The AUC School of Business offers a wide range of graduate and undergraduate programs centered on the themes of entrepreneurship, family business, responsible business and economic development. As the school’s knowledge portal, Business Forward highlights the latest developments and trends happening within these broader themes through diverse content covering different fields and industries.
Entrepreneurship
Responsible Business
Family Business
Economic Development
The AUC School of Business offers a wide range of graduate and undergraduate programs centered on the themes of entrepreneurship, family business, responsible business and economic development. As the school’s knowledge portal, Business Forward highlights the latest developments and trends happening within these broader themes through diverse content covering different fields and industries.
Entrepreneurship
Responsible Business
Family Business
Economic Development
Entrepreneurship
2 minutes with Nabil Shalaby: Tips for Egyptian entrepreneurs to avoid common pitfalls
On the sidelines of the International Council of Small Business (ICSB) World Congress 2019, Business Forward caught up with the founder and chairman of the consulting firm Arab Entrepreneur House (ARENHO), and co-founder of Delta [...]
Barriers-to-Entry Series [PT3]: How Natura Agro is Breaking Into Egypt’s Untapped Processed Food Sector
The Barriers-to-Entry Series is a collaborative project between Business Forward and Endeavor Egypt. The series features interviews with some of Egypt’s high-growth Endeavor Entrepreneurs on what it takes to penetrate the sector in which they [...]
Barriers-to-Entry Series [PT2]: Plantform’s unique role in Egypt’s agribusiness industry
In the second part of our Barriers-To-Entry series, Business Forward sat down with CEO and co-founder of Plantform – a food, feed, and material-processing company - Hussein Abu Bakr, as he takes an in-depth look [...]
Responsible Business
What is the honorable business?
Business can be quite commonly perceived as suspicious and profiting as inherently not good for society. In order for one to succeed at business, one must commit an immoral act at some point. But is [...]
How a public-private collaboration boosted recycling in Manshiet Nasser
A little over a year ago, a famous bottled water brand ventured with the Egyptian market introducing a new package for its product without the ‘sleeve’ that has long been known to surround the bottle [...]
Women empowerment in the workplace: the example of CEMEX making it happen
Challenging and changing the gender discourse requires commitment on the individual and leadership level in all contexts, including in the context of the workplace. Gender-related labor indicators such as the limited female workforce participation rate [...]
Family Business
2 minutes with Karim Tarek Nour: How 40-year-old TNC connects traditional and digital advertising
Operating in the industry for about 40 years now, Tarek Nour Communications (TNC) is one of the first companies that comes to mind when thinking about all-time memorable TV commercials. In 1979, upon his return [...]
The Going Global Series [PT1]: How Azza Fahmy set foot in London and Los Angeles
Azza Fahmy has established itself as one of the most original and significant jewelry brands in Egypt. Authenticity has been deep-rooted in the brand ever since it started decades ago, with minute details varying in [...]
The Family Business Special [PT2]: The challenges facing Egypt’s family businesses
During the first meeting of the Family Business Consortium in the Arab Region at the American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Business, a number of family business executives and leaders came together to discuss [...]
Economic Development
Exports: The key to Egypt’s economic resurgence
Export promotion is a critical aspect of Egypt's economic strategy as the country looks to diversify its revenue streams and boost growth in this time of economic hardship. With a large budget deficit, the government [...]
A Currency Conundrum: Inflation, Devaluation and Flotation in Egypt
Egypt is facing an unprecedented economic crisis as we head into 2023, with inflation soaring to 21.3 percent as of December 2022 and the value of the Egyptian pound falling to record lows. This crisis [...]
Unraveling Egypt’s external debt: problems and solutions under spotlight at Business Forward 2022 annual event
Listen to the article Egypt is one of many countries in the world that are trying to pick up the pieces of the many consequent shocks that have recently hit the world. [...]
