Egypt’s oil and gas sector was on a downward spiral for years due to the impact of the Arab Spring, the unfolding of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the military coup. The country could not even keep its lights on five years ago. In 2013, due to a series of blackouts, factories were forced to shut […]

Egypt is the third-largest dry natural gas producer on the continent and the largest non-OPEC oil producer in Africa. In addition, the Suez Canal and Suez-Mediterranean Pipeline (SUMED) are strategic high-security global transit routes for oil shipped from the GCC to Europe and the United States.  Egypt is the most populous country in North Africa, […]

Egypt’s demographic boom has been a blessing to the economy. As the largest consumer market in the Middle East every sector of the economy can confidently expect sales to increase backed by national demographic trends. The needs of the growing population provide massive investment potential, and the private sector continues to find new opportunities to […]

The landmark new investment law, ratified in 2017, changed the landscape of business in Egypt. The law has modernized and reduced barriers to how international companies invest and operate in Egypt, offering incentives, simplifying the processes, guaranteeing protection from decisions that are arbitrary or capricious, and providing new tools to ease establishing, starting and operating […]

Egypt is the regions fifth-largest economy and increasingly on the global investment map. According to the International Monetary Fund Egypt was the third largest economy in Africa with a GDP of EUR 208 682 million in 2017 after Nigeria’s EUR 331 061 million and South Africa at EUR 304 642 million. Egypt’s economic fundamentals in […]

Historically, the Arab Republic of Egypt has been fundamental to the development of the Middle East and North Africa. To this day, Egyptian political thought and cultural influence echoes throughout MENA. Egypt remains an influential actor in the region, pushing towards the path of further economic and political stability.   History: It is impossible to […]

“The new Egypt will possess a competitive, balanced and diversified economy, dependent on innovation and knowledge, based on justice, social integrity and participation, characterized by a balanced and diversified ecological collaboration system, investing the ingenuity of place and humans to achieve sustainable development and to improve Egyptians’ life quality,” Egypt Vision 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy. […]

The European Union remains Egypt’s largest investors Three-quarters of foreign direct investment come from EU states, and trade represents a third of the country’s GDP. The has been constant EU assistance and partnership programs since 1998, which established stable relations between Egypt and the EU. The Association Agreement was the most effective agreement when it […]

Launched in 2000, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is a global initiative that serves as a call to companies to align strategies and operations under the framework of the 10 UNGC Principles on Human Rights, Labor, Environment and Anti-corruption. Today with more than 9,500 business and 3,000 non-business organizations based in 160 countries and […]