Petroleum minister discusses project financing opportunities with AFC

Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, discussed opportunities to strengthen cooperation with the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) in financing and implementing new projects across the petroleum, natural gas, refining, petrochemicals and mining sectors. The discussions took place during a meeting with Sameh Shenouda, AFC Executive Director and Chief…

Egypt, Slovenia discuss boosting trade, investment ties

Mohamed Farid, Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, and Nataša Pirc Musar, President of Slovenia, participated in a roundtable organised by the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce to explore opportunities for strengthening trade and investment cooperation in priority sectors. The meeting brought together senior representatives of the business…

Sandoz appoints Dragos Toma to lead Egypt and Libya

Sandoz, a global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines, has appointed Dragos Toma as Country Head for Egypt and Libya. With more than 21 years in the pharmaceutical industry, including over 13 years at Sandoz, he has extensive experience in business leadership, healthcare policy and expanding patient access to medicines.…

Egypt launches pilot of investor self-service kiosks at Cairo ICT

Mohamed Farid, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, has announced the pilot launch of self-service kiosks for investors, enabling them to obtain a range of company documents independently, 24 hours a day. The announcement was made on the sidelines of his participation in the Cairo International Technology Exhibition and Conference…

IDB, ElTarek partner to launch first co-branded Mastercard credit cards

Industrial Development Bank (IDB) has signed a cooperation protocol with ElTarek for Automotive Trading, Importing and Distribution to launch co-branded Mastercard credit cards, marking the first collaboration of its kind between the two companies. The cards will target ElTarek customers, including new car buyers and service centre customers, and will…