The 23rd Euromoney Egypt conference, held in the heart of Cairo’s downtown last week, hosted the country’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology (CIT) Amr Talaat to reveal the ministry’s plan for growing the sector in Egypt. Talaat touched upon multiple topics including how the ministry is actively planning to digitize the country’s governmental services, […]
Real estate developer Sixth of October Development and Investment Company (SODIC) partnered with Egyptian startup Goodsmart to make it easier for residents to acquire their needed household items and groceries. Goodsmart will provide a box for each resident in SODIC East compound, through which various daily-needed items are delivered. It sounds quite simple: an isolated box next to the
News about global shipping giant Maersk trying out a new route via an Arctic sea route has been making the rounds, with some seeing it as the start of moving away from relying on the Suez Canal in global trade movement. However, that is not set in stone – yet. Maersk’s comment A Maersk’s spokesperson
In emerging economies, the demand for transport fuels is increasing due to the growth in car-ownership rates. According to a report released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in 2012, this demand has accordingly led to the exacerbation of CO2 emissions, which account for almost 25 percent of the world’s energy-related CO2 emissions. Transport sectors
The process of getting married brings with it a tremendous amount of financial burden, especially in the MENA region and Egypt in particular. Research suggests that if a groom had to cover the entire cost of marriage from his own savings, it would take an average of eight years of wages in Egypt. This, of
Around $7 billion in investments set to create 35,000 jobs – these are the numbers emerging as Egypt and Russia agreed to establishing the Russian Industrial Zone (RIZ) in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) in East Port Said. The agreement will be renewed every five years for 50 years, as per the agreement signed
