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Temenos plans will launch electronic platform to enable banking sector apps
700 banks around the world use our major programme T24

Volume of trade exchange between Egypt, US was $7.9bn in 2014: US Ambassador
Efforts to expand industrial activities of QIZ agreement to food industry and other sectors, says Beecroft

NBAD targets 60% profits growth, 30% loans, 25% in deposits by year-end: NBAD-Egypt CEO
Egypt is among top five markets in which NBAD provides all banking services

HSBC working on several deals in the pipeline worth more than $3 billion:Bank’s CEO
HSBC allocated EGP 260m from latest SMEs fund

Visa, Egyptian government cooperate to promote tourism, stimulate e-commerce: MENA General Manager
North Africa region witnesses the most cooperation between Visa and its states’ governments, says Ayoub

Wadi Food wins 7 international awards for high quality olive oils in 2015
This year, Wadi Food expects to achieve 25%-30% growth

Avidbeam to launch platform for analysing video data before year-end
Developing education is the solution to push start-up sector forward

We need more information to engage in New Suez Canal projects: Slovenian Ambassador
Miškova spoke about the relations between Slovenia and Egypt throughout history, and her perceptions on future relations, especially in regards to the much-needed environmental solutions that Slovenia can offer Egypt.

WorldRemit targets transfer of $19bn Egyptian remittances via mobile
Egyptians abroad will be able to send airtime top-up to friends and family through Eitsalat, Mobinil, and Vodafone networks

UNB-Egypt aims to acquire 5% of Egyptian banking market in 10 years: Vice Chairman
UNB supports Emirati investors in Egypt, and issued letters of guarantee worth $150m for the National Drilling Company to dig the New Suez Canal

Egypt has shown tremendous growth since 2013: Star Communications Regional Director
Star Communications will publish a special feature report on Egypt in Newsweek Magazine in January 2016. It will be distributed at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Below is an interview with Regional Director for Star Communications, Sara Prada, who is directing this endeavour from Cairo. Can you give us …

Ethiopian-Egyptian relations will not be affected by GERD: Egyptian Ambassador
Equity and doing no harm are the most important principles governing the construction of the dam

Citibank interested in Egypt’s future bond offerings: EMEA’s CEO
Citibank remains committed to the country and has a continuous dialogue with the Ministry of Finance, says Cowles

People will not choose public transport if it’s not attractive: UITP Secretary General
Developing mass transportation and eliminating informal sector are two main hurdles facing Cairo transport system, says Alain Flausch

How one Egyptian family’s $6bn enterprise has spanned the globe
From the smallest of islands to one of the greatest expanses on Earth, Egypt’s Mansour Group has become a $6bn-plus international empire in just two generations. The Egyptian family firm, now the country’s second largest by revenues, has operations in 120 countries, with 60,000 staff, and is growing at 10-20 percent annually. Not bad for …

Now is right time for Egyptian companies to invest in Ethiopian market while it is still blossoming: Al-Zumar
EGP 1bn expected Egyptian exports once Ethiopia enforces COMESA agreement: Al-Zumar

Imports indicative list will increase monopoly, raise prices: Sheha
Annual Egyptian imports are less than $80bn, of which luxury imports are $500m

A15 Company considers investing $3m within regional expansion plans
We are studying investing in four local companies and exiting some others, CEO Antaki says

5 new PPP projects to be launched for EGP 7-8bn: Head of PPP unit
Citizen will not bear the cost of developing government services via PPP system, says Hanoura

Egyptian pound devaluation has positive impact on tourism: Colliers official
Creation of Suez Canal is a catalyst to build a new tourism hub, and Ain Sokhna particularly in the immediate future, says Head of Hotels (MENA) at Colliers International

‘Canadian intelligence warned me twice of people spying on me’
Daily News Egypt interviews Hatem Zaghloul, inventor of the wireless communications technology WiFi

‘For the Love of Egypt’ is not the regime’s list, but will support the president: El-Yazal
The parliament will complete its full five-year tenure and we are not worried about it dissolving

TGM markets 135,000 sqm for Cleopatra Real Estate Development
The Egyptian market is suffering a lack of international brands that attract shoppers

ICDL secures grant empowering 152,000 government employees, job seekers
1.2 million enrolments since 2005, and number of students is increasing

The disappearance of Ashraf Shehata for 630+ days
“I believe National Security has him, but they’re claiming he dumped me and the kids,” says his wife

Discussions underway on potentially attractive investment initiatives in Egypt: CIMB Securities
CIMB and Sigma Capital promote Egyptian corporations, such as Telecom Egypt, Oriental Weavers Company, and ElSewedy Electric Company, to European institutions via corporate investor road-shows

Schneider Electric aims to double growth within next 5 years: Executive VP
Company is following government’s master plan, which is investing in renewable energy, says Frédéric Abbal

Al-Manar Group invests EGP 50m in brake fluids factory
Negotiations over partnership with France’s Valeo and Talaat Ghabbour, says Nawara

6 million government employees paid through MasterCard by year-end: MENA president
MasterCard plans to pump in a multimillion dollar investment within next few years

Next parliament will be worst in Egypt’s history: ESDP Secretary General
There is no future for an open public sphere, but we have to try, says Ahmed Fawzy