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Egypt among top 20 countries for int'l students: UNESCO
According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Egypt ranked 19th in the list of top 20 countries for international students.
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Sawiris gains $625.5 million on Monday
Nassef Sawiris ranked second in Monday's Forbes list of “Today’s Winners and Losers”, following a rise in Lafarge’s net profit.
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Egypt's innovation ascends 9 places in a year
Egypt ranks 99 out of 142 countries in the Global Innovation Index 2014, going up 9 places compared to last year’s rank of 108.
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Q&A: Ramez Mohamed from Flat6Labs
Flat6Labs' Managing Director talks about competition in the startup scene, the role of the gov’t and a tiny, but bright spot in Egypt's economy.
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UAE to establish space agency, send first Arab spaceship to Mars by 2021
The UAE has entered the space race with a project to send an unmanned probe to Mars by 2021 in the Arab world’s first mission to another planet.
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Who is the Egyptian online buyer?
Egypt’s online buyer is usually male, in his thirties or younger and from Cairo, the Delta, Upper Egypt or Alexandria – but that is not all.
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Tony Blair denies signing as economic adviser for Sisi
Blair denied the reports, stating that "the story is nonsense", and that he is seeking no business opportunities in Egypt.
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Sisi to give up half his salary and properties 'for Egypt'
Sisi vowed to waive half of his EGP42,000 salary, as well as 50% of his properties, and added that he could not override judicial decisions.
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Nile University announces NU100 winners
Nile University concluded its entrepreneurship competition NU100, with prizes worth almost EGP750,000.
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The economic minds of Sisi's Cabinet
PM Ibrahim Mehleb concluded his search for Egypt’s most recent Cabinet, replacing the Investment Minister and keeping the Finance Minister.
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Socialbakers' infograph on Egypt's latest Facebook stats
Socialbakers releases latest Facebook stats for Egyptian companies and brands, with Etisalat and Mobinil being the most socially devoted companies.
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Egypt third-most-preferred country for German companies
German think tank 2b AHEAD stated that Egypt is North Africa’s economic haven, despite all political turmoil.
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Egypt launches $1 bln Tourism Investment Fund
In an effort to support the Tourism sector, the private and public sector joined hands to start the Papyrus Tourism Private Equity Fund.
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Facebook for Business releases Ramadan-infographic
Besides the Brazil World Cup craze, Facebook tries to attract marketers in MENA with newly released Ramadan stats.
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Elmenus launches application for food-lovers
When in doubt about food choices, Elmenus provides customers with a food discovery platform on its website – and today, also via its application.
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Flat6Labs Cairo concludes 7th cycle, announces Abu Dhabi accelerator
The 4-month acceleration program hosted 10 teams in Spring 2014, with startups ranging from renewable energy to agriculture over food solutions.
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Egypt President salary to be raised to EGP42,000
Shortly before Egypt’s presidential elections, a presidential decree was issued to raise the salary of the country’s coming ruler.
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MITEF Arab Startup Competition to announce winners
150 entrepreneurs with social impat-based startups are waiting to see if they are one of the MIT Enterprise Arab Start-up Competition winners.
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Egyptian among IMF Middle East Youth Dialogue winners
Mohamed Reda was chosen along with 3 others to attend the IMF's Building the Future: Jobs, Growth, & Fairness in the Arab World conference.
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Egyptians prefer to live in Tagamoa, Maadi: Propertyfinder.eg
Al Tagamoa is the most attractive community for real estate buyers in Q1 2014, followed by Al Qatameya reveals propertyfinder.eg.