UAE’s Masdar: Africa Poised To Be Hydrogen Hub
November 12th, 2022
Via Al Monitor, an article on the African continent’s potential to produce hydrogen as an energy source: Hydrogen continues to be a major topic at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, aka COP27. The Emirati renewable energy company Masdar released a report today on the potential of the African continent to become a hub for the generation […]
Read more »Qatar Wealth Fund Transfers $1 Billion to Egypt’s Central Bank
November 9th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, a report that Qatar ‘s sovereign wealth fund transferred $1 Billion to Egypt’s Central Bank: Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has deposited $1 billion with Egypt’s central bank as the gas-rich Gulf state moves closer to a deal to acquire government holdings in some of the North African nation’s major firms. The $445 billion Qatar […]
Read more »Will Sisi Take Egypt’s Economy Out of the Military’s Hands?
November 5th, 2022
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on how the global crisis has magnified the fragility of Egypt’s state-driven economic model and forced it to take out new multilateral loans: When Egypt was forced to go cap-in-hand to the IMF as it struggled with a foreign currency crisis and dwindling reserves in 2016, President Abdel […]
Read more »Egypt: Sisi’s House of Cards?
August 18th, 2022
Via Foreign Policy, commentary on the Egyptian President’s spending on projects of questionable value while his people are suffering: On Sunday, a horrific fire at a Coptic church in greater Cairo’s Imbaba neighborhood killed 41 people, including 18 children. It was the latest in a string of disasters that have recently befallen Egyptians. Since January 2021, Egypt has […]
Read more »Saudi PIF Acquires Stakes In 4 Egyptian Companies Worth $1.3b
August 12th, 2022
Via Asharq Al Awsat, an article on Saudi PIF acquiring stakes in 4 Egyptian companies worth $1.3b: The Saudi Egyptian Investment Company (SEIC), owned by Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Public Investment Fund (PIF), has bought minority stakes in four Egyptian companies for $1.3 billion, Egypt’s planning ministry said on Wednesday. The companies are Abu Qir Fertizilers and Chemical […]
Read more »Global Population To Hit 8B This Year
July 11th, 2022
Via CBS News, an article on a new UN report that the global population will hit 8 billion this year, with more than half of the rise forecast in the world’s population in the coming decades will be concentrated in eight countries – Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania: […]
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