Latest in Tag: africa Highlight
Latest in Tag: africa

A thousand hills and a dramatically transformed country
Africa’s elite is meeting in Rwanda’s capital Kigali for the World Economic Forum on Africa. It is a good place to examine what economic success looks like because Rwanda is practically top of the class.

Parliamentary delegation in South Africa to attend African parliament sessions
The delegation is expected to announce Egypt’s membership in the African Union

240 companies to participate in Food Africa exhibition in May
350 buyers from several European and African countries will participate in the exhibition

Egypt urges African leaders to promote bilateral work in environmental issues
Fifty-four African leaders are currently in Cairo for the sixth special session of AMCEN

African leaders follow up on climate change agreements in Cairo
The AMCEN special session is held between Saturday and Tuesday

Al-Sisi meets Burundi foreign minister in Cairo
The duo discussed challenges on the African continent, the Nile Basin agreement, and common security concerns

The Panama Papers’ growing impact on Africa
While no African official has yet resigned as a result of the Panama Papers, African journalists involved in the investigation say they have given Africans a wake up call and could even lead to government action.

Egypt willing to cooperate, share intelligence with African countries to combat terrorism: defence minister
27 ministers of defence assemble in Egypt for fifth summit of CEN-SAD countries

The key to Africa’s advancing mobile economy
Access to critical banking services is becoming a reality in the continent thanks to the rise of mobile penetration and the partner ecosystem accompanying it

EFG Hermes open to expansion in Africa, Asia and Europe: CEO
EFG Hermes aims to support the company’s growth in light of the government’s commitment to supporting this vital sector, Awad said

Holding company to be established to promote Egyptian products in Africa
It is set to be a Lebanese-Egyptian holding company based in Beirut for marketing Egyptian building materials, clothing, home furnishings, and engineering, food, and medicine industries

How bad is corruption in Africa?
Corruption is the buzzword today. Everyone worldwide is talking about corruption. By definition, corruption is generally known as “dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery”. It also refers to bribery or kickback. Transparency International, the anti-corruption watchdog, defines corruption as “the abuse of power for private gains”. Transparency International explains that …

Egypt’s national team wins 2016 Bahrain International Table Tennis Championship for Juniors
Throughout 2016, this was not the only victory for Egyptian champions in the sport since Egyptian and Africa’s number one champion Dina Meshref won the International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) 2016 African Cup in Khartoum, Sudan and Egypt’s Amr Assar won the men competitions in second place

We seek to develop a work vision common between the state and businessmen in order to enhance investment in Africa: CEO of GAFI
Egyptian investments in Africa are still modest, but the Dark Continent can accommodate investments worth trillions of dollars

Egyptian, Nigerian leaders discussed ways to address terrorism in Africa
Both countries aim to increase their economic collaboration

Intra-African economic integration essential to speed up global growth: Salman
It is necessary to exploit African capital to invest inside the continent, says investment minister

Economic growth spread from Asia to Africa: Omran
We seek to strengthen cooperation with African stock exchanges: Omran

Egyptian exports to COMESA amount to $1.7bn in 2015 despite FTA
Government expected an increase in COMESA exports

$128bn direct investments in Africa in 2015: COMESA
Africa has become most attractive destination for foreign investment, with expectations for its economy to grow to $4tn in 2020

Egypt, Gabon sign 5 MOUs in multiple fields
The Gabonese president affirmed the importance of bolstering ties with Egypt during his Cairo visit

Africa will be medical industries’ racehorse in 2016
EGP 2.8bn targeted exports to Africa in 2016: ECMI Chairman

Egyptian tech companies to expand in Africa to develop governmental services
We agreed with ITIDA to promote Egyptian companies in southern Africa, says Ibrahim

Egyptian banks unconcerned with Africa
Limited banking operations mostly in public banks, in Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Libya

Prime for investment, COMESA countries must be more than export market
Egypt’s African offices will maximise benefit of storage areas for Egyptian exports, making them serve as starting points for the distribution

Learning from Nollywood
Few high quality African movies make it to the world stage and many struggle to find an audience in Africa. At Africa Day at the Berlinale film festival, filmmakers and experts discussed how to change that.

Ministry of Industry prepares legislation to regulate issuance of licences and allocation of land
Establishment of five commercial offices in Africa to increase Egyptian exports, says Kabil

10 international organisations to provide support to new comprehensive social health insurance system
Personal spending on health services reached more than 60% of total spending on health in Egypt, says Maait

Acronis experienced 60 % YoY growth in the Middle East and Africa
Acronis can protect and safely share sensitive data for government agencies of all sizes and any budget

Africa’s election year 2015: A long way to democracy?
The year 2015 will go down in history as one of elections in Africa. Overall there were thirteen of them. According to observers, eligible voters realized the importance and civic duty to take part in the elections.

Afreximbank provides $500m to support Egyptian exports to African countries: Industry Minister
The current funding value may be increased to $ 1bn, says Afreximbank president