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Cairo Capital Development Company to launch EGP 1.5bn Infinity project in April
Company seeks acquiring 30 feddans in New Administrative Capital to establish luxury hotel apartments

CPC negotiating with SCZone to acquire 2.5m sqm in Ain Sokhna
About EGP 700m of investments to construct on 1.1m sqm in Sadat City

ADFG eyes expansion in Egyptian market as economic reforms pay off, says CEO
Firm with around $6bn in assets considers different opportunities in many sector

IMC to restructure 6 defaulting companies as part of plan to revive factories
871 inventories carried out for companies from 2013-2017, only 74 can be rescued

International law firms attracted by legislative changes in Egypt: Secondari
The Italian law firm BonelliErede recently began operating in Egypt. Its local partner for Egypt is Francesca Secondari, who joined the firm in 2003 and whose expertise is in mergers and acquisitions, banking, corporations, commercial agreements, and real estate transactions. She is in charge of leading BonelliErede’s Cairo office and coordinating its work with the …

Egyptian woman digs her name among the world caricaturists
I preferred to make women the heroines for my first book as I found that women have no caricature book that focuses on their issues in the Arab world, Says El Adl

Transfast looks to expand in Egyptian market as it launches new cross-border payment platform
Company signs contracts with local banks, including CIB, United Bank, to facilitate money transfer

MIGA sees increased interest from foreign investors in Egypt this fiscal year: Keiko Honda
Agency looking to support projects in Egypt for domestic, export markets, says the MIGA CEO

East Port Said Development Co receives 250,000 sqm of land from SCZone in April: company director
Two foreign companies to improve soil properties in East Port Said area

Foreign partner investments to reach $10bn in FY 2017/2018: El-Molla
The ministry pays its dues to foreign partners regularly

Society is embracing ideas of hardliners: Amna Nosseir
I support Al-Sisi in the coming election for his accomplishments and I told him he needs better aides

Egypt is strategic market for us in MENA: Rhines
Siemens deal will increase Mentor Graphics’ revenue by €100m in 5 years

Egypt becoming electricity hub between region, Europe: minister of electricity
Study underway to link Inga dams to Aswan to export 49,000 MW

EBI kicks off 2018 with launch of e-learning services: executive director
EBI trains more than 50,000 trainees annually, provides over 63,000 training hours, 3,200 training programmes, says Nossier

Iran intervenes in Africa to besiege Arab countries: Diaa
Qatar acts as proxy for major powers to achieve its interests

Egypt’s food industry capable of doubling exports
Economy is progressing, but reforms benefits not completely visible yet

Will Egypt join dawn of electric vehicles?
A boom in electric vehicles (EVs) is spreading across the globe nowadays. The number of EVs on the world’s roads is increasing rapidly, with China, Europe, and the US at the forefront in terms of the increasing number of policy and business incentives. China already has 200m electric two-wheelers and 300,000 electric buses on its …

Lexium plans to provide legal advice via smartphones to 100m Arab citizens
Company aims to increase network of lawyers, legal experts to 1,000, says Allama

2018 will see end of 351 areas dangerous to lives of Egyptians: deputy housing minister
All Maspero landowners chose partnership with state except one company

ARCO to pump EGP 1.7bn into construction contracts in 2018
Company targets achieving 20% increase in sales this year, says executive director

Aim to raise EGX market capitalisation to 60% of GDP in 5 years: minister of finance
8 oil, industry, petrochemical, banks public companies will be IPO-ed in 18 months

Economic growth, high standard of living depend on SMEs expansion: Abdeen
Banks working to accelerate production, achieve sustainable development by focusing on funding vital sectors such as industry, agriculture, renewable energy

Banks to continue supporting government developmental plan in 2018: Fayed
We expect Egyptian economy in 2018 to witness higher growth rates reaching 4.5-5% more than prior year

Honeywell negotiates to provide smart solutions for New Administrative Capital
We plan to turn Egypt into a major hub for our Middle East operations in the coming years, says Hashim

Sudan is last stronghold of MB now, main reason for current tensions: Hatem Bashat
We are preparing a popular delegation that includes respected Egyptian leaders in Africa to travel to Ethiopia

3 real estate laws to be issued during current legislative session
Reconciliation on Building Violations Law will save government about EGP 150bn, says Abdel Ghani

Sustainable economy is way forward for MENA region: Sicre
Media should highlight true success stories to attract investments, says Abraaj Group managing director

Nokia plans to regain its market position in 2018
We aim to compete with the top three brands selling smart phones: Orabi

Art’s role in countering terrorism was greater in Mubarak’s era: Ashraf Zaki
Some projects were rejected by the censorship authority, yet they were presented

Tabarak Developments to launch 3 projects in H12018
Company’s land bank about 7m sqm, contracts for the implementation of projects in the North Coast