Vol 47 No 20 | EGYPTAFRICA Pride and prejudice 6th October 2006 A row over a pan-African trade bank threatens Cairo's diplomatic and commercial standing Mild-mannered Ivorian banker Jean-Louis Ekra is an improbable figure to be in the eye of a continental storm. But a diplomatic storm is indeed brewing as the dispute...
Vol 47 No 20 | EGYPTAFRICA Cairo's costly hubris 6th October 2006 The dispute over Afreximbank could prove expensive diplomatically and commercially for Egypt. This week Afreximbank began considering legal action against at least one of two state-owned Egyptian banks,...