The Euromoney Jordan Conference

Victoria Behn

Victoria Behn Director, Middle East and Africa-Euromoney Conferences : I am delighted to announce The Euromoney Jordan Conference will return to Amman on the 25 April 2016. As a previous delegate at a Euromoney event I am pleased to offer you the first opportunity to apply for your place...

Euromoney Saudi Arabia Conference

H.E. Dr Tawfig Al-Rabiah, Minister of Commerce and Industry and H.E. Dr Mofarrej Alhoqubani,Minister of Labor will both be speaking and we have more Ministerial-level confirmations in the pipeline ...  

Needed: Investor-friendly laws

 With Egypt’s parliament now in session, everyone is looking up to it for legislative reform. At a conference held earlier this month by the Canada Egypt Business Council (CEBC) on “The Egyptian Judiciary and Challenges of the Current Stage”, the event guest speaker was Minister of Justice Ahmed al-Zend who spoke about the anticipated economic legislation and Judiciary reform.

 “Solving the problems of any society is always possible provided a fair legal system exists to correct wrongdoing and restore public rights. But if corruption reaches the judiciary, it is an indication of the imminent fall of the State,” said CEBC Chairman Motaz Raslan in his welcome speech ... for more information  en.wataninet

? Is Egypt ready for VAT

With Egypt’s economy struggling to get out of the decline it suffered owing to the political turmoil brought on by the Arab Spring uprising in 2011, talk has been going on among economists that a tax imposed on purchases, Value Added Tax (VAT), may save the day. Discussions abound about the experience of countries that preceded Egypt in applying VAT, particularly France, who took the lead in 1954.

VAT is a consumption tax levied on any value that is added to a product; it is an indirect tax, in that the tax is collected from someone who does not bear the entire cost of the tax. Many experts believe VAT is one of the best taxation methods owing to its unified system of application and calculation with respect to all taxpayers ... for more information visit en.wataninet

Kick-starting Egypt’s economy

 Egypt ranks 116th out of 140 countries in the 2015 – 2016 Global Competitiveness Report. Economists see this as only a slight improvement from last year when Egypt ranked 119th out of 144.The Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) is a yearly publication by the World Economic Forum (WEF) studying factors that affect the productivity of a country, which in turn determines the level of prosperity...

ROSATOM Presented nuclear technologies at " Arab Forum "

On December 1-3, Bahrain’s capital city of Manama played host to The Third Arab Forum on the Prospects of Nuclear Power for Electricity Generation and Seawater Desalination – one of the key regional forums, which is held biannually and brings together the top management of leading nuclear companies and nuclear authorities of Middle East and North Africa ...

.................. The Egyptian

 Naguib Sawiris

Egyptian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris is an international economic figure and a notable character on Egypt’s economic and political arenas. Watani’s Mariam Rifaat talked to Mr Sawiris about the political party he founded, al-Misriyeen al-Ahrar (The Free Egyptians) and his aspirations for Egypt’s political process, while Katrine Faragallah tapped into his views on business, terrorism, and local and global politics.

You may love him or you may loathe him, but you can never be impartial towards billionaire businessman Naguib Sawiris. Many Egyptians see Mr Sawiris as a model businessman who rose to the pinnacle of success inside and outside the country, and a staunch patriot who works to help place Egypt on the path of democracy and secularism. Yet many others see him as a businessman bent on using his financial clout to manipulate politics in Egypt, or as a too-successful Copt who ought not be given the opportunity to have a say in running the country or drawing its future. It is a rare Egyptian who holds no strong views vis-à-vis Mr Sawiris ... for more information /en.wataninet.com

Statement from the Egyptian Minister of Tourism

Hisham Zaazou

CAIRO – ECO - Nariman Yanny :  The Egyptian minister of tourism Hisham Zaazou , has expressed his confidence in the recovery of the tourism industry in Egypt. Dr. Zaazou added that, the areas of the Red Sea Riviera resorts such as Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Safaga, Quseir in addition to the Sinai resorts of Sharm El Sheikh...

? Politics or economy: which comes first

DR.Ahmed Galal 

Towards the end of the 1980sthe world held its breath as communism, a political force in Russia for 70 years, started to fall apart, to be replaced by a system that favoured democracy and a free market economy. At almost the same time, free market reforms were introduced to China, leading to what is today very nearly the mightiest industrial and trade powerhouse in the world, but still with much to be desired on the political front ...  All through this the world watched, with many pondering the question: which should have come first, political reform or economic development? To this day there is no definite answer to the question.

That same question has imposed itself on the Egyptian scene to the point that a recent conference in Cairo, dubbed a ‘national dialogue,’ was dedicated to discussing just that. The dialogue was organised by the Economic Research Forum (ERF), a regional network dedicated to promoting high quality economic research to contribute to sustainable development in the Arab world, Iran and Turkey as part of a series of national dialogue events under the title “The Egypt of the Future” ... for more information in |en.wataninet.com 

Back to school with: Bags full of love

As Egyptian families fretted over Back to School activities earlier this month, not everyone was happy or excited. For many families across the land the burden was more than they could handle, their means being too meagre for school requirements.

