Latest in Tag: Private sector Highlight
Latest in Tag: Private sector

Egypt to enhance private sector participation in development: International Cooperation Minister
Ministry will this year focus on greater private sector participation, particularly in sustainable growth

Egypt harnessing private sector power to drive gender equality: Al-Mashat
Egypt participates in Future Investment Initiative in Saudi Arabia

1st Egypt-Sudan Business Council meeting tackles private sector opportunities
Egypt prepares for its largest contribution at Khartoum International Fair on 21-28 January

Private sector to play bigger role in development process: Finance Minister
World Bank expects 2.7% economic growth in Egypt with global trend to provide vaccine against COVID-19

Engaged private sector is key theme for Egypt in 2021: Al-Mashat
Egyptâs aim of scaling up its engagement with the private sector in 2021 is expected to be a key theme for the upcoming year, according to Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat.

Egyptâs economic reform improves macroeconomic stability, restores confidence: WB
Egypt’s reforms have yet to trigger a marked and sustained increase in non-extractives private investment and exports, said the World Bank report

Egypt’s non-oil private sector grows to 6-year high in October: IHS Markit
Egypt PMI records 51.4, signalling highest expansion rate since 2014, says David Owen

Ministry of Planning launches initiative against layoffs in private sector
Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said said that Ministry of Planning initiative aims to preserve Egyptâs economic achievements

Egyptâs non-oil private sector sees record decline due to COVID-19: PMI
Private sector companies generally confident economy will reopen soon

Government shrinks role of private sector, relies on itself to reform economy
Decline in private investments to 51% in the reform programme; government controls 53% of bank loans since beginning of the year

Egyptâs private sector contracts for 11th consecutive month: IHS
Rate of contraction in private sector sharpened on the back of steep price increases, as global data points to stagnation

GAFI pledges to support Egypt’s private sector to broaden its business in Africa
Authority works to establish genuine partnership with Africa owing to the availability of necessary resources and capabilities, says executive chairpersonÂ

Egyptâs private sector celebrates IMF conditionality while government sighs in relief
Egyptâs private sector has largely celebrated the news of the IMF loan, which the government hopes will galvanise private sector involvement with development, says Renaissance Capital

Governmentâs initiative to partner with private sector faces huge problems: CDIC chairperson
The minister should not have the authority to interfere with every little detail in every school in Egypt, says Al Kalla

Amid doubt, government initiative aims to partner with private sector for education reform
The government should encourage private sector investment, as such investment could save the government over EGP 20bn, says Badawy Alam

International conference on private sector to kick off in July
The conference will go by the name âWhatâs Holding Back the Private Sector in MENA? Lessons from the Enterprise Surveyâ

Government reduces its investment forecast for private sector to EGP 292bn for next FY
Investors are facing challenges and we are working to fix them, says investment minister

Private sector accounts for 59.3% of credit facilities granted by banks to clients: CBE
Industry at forefront of economic sectors funded by banks followed by services, while the agriculture sector came last

Governorates allocate 2,023 land plots to private sector to establish new schools: PM
The Ministry of Education will supervise the entire education process and review school fees

Ministry of Finance to mechanise and connect all notary offices
The third PPP Unit International Conference will take place in Cairo in mid-October

UN Women, EU Commission launch âKhadijaâ network for womenâs economic empowerment
âWe want Arab governments to specify 25% quota for womenâs businesses,â says UN Regional Director

Private sector investments valued at EGP 461.8bn in past 3 years: EBA
Private sector has carried out 62.2% from implemented local investments over FY 2014/2015
Final contract preparations for private sector partnership in 2 months: Amin Abdel Moneim
Ministry of Housing rushes to prepare contracts for partnership, on back of Economic Summit MoUs

Planning Ministry launches âInspire Fundâ with EGP 250m seed money: Minister
It is important to propose flexible legislation to implement effective CSR activities in society, protect all parties and allow space for creativity, says Minister of Social Solidarity

Summit to put Egypt back on investor map: IFC Country Manager Â
Our focus going forward in Egypt will be infrastructure especially energy, says IFC Country Manager

Summit targets 10% growth in local operations for 2015: CEO
The launch of communications projects using PPP will energise the market, company awaiting board approval to launch a tender for data centre
Government needs to reduce bureaucracy to lower costs, increase productivity: Investments head
El-Hatow: Real estate is king and energy requires a special kind of investor
Phase one of Safaga Port starts, costs set at EGP 2.5m: Cabinet spokesperson
PPP approves construction for Smouha Maternity University Hospital
EBRD provides $30m to NBE for small business development
Loan follows $50m provided in December 2013

Egyptâs industrial policies discourage employment: World Bank report
50% of Egyptians believe unemployment situation will improve in the next five years, says Gallup survey