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Egypt’s Food Export Growth Shifts From Volume to Value as Europe Gains Ground

Agriculture Middle East Observer Staff -
Processed-food exports rose 10.7% to a record $4.47bn in January-July, with Europe and higher-value manufactured products contributing more to...

EGX Ends Week Higher as Smaller Stocks Rebound

Egypt Mona Alameddine -
Egyptian stocks ended the shortened week higher as smaller shares rebounded on Wednesday, easing concerns over narrowing market breadth...

The Missing Middle: Why Egypt’s Capital Markets Still Struggle to Fund Its Unicorns

Economy Reham Walid -
Egypt has built one of Africa’s most active fintech ecosystems. What it has not yet built is a reliable...

Egypt Builds Smartphone Scale — Now It Must Build the Supply Chain

Egypt Habiba Mohammed -
Egypt expects to manufacture more than 15 million mobile phones in 2026, roughly five times its 2024 output. Yet much...

When Cities Become Software: The Rise of Egypt’s Invisible Digital Infrastructure

Egypt Reham Walid -
In May, New Alamein put an unusual traffic officer on its streets. The Mediterranean city deployed a digital “Robo-Traffic Officer”,...

The Cost of Going Digital: Egypt’s Cybersecurity Test

Egypt Middle East Observer Staff -
As Egypt moves banking, government services, telecommunications and urban infrastructure onto interconnected digital systems, cybersecurity is becoming an economic-infrastructure...

Concentrix’s $1bn investment demonstrates Egypt’s ability to retain & grow outsourcing scale

Egypt Middle East Observer Staff -
Concentrix is pushing ahead with a $1 billion expansion in Egypt that could take its workforce to 35,000 by...

Private Investment Takes the Lead in Egypt’s Economic Shift

Economy Mahmoud Fouda -
Private businesses now account for around 60% of Egyptian investment as Cairo seeks to reduce the state’s economic role....

Iran’s New Gas Find Runs Into Sanctions, War and Investment Constraints

Energy Middle East Observer Staff -
Iran has announced a 7.5tn-cubic-foot natural-gas discovery in southern Fars province, but sanctions, war damage and chronic underinvestment could...
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