While education is free in the sense that school fees amount to paltry sums, there are school uniforms and shoes to buy, as well as school bags, stationery and other needs. When it is impossible for the parents in impoverished areas to provide these items they simply do not send the children to school ... for more information in wataninet.com

Natural gas find fuels Egypt’s needs

It was an exciting find. Almost a month ago, Italian energy giant Eni S.p.A. announced the discovery .

of Zohr, the largest ever offshore natural gas field in the Mediterranean, located in the Shorouk block. The new gas field ranks among the largest worldwide; it currently ranks 20th, and according to Eni it is the fourth largest discovery in the last 10 years. According to Egyptian energy experts, it should work to meet a large portion of Egypt’s energy needs for many decades to come

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) declared in a statement that the recently discovered natural gas field inside Egypt’s territorial waters in the Mediterranean is expected to improve the energy situation in Egypt and boost the country’s economy.

Eni was awarded the licence to operate the offshore Mediterranean concession as a result of rounds of bidding held in 2013 by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co. (EGAS). The agreement was signed in January 2014 between Eni, EGAS and the Ministry of Petroleum ... more information in  wataninet.com

Dilemma of the Egyptian village

Since time immemorial Egypt was a rural community. The Egyptian village was the backbone of the country’s economy; it was Egypt’s food basket, and peasants were role models of hard work and productivity. In fact, it was only when the ancients settled down on the Nile bank and took up agriculture as their main activity that the legendary Egyptian civilisation took off and blossomed.

How times have changed. Today, according to Dr Gamal Siyam of Cairo University, agriculture represents no more than 14 per cent of Egypt’s GNP, 15 per cent of Egypt’s exports, and 55 per cent of its food sufficiency ...    for more information

Greening a million feddans of desert

Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development (HU) held a recent workshop under the title “1.5 Million Feddans for Life”. The event was hosted by HU Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Ibrahim Abouleish, who is also the founder of the SEKEM initiative, which was established in 1977 to promote biodynamic and organic agriculture and sustainable development, and is Egypt’s pioneer in this field ... for more information  

Will monorail come to EgypT

In many parts of the world the monorail, or elevated railway system, is thought of as a modern solution to traffic problems in overcrowded cities. Since it moves on suspended rails and therefore does not interfere with the flow of traffic on the roads, many countries have adopted this transport system to ease traffic congestion.

Several weeks ago Mustafa Madbouli who was Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban development in the cabinet of Ibrahim Mahlab which resigned September 2015, announced the selection of an Egyptian-Canadian consortium to erect a monorail project that would link the Cairo satellite towns of 6 October and Sheikh Zayed to Cairo and Giza. The consortium consists of Bombardier Inc ...  FOR MORE INFORMATION

Forget about meat

 Balaha lahma, literally ‘Do without meat’, is the name of a recent campaign that has been gaining wide public support in Egypt. As the name implies, the move calls for a boycott of meat in protest against its recently skyrocketing prices.

Meat has never been a cheap commodity in Egypt; it has in fact been known as the food of the well-off, the poorer sectors of the community have to do with vegetables and legumes or poultry and fish ... for more information

? ECES :What if Egypt’s internet ecosystem is enhanced

Scenario one

In this scenario, internet prices are cut, its infrastructure and coverage are expanded and internet laws and regulations are modernized:

Lower prices lead to higher internet penetration rate covering 50 percent of the population by the end of 2016 across governorates and income groups leading to more e-inclusion...

The Euromoney Egypt Conference : " Financing the Future "

We are delighted to announce the 20th anniversary of the Euromoney Egypt Conference in Cairo. To mark this occasion we are launching a new agenda format to discuss the current key topics with the focus on an inclusive, audience driven approach via a live twitter poll ...

? What if Maspero was restructured

what if Maspero was restructured?   Scenario one In this scenario, effective restructuring of Maspero is implemented on three levels: Technical level: Maspero gains the advantages of private institutions, with better production services including development of studios and high quality content a. Organizational level: Better working conditions are guaranteed, with providing high quality training for presenters and hosts. Financial level: Revenues from Nile Radio are expected to reach LE 200 million a within a year, with an increase of 79 percent b. Implementing an effective investment plan of Maspero’s 32 unused patches of lands in a way to retain their ownership while realizing profits to cover expenses and generate revenues a. a According to the Head of the Federation of Radio and Television, Mr. Essam Al-Amir. b Based on ECES calculations. c According to the budget of the National Authority of the Federation of Radio and Television.   Scenario two In this scenario, Maspero does notimplement a successful restructuring plan: Maspero incurs increasing loses, estimated at LE 4.1 billion c for the FY2015/16. Maspero’s debt (LE 8 billion) and accumulated interest payments (LE 14 billion c in 2015/16) will continue to increase. Maspero continues to face high competition from private media channels, deferring more viewers from national channels. a According to the Head of the Federation of Radio and Television, Mr. Essam Al-Amir. b Based on ECES calculations. c According to the budget of the National Authority of the Federation of Radio and Television.   The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies - ECES -

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