Latest in Tag: WEF Highlight
Latest in Tag: WEF

Egypt, WEF discuss bilateral cooperation in COP27Â
Ahmed Hafez, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the call dealt with the outstanding cooperation between Egypt and the WEF, which was manifested in the participation of the foreign minister in the last annual meeting of the WEF held in Davos, Switzerland, last May.

Egyptâs FM reviews vision for COP 27 in WEF
Shoukryâs participation came in a session titled âThe Road to the Conference of the Parties to the COP 27: Public-Private Partnerships in Climate Action in the Middle East and North Africa.â

Itâs time for Egypt to play leadership role in shaping MENA region: WEFâs Harbin Aurora
WEF to be held for first time in Egypt, Middle East

Davos 2020: economic gender gap globally to close in after 257 years: WEF
It pointed out that only 24.7% of women are in the labour force, and about 20% of them are on a part-time contract.

50th WEF kicks off with huge international participation
Al-Mashat to meet financial institutionsâ representatives for future cooperation

Egypt, WFP discuss boosting cooperation to combat illegal immigration
Both Makram and Haile agreed to cooperate to develop a comprehensive work programme aimed at reaching the target groups, identifying their skills, and promoting it, to motivate and encourage the youth, as a way to combat illegal immigration.Â

To date, Egypt has closed only 62.9% of its gender gap, ranking 134: WEF
Arab countries are at the bottom of the gender gap index list

Egypt is one of the fastest growing economies in the world:Â WEFÂ president
During his meeting with Egyptian Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr in Geneva, Brende added that Egypt is one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

26th Annual Economic Forum for Women, first time in Cairo next March
Holding this important event in Egypt is a demonstration of empowering and supporting Egyptian women entrepreneurs: Arora

Risk of energy price shock, unemployment top MENA risks landscape: WEF
Perception of insecurity remains concern in region

Egypt ranks 86 out of 115 countries on WEFâs ETI 2019
MENA has highest energy subsidies in world, says report

As Davos WEF Annual Meeting 2019 concludes, here is some of the top highlights
 Davos – As the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2019 is coming to end on 25 January, following a four days of intensive dialogues, between over 3,000 leaders from business, government, civil society, academia, arts and culture, and media, as well as the foremost experts and young leaders from all over the world aiming to …

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

Will 2019 witness global slowdown? Or collapse?
One, two federal reserve rate hikes in 2019, expects UBS chairperson

Egypt to showcase economic reform experience in WEF 2019: Moeit
Finance Ministry to offer international bonds in 1Q19, while Samurai, Panda bonds still under consideration

Egyptâs Minister of Finance participates in WEF
Inviting Egypt to participate in forum after 5 year-absence came as result of prominent reforms

WEF, WB, ICRC launch Humanitarian Investing initiative
50 heads of state, governments, over 300 ministerial level participants in WEF annual meeting

Climate, inclusiveness, international governance top WEF Annual Meeting 2019 agenda
Majority of people in most regions believe cooperation between nations extremely rare or very important in latest global poll: WEF

Women to earn same as men in 202 years: WEF
MENA to take about 153 years to bridge gender gap at current rate of development

WEF in Vietnam: The tiger leaps
The World Economic Forum on ASEAN countries has begun in Vietnam â a fitting host given its status as the fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia. Manuela Kasper-Claridge reports from Hanoi.The bridge across the Bach Dang is brand new. Twenty-five meters (82 feet) wide and 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) long, it spans majestically across the large …

Egypt ranks 70th among emerging markets: WEF report
Egypt ranked 70th among the emerging markets list that includes 77 emerging economies, according to the World Economic Forumâs Inclusive Development Index 2018. The index said that Egyptâs score in overall Inclusive Development Index (IDI) registered 2.84, while it is expected to decrease by 6.52% in the five-year IDI trend, followed by Zimbabwe ranked in …

Global risks intensify, outlining critical year ahead: WEF
Structural, interconnected nature of risks in 2018 threaten societies, economies on which international relations are based, Global Risks Report 2018 says

WEF discusses gender equality
Female leaders steer big corporations and major economies. But at the World Economic Forum they are still grossly underrepresented, with only 20 percent of participants being women, reports Manuela Kasper-Claridge.The room is small; it won’t hold more than 100 chairs. Two cameras are set up, there is a small coffee bar in one of the …

Egypt ranks 116th globally, 11th in MENA in Global Enabling Trade Report 2016
The United Arab Emirates was ranked first in MENA and 23rd internationally

World Economic Forum warns of dangers in growing inequality
A chronic gap between rich and poor is yawning wider, posing the biggest single risk to the world in 2014

Tourism minister: sector wonât be affected if June protests are peaceful
Sun and sand tourism gradually picks up, as street protests are concentrated in urban cities away from beach coasts

Egypt ranks low for competiveness
Country slides 13 places in global competiveness survey

Egypt official explains reasons behind WEF tourism report
Ministry of Tourism official report outlines reasons behind Egyptâs fall in travel ranking by World Economic Forum

Egypt less safe tourist destination than Pakistan, Yemen and Chad: WEF
Plunges ten places in World Economic Forumâs Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index