- Vol 54 No 9
- 26th April 2013
Two senior Finance Ministry officials resign over the government’s continuing refusal to grasp the nettle of an IMF package
- Vol 54 No 7
- 29th March 2013
The failure of successive governments to get a grip on economic policy has left Egypt’s finances in a perilous state
- Vol 54 No 1
- 11th January 2013
Egypt is set for another turbulent year as the political conflicts following the 2011 revolution play out and the economy struggles to recover
- Vol 53 No 25
- 14th December 2012
The President’s enforcement of his power over the judiciary paves the way for a new constitution and a dangerously divided country
- Vol 53 No 25
- 14th December 2012
The uproar caused by President Mohamed Mursi’s declaration of full powers on 22 November threatens Egypt’s efforts to mobilise funds from the International Monetary Fund and other donors to lay the basis for economic recovery.
- Vol 53 No 24
- 30th November 2012
Last August, Egyptian billionaire Naguib Onsi Sawiris, 58, bought La Mancha Resources, owner of 40% of Sudan’s Ariab Mining Company. Naguib is a Coptic Christian and telecommunications captain of his huge Orascom empire with his younger brothers Samih (pr...
- Vol 53 No 21
- 19th October 2012
The planned US$4.8 billion International Monetary Fund loan for Egypt could be concluded within the next two month. And other foreign financing is on its way, say officials at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings in Tokyo.
- Vol 53 No 20
- 5th October 2012
The new government wants to win back the confidence of foreign investors but all it has to offer is warmed-up policies from Mubarak’s era
- Vol 53 No 17
- 24th August 2012
The Muslim Brothers consolidate power and find some military support, while the media suffers a crackdown
- Vol 53 No 17
- 24th August 2012
One of the first challenges for Egypt’s new Prime Minister, Hisham Kandil, was to explain the collapse of large swathes of the electricity grid in early August. In a late-night television address, he rattled off statistics about the unexpected rise in dem...