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GIZ funds IPSP to make it easier for Egyptian citizens to receive public services
IPSP has trained over 300 municipal civil servants so far

Egypt to become medical tourism hub, making significant progress in Hepatitis “C” eradication: Executive Director of Tour n’ Cure
“Egypt needs to focus on export this phase, bureaucracy significant challenge foreign investor faces here”

Egypt among countries that have made great strides in achieving financial inclusion of SME’s: IMF Middle East, Central Asia Adviser
Increasing access to finance lays foundation for higher, more inclusive regional growth

Accepting failure necessary for boosting entrepreneurship: Kurtenbach
The Egyptian finalist of ATX + EGY will attend SXSW in March 2020

Resilience is core of entrepreneurship: Moustapha Sarhank
Entrepreneur’s journey from ‘tuna can year’ to sound leadership, ethics in business

Egypt on right track, patience required till full implementation of economic reform plan: Elgarhy
I am optimistic about future of Egypt’s economy; government, businesspersons alike must do more

Chile likely to discuss inking free trade agreement with Egypt in 2019
Bilateral trade exchange to increase by 20% per year, says former Chilean ambassador

Future of cash: will it become obsolete?
Transforming Egypt into a digital society starts with online payments

Vicat: 15 years leading cement industry, development in Egypt
‘We support Egypt’s economy, confident in return of stability to Sinai’: Guy Sidos, Group CEO

Egypt’s reform programme revives growth: French Ambassador
Large French business delegation will visit Egypt in the coming month, says Romatet

Developing reserves, increasing revenues, reducing pollution priorities in 2019: Environment minister
Greenhouse gases in Egypt are 1% less than global level

Ericsson encourages legislators, regulators to reduce investments obstacles, ensures 5G frequency allocated: CEO
Company’s investments in R&D positioned it to benefit from strong momentum in global 5G market, says Ekholm’s

Minister of Petroleum, Mineral Resources: realisation of 11 gas, oil projects during next FY
Egypt’s natural gas production increased to 7.5 bncf/d

Egypt is capable of independently manufacturing its weapons: Minister of Military Production
Ministry aims to increase cooperation with private sector, not to control market

5G here, to reach 17% of subscriptions by 2024: Fida Kibbi
In Egypt, 5G will become reality in 2020, says VP, Head of Marketing, Communication Ericsson MEA

Every Egyptian household would have at least one direct or indirect worker in tourism: Al-Mashat
Structural reform programme includes institutional reforms, legislative reforms,promotion, marketing activities, infrastructural, tourism development

UNB-E aims to achieve 40% growth rate in 2019: Vice Chairperson
Bank has ambitious plans to expand in SMEs to reach various social segments

IDB aims to close deferred losses file completely during H1 2019: Chairperson
We need cultural reform plan to develop people’s awareness that to thrive we need to increase production

Ridding NPLs is dream of Suez Canal Bank chairperson in 2019
‘We managed to settle EGP 1.5bn of debts in last 18 months’: Refaey

EBRD hopes to establish ‘foreign investors council’ in 2019
Egypt can continue being first country of bank’s operations this year, says EBRD’s managing director for SEMED

AfDB, Egypt to prepare new five-year strategy soon
‘We financed three operations worth $506m in 2018,’ says AfDB Egypt’s Country Manager

Guggenheim CIO Minerd sees no Fed rate hikes in 2019, good year for EM
Governments need to provide incentives, set boundaries, regulations to boost sustainable investments, says Guggenheim Partners CIO Scott Minerd

“No one can set profit limit for traders, we expect state incentives to encourage local car assembly”: Chairperson of El Saba Automotive
‘We expect incentives from state to encourage local assembly of cars after customs’ cuts’

Publishing industry still suffering with hopes for recovery in 2019: head of EPA
EGP 3bn is the volume of the publishing industry in the Egyptian market

We invest in innovative start-ups carrying strategic value to our company: Head of Ericsson Ventures
Venture capital investment as the main method of funding start-ups has been on the rise, with venture capital activity in the United States reaching its highest levels in 2018. According to PwC and CB Insights, US venture capital funding registered at around $99.5bn in 2018, marking its second highest recorded total since the peak of …

Finding business use cases is prerequisite for building 5G network: Head of Ericsson Silicon Valley Experience Centre
Since October 2018, Verizon started to offer 5G fixed internet wireless access in US: Thomas Olsson

Knowledge hub enters Egypt’s private university scene
Project attracts several universities worldwide, to offer degrees in different specialties: El-Sewedy Education CEO

Municipalities’ contribution to national income is not less than 30%: former governor of Qaliubiya, Menoufiya
Local community activities in governorates contribute 30% to national income

2018 is booming year for tourism in Hurghada throughout last 3 years: Guirguis
Hilton Hurghada Resort launched new renovation plan, scheduled to be completed by 2020

Egypt is among largest Arab markets, insurance diffusion remains low: El Khatib
Company’s assets increase by 19% for last 3 years, after distributing $10m of dividends in 2017