Senior Reporter
Nour Abdelrahman
Business & Economy Reporter
Reports on the Egyptian economy — the pound, inflation and Central Bank policy, banking and capital markets, trade through the Suez Canal, and the corporate decisions that move the country. The beat treats a macro number as the beginning of a story rather than the end of one: what a growth figure or a rate decision means for a household in practice, and who carries the cost of a given trade-off. Figures are always attributed to the body that published them, forecasts are labelled as forecasts, and fiscal-year data is never quietly compared against calendar-year data.
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Latest stories by Nour Abdelrahman
MNT-Halan's retail IPO window is set to close before 20 October EGX debut
Public subscriptions for MNT-Halan's EGP 7.84 billion Egyptian Exchange listing are scheduled to close on Thursday, five days before the fintech group's shares are expected to start trading.
14 Oct 2026
Egypt's annual urban inflation eases to 13.9% in September
Annual urban inflation fell to 13.9% and core inflation to 14.1% in September, as Egypt's central bank weighs its next rate decision.
12 Oct 2026
Banque du Caire to list 30% stake on EGX after 19-year delay
State lender Banque Misr is selling a 30% stake in Banque du Caire through Egypt's stock exchange, in the country's second major listing this month.
12 Oct 2026
Egypt and Ethiopia set out opposing Nile cases on the same day
Egypt's ministers reaffirmed Cairo's rejection of unilateral Nile moves and announced a $100m fund for Nile Basin water projects on 1 September, the same day an Ethiopian GERD negotiator argued Egypt's dams lose more water to evaporation than Ethiopia's would.
3 Sept 2026
Egypt allocates an initial $100m to dams and water projects in southern Nile Basin states
Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hani Sewilam said on 1 September that a financing mechanism with an initial $100m will fund projects, including dams, in southern Nile Basin states. Only Tanzania's dam was named.
3 Sept 2026
Libya's Rivals Sign a UN-Backed Roadmap to Elections Within 24 Months
Libya's four rival institutions signed a UN-backed roadmap in Tripoli on 30 August, committing to hold elections within 24 months. Egyptian analysts say the deal's success now depends entirely on implementation.
2 Sept 2026
How Egypt quietly became one of the world’s fertilizer heavyweights
Touring Ain Sokhna, the industry minister credited stable energy supplies for Egypt’s rise in nitrogen fertilizers — with European plant shutdowns handing Egyptian exporters their opening.
31 Aug 2026
Oil climbs on US-Iran strikes as the Fed’s Warsh warns inflation work is not done
Brent touched $89.98 and WTI $85.05 after strikes in the Strait of Hormuz, while Fed chair Kevin Warsh told Jackson Hole he is “committed to a discipline, not to a decision.”
31 Aug 2026
Eighty-three ships redirected: what the Iran maritime blockade means for the arteries of world trade
US Central Command says 83 commercial vessels have been redirected, three disabled and two boarded under the blockade of Iran. For a trading nation on the Suez Canal, the numbers are worth reading closely.
31 Aug 2026
A $278m bioethanol venture, and the question of what Egypt does with what it already grows
The supply minister has reviewed a $278m bioethanol project as the state weighs a joint entity with Italian firms. The interesting part is the feedstock.
30 Aug 2026
The Central Bank has a message about one-time passwords, and it is worth taking literally
The CBE has warned customers never to share an OTP with anyone. The reason that warning exists is that the code is the last thing standing between a caller and your account.
30 Aug 2026
Why the Egyptian pound and your grocery bill are the same story
Exchange rates, interest rates and inflation are usually reported separately. For an import-dependent economy they are one mechanism, and understanding it explains the last few years.
30 Aug 2026
Egypt's growth forecast is up. Here is what that number does and does not measure
The IMF projects around 4.6 percent growth for Egypt in FY 2025/2026. A guide to reading a national growth figure without over-reading it.
30 Aug 2026
Ships are coming back to the Suez Canal. The recovery is real but not complete
Canal revenues rose sharply in FY 2025/2026 as vessel numbers and tonnage recovered. What the rebound means for Egypt's balance of payments — and what would reverse it.
30 Aug 2026
Bread, wheat and exposure: the arithmetic behind Egypt's food security
Egypt is among the world's largest wheat importers, which makes global grain markets a domestic policy matter. The options are limited, and each carries a cost.
30 Aug 2026
Before you buy an AI employee: seven questions Gulf vendors should be able to answer
Voice AI vendors publish impressive call volumes. Here is how to read those numbers — and the questions that separate a working deployment from a convincing demo.
30 Aug 2026
Airlines, airports and universities: reading a Dubai integrator's client list
PRO TECHnology publishes a client roster spanning Emirates, Etihad, Dubai Airports and Carrefour. What a list like that tells you — and the three things it deliberately does not.
30 Aug 2026
