More than half of Egypt’s net foreign direct investment (FDI) during the first nine months of FY 2017/18 was invested in the oil sector, the Central Bank of Egypt announced in a statement. Net FDI recorded $6 billion ...
Egypt’s annual headline consumer price inflation (CPI) fell 1.7% in May 2018, Reuters reported. Figures published by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) show that CPI inflation fell from...
Egypt has devalued its currency by 48%, a measures that met a key demand by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to secure a $12bn loan. The devaluation pegged the Egyptian pound at 13 to the dollar, up from...
A source from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) stated that the country has managed to primarily secure the additional funding required to proceed in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan. Efforts exerted by both t...
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has provided a EGP 31b interest-free loan over 10 years to three major banks, including the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) which will get EGP 5b, Banque Misr with EGP 16b, and Banque du ...
The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla discussed Egypt’s dues to international oil companies (IOCs), foreign investments in the country’s energy industry, and regional partnerships in the petro...
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi held a meeting with Prime Minister, Sherif Ismail, and members of the Economic Ministerial Committee to discuss economic developments, including the pending loan from the I...
Egypt’s state-run United Bank is studying plans to contribute with $112.6m to upcoming syndicated loans, announced the bank’s Chairman, Ashraf El Kady, according to Zawya. El Kady further stated that his bank plans to...
The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity is to launch a public awareness campaign that encourages the citizens to become more conscious towards their energy consumption in order to help solve the recent energy crisis that...
The Egyptian banking sector has provided approximately $33.7b to cover the needs of the state and importers requests for foreign exchange between November 2015 and end of April 2016, according to the Governor of the C...