
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAMPAS) released their annual statistics showing that the number of foreigners working…
Egyptian-American economist nominated to be IMF’s next managing director
Egypt
July 9, 2019
Egyptian-American economist nominated to be IMF’s next managing director
Former Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Egyptian-American economist Mohamed al-Erian has been nominated to succeed Christine Lagarde…
Economic “game changer”? African leaders launch free-trade zone
Features/Interviews
July 8, 2019
Economic “game changer”? African leaders launch free-trade zone
* African leaders meet to discuss key details of free-trade bloc * Potential for Africa’s US$3.4 trillion economy is massive…
Erdogan sacks Turkey central bank governor amid rate tensions
Middle East
July 6, 2019
Erdogan sacks Turkey central bank governor amid rate tensions
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sacked the governor of Turkey’s central bank and replaced him with his deputy, a presidential…
Trump: US Fed doesn’t know ‘what they’re doing’
World
July 6, 2019
Trump: US Fed doesn’t know ‘what they’re doing’
US President Donald Trump on Friday lobbed another attack on the Federal Reserve, accusing it of incompetence for failing to…
Sisi delivers speech on 6th anniversary of June 30
Egypt
June 30, 2019
Sisi delivers speech on 6th anniversary of June 30
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in a nationwide speech delivered on the sixth anniversary of June 30 that it was…