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 Hany Tawfik: How the lack of direct investments affects the capital market
Although Egypt’s current economic reforms are underway, financial experts seem wary as the country is struggling to secure direct investments required for economic prosperity. During a seminar held by the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies [...]
Barriers-to-Entry Series [PT1]: How RPMinerals took a shot at Egypt’s oil and gas 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 [...]
Brimore as an alternative: Why local manufacturers may shy away from hypermarkets
Following Egypt’s rigorous economic reform program that was announced in 2016 and the floatation of the Egyptian pound, a significant price hike took its toll on almost all local and imported products. Brimore, an end-to-end [...]
Responsible Business
Should the laws of the free market still hold during times of crises?
The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced many countries across the world to go into partial and full lockdowns. Fleets of airplanes have been grounded. Non-essential businesses have been ordered to shut. Populations told to stay [...]
Could Hand Over make sustainable construction the new norm in Egypt? – Interview with founder Radwa Rostom
Egypt’s urban landscape seems to be in a permanent state of being under construction, with swaths of land being home to rising concrete and steel structures across the desert. With rising concerns over economic activities [...]
How can businesses operating in Egypt ensure their CSR activities achieve sustainable development?
With poverty rates having reached over 30% this year according to the Egyptian government's statistics, the importance of both local and international businesses fulfilling their corporate social responsibilities (CSR) has become ever more urgent. However, [...]
Economic Development
[Podcast] Digital transformation in Egypt: buzzword or golden opportunity?
Being one of the buzzwords of the 21st century, what does digital transformation really mean? And what is its potential to boost the Egyptian economy? In our very first podcast, we speak to Sherif Kamel, [...]
Is fintech-powered full financial inclusion on the horizon in Egypt?
Listen to the article A few centuries ago, there had once been an industrial revolution which enabled countries that adopted it to become what the world now calls the ‘developed world’. By [...]
Suez Canal achieve highest annual revenue ever
$73.3 billion is the total revenue of the Suez Canal since it was nationalized in 1956. This year, it achieved its highest annual revenue ever, could it be that the canal will be the savior [...]
