With the noticeable rise of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and startups, many companies consider outsourcing the [...]
Sustainable cities
Is Egypt’s car-centric development damaging the economy?
In recent years, Egypt has been embarking on an ambitious nationwide development project focusing on improving the [...]
Private sector development
Egypt’s private sector between a pandemic and structural vulnerabilities: IFC 2020 report
The private sector is the beating heart of any economy, often making or breaking development and growth [...]
Business strategy
Aqua Chiara Egypt: Pivoting in the high-end water filter market
While an undergrad, Ahmed Abdel Monem Abdou was already selling water filters he bought from wholesalers. Studying [...]
Women on Boards
These initiatives are boosting women’s representation on boards across MENA
In 2017, the Egypt Women on Boards Observatory (WoB) was established by a consortium led by the [...]
Women on Boards
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority steps up efforts to increase women’s representation
In recent weeks, the country’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) issued a declaration to all companies under its [...]
COVID-19
[Video] Egypt’s entrepreneurial environment in the age of COVID-19: Experts share their thoughts
On December 14, three experts from Egypt and abroad came together at Business Forward’s annual event –the [...]
Exclusive with Yousef Boutrous Ghaly
[Video] How can developing countries prepare for the post-pandemic world? Ft. Youssef Boutrous Ghaly
The Business Forward annual event saw a slew of economic and policy experts share their insights on [...]
Startups
4 Businesses share their experience of moving forward through COVID-19
In November 2020, Business Forward made a call for submissions from entrepreneurs and business leaders to tell [...]
Egypt's economy in 2021
A year of the pandemic: how has Egypt’s economy performed?
At the beginning of 2020, Egypt's economy was booming at an impressive pace; a comprehensive economic reform [...]
