Over the last couple of years, Egypt’s economic landscape has faced significant turbulence. At the heart of this storm is the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), grappling with a depreciating currency and rampant inflation. The freefall of the pound has become the talk of the town, from the wealthy safeguarding their savings to the less […]
“There is no future if we fail to maintain our planet; therefore, all society’s stakeholders whether an individual, a firm, or a government, collectively, have equal responsibility to sustain the Earth for future generations.” Dating back to the 1900s when Elkington introduced the triple bottom line (TBL) that focuses on three main dimensions: Profit, Planet,
Egyptian YouTubers, bloggers, and social media influencers will need to report to Egypt’s tax authority in order to pay income tax when their annual earnings are more than EGP 15,000. When their annual earnings cross the EGP 500,000 threshold, they will also have to pay value-added tax (VAT)… Do you agree with the decision?
While it has put us in direct confrontation with numerous existing dysfunctional systems, COVID-19 has also shed light on innovative ways of conducting businesses and managing education. Whether or not these novel ways will be mainstreamed, that is still to be seen. In this COVID-19 era, higher education students are one main group facing many
It seems like only yesterday when Black Friday was only a concept we became familiar with in Hollywood movies. Traditionally being the Friday right after Thanksgiving, when US customers do most of their Christmas shopping, it didn’t seem like it was even culturally fit to be exported to countries where Christmas isn’t as big a
After COVID-19 found its way into Egypt, several decisions restricting mass movement and commercial activities were enforced. The novel coronavirus prompted cancellation of final exams for most educational levels, a nationwide 11-hour daily curfew, reducing public sector daily force by 50%, and adoption of a wide-spread work-from-home policy across different public and private companies and
