President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi directed the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt, Hassan Abdullah, to end all obstacles facing import and local manufacturing operations, resulting from the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, …
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Egypt set up committee to ease customs clearance and tax return to participants in COP27
Finance Minister Mohamed Ma’eit has decided to form a committee, whose job it will be to ease customs clearance and value-added tax return to participants in the upcoming climate summit, …
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Egypt aims to raise $6B through selling stakes in state-owned companies before mid-2023
Egypt aims to raise up to $6 billion, before June 2023, by selling stakes in state-owned companies, according to the Minister of Planning, Hala El-Said. El-Said added that the program …
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Egypt’s gas exports hit $8B in 2021/2022
Egypt’s exports of natural and liquefied gas amounted to about $8 billion in the fiscal year 2021/2022, according to a cabinet statement on Sunday. Previously, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said …
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Egypt’s energy sector represents 13% of GDP
The Egyptian energy sector represents 13 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) positioning as one of the main factors driving economic and social development, according to the Information and …
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Egypt targets digital exports of $5.5B in 2022/23
Egypt aims to raise its digital exports during the current fiscal year 2022/2023 to $5.5 billion, with an annual increase of 13 percent, according to Reuters. The Assistant Minister of …
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Egypt is exploring financing financing options that include affordable loans from China and Japan, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said on Thursday. The North African country is seeking to diversify its …
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EBRD supports green economy in Egypt with a $100M loan for SMEs
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has supported the green economy in Egypt with a $100m loan to Banque Misr for on-lending to local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This …
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Egypt seeks to issue $500M in Chinese bond, $1.5-$2B in sovereign sukuk
Egypt is looking forward to issuing bonds in Chinese yuan – Panda worth more than $500 million, Minister of Finance, Mohamed Maait, stated Monday. On the sidelines of a conference …
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Egyptian cotton exports hit 60K tons valued at $380M in 2021
Manager of Cotton Improvement Fund Adel Abdel Azim disclosed Monday that Egyptian cotton exports amounted to 60,000 tons valued at $380 million in 2021. Egypt exports 90 percent of its …