In this podcast, we speak to environmental economist Abeer El Shennawy, professor of economics at the AUC [...]
Cities
Repurposing landmarks: the case of Consoleya
New cities and expansions of existing ones, slum elimination, upgrading and establishment of new road connections, and [...]
Sustainability
The Egyptian Food Bank’s long term strategy to combat high food prices
Egypt is grappling with increased food and grain prices and supply chain disruptions, all the while the [...]
Economy
Debts and EGP devaluation: How can Egypt make it through the bottleneck?
Up until the turn of the year, Egypt’s economy had been on a steady growth path, being [...]
Business leadership
Leading change in challenging times: the gift of experience in a new book
Encompassing years of thoughts, observations and reflections from the world of business policy and education, the American [...]
Business collaboration is essential to growth
How multi-stakeholder collaboration can be a catalyst for inclusive sustainable development
The challenges facing our world today, particularly climate issues, call for the collaboration of the private sector, [...]
Trade in Africa
Egypt’s economic integration with rest of Africa: Breakthroughs and missed opportunities
In 2018, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement was founded, paving the way for free trade amongst [...]
Egypt rejoins JP Morgan's Emerging Markets Bond Index
Egypt rejoins JP Morgan’s Emerging Markets Bond Index
Delisted in 2011, Egypt is finally to rejoin JP Morgan's Emerging Market Bond Index, potentially to help [...]
Ain Sokhna to get Africa and Middle East's biggest petrochemical complex
Ain Sokhna to get Africa and Middle East’s biggest petrochemical complex
Building the Middle East and Africa's biggest petrochemical indutrial complex may soon be underway in Ain El [...]
Cairo's air pollution costs Egypt EGP 47 billion annually
Cairo’s air pollution costs Egypt EGP 47 billion annually
A staggering EGP 47 billion is how much air pollution in greater Cairo costs the Egyptian economy. [...]
