While the notion of life-long learning emerged in 1970, however, it has brought to the forefront recently [...]
Sector spotlight series [Pt 1]: The garments and home textile industries
Business Forward’s “Sector Spotlight” series is a collaboration with the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), presenting [...]
Q and A with Abla Abdellatif, Executive Director of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES)
It is by far one of the most difficult times the world has gone through. The COVID-19 [...]
Egypt’s stable economic outlook is a good sign, but should be treated with caution
Earlier last month, major global credit rating agencies like Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s kept Egypt’s rating [...]
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 [...]
What can be done to tackle tax evasion and avoidance in Egypt?
According to a policy paper by public policy research project, Alternative Policy Solutions (APS), at the American [...]
Manufacturing has biggest potential of boosting employment in Egypt, according to Egyptian economist Ragui Assaad
While the numbers show that Egypt’s economic growth has significantly recovered in recent years, this growth hasn’t [...]
Cairenes can access only 17.59% of the city’s jobs within 60 minutes. What’s to be done?
Residents of Cairo’s desert satellite cities rely heavily on central Cairo for work opportunities. Currently existing public [...]
How to manage a corporate through an internal crisis?
Procter & Gamble’s general manager for the North Africa and Levant region attended Business Forward’s 2019 anniversary [...]
Social unrest and wars more likely during growth period, new research concludes
When taking long economic cycles into account (lasting from 45 to 55 years), the probability of social [...]