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Morning Drive: All-clear

28 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

China shipbuilding megadeal? Israel stirs up Red Sea. Shake-up at FEI. 2025 year in review.   Morning Drive is your daily download of the es...

Morning Drive: Christmas rate cut?

25 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

IMF injection in Jan. Hot air about debt. Raya wants to sell food unit to Helios. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shap...

Morning Drive: The ultimate capitalist Christmas movie

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FinMin’s budget plans. JUFO boardroom drama. Farmers are investing. More Chinese investment. Zahraa Maadi buyout blocked. Morning Drive is your ...

Morning Drive: Big love from IMF

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Riyadh poaches factory workers. CBE to slow consumer lending. Liquidate all the things. Renewable hype met reality in 2025. Morning Drive is your dail...

Morning Drive: Rate cut?

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Year in education. Gas optionality. Coffee with Acwa’s Egypt chief.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shapin...

Morning Drive: The EV future

21 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Debt swap talks get the green light. Our first non-listed digital REIT. Amea reaches financial close on Abydos II. Morning Drive is your daily downloa...

Morning Drive: Fine, we'll buy your gas

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Israel gas deal. Qatar investments. New North Coast playbook. Kudos to Canada. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping...

Morning Drive: BdC's IPO should make the IMF happy

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ras Banas up for sale. AfDB to back our next Samurai bond issuance. Afreximbank is long Egypt. Whistleblowing as a service. Morning Drive is your dail...

Morning Drive: Surprise fall

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

24/7 renewable energy. CIRA Global Ventures steps into North America. Fed cuts rates. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines ...

Morning Drive: Big merger

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tourism investment plan. Inflation data out today. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping Egypt. From business policy...

Morning Drive: Partial recovery

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Auto sales rebound. New partners join Obelisk solar project. Abu Dhabi mega project.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headl...

Morning Drive: Get together

08 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fresh stock market incentives. Coffee with Egytrans’ Abir Leheta. Foreign reserves rise again.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the...

Morning Drive: Big meetings

07 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

External debt increases. Financing initiative targeting startups. World Cup draw. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shap...

Forum Playback: Built to last

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

December signals the close of one season, but for many of us, it’s a time when planning the following year truly kicks in. So what if you c...

Morning Drive: Finally growing

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gov’t unveils tax facilities 2.0. Kuwait renewed deposits with CBE. More imported cars coming our way. Morning Drive is your daily download of t...

Morning Drive: Awarded

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

TMG launches Omani projects. Net foreign assets rise again. A USD 2.4 bn recycling plant? Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headli...

Morning Drive: A hike

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Budget deficit widens. Another local sukuk issuance oversubscribed. EGX gains in November. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headl...

Morning Drive: On the agenda

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Raising the minimum insurable wage. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping Egypt. From business policy and finance to...

Morning Drive: Growing

30 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Another Chinese phosphate project. New multipurpose terminal. Anti-dumping duties. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines sha...

Forum Playback: How to get capital markets of life support

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What exactly is the current state of our capital market? While there is consensus that stability is returning, the debate is about the pace of recover...

Morning Drive: Shaking up the economy

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Suez Canal bunkering stations project. New hospitality project in New Cairo.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines sha...

Morning Drive: Coffee with Amr Talaat

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Big energy investment. Real estate inventory. Coffee with CIT Minister Amr Talaat.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlin...

Morning Drive: Happening soon

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

COP30’s climate finance outcomes. More flights between Britain and Egypt. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shapin...

Morning Drive: Up for grabs

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New LNG fueling station. Anti-dumping duties on Egyptian textiles. Derivatives market to see the light soon.  Morning Drive is your daily downloa...

Morning Drive: On hold

23 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

IMF mission lands 1 December. ADQ secures majority of Alex Container. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping Egypt. F...

Forum Playback: The rise of the robots

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you worry that AI will completely transform your business? There’s still so much uncertainty when it comes to everything AI. But what's for c...

Morning Drive: It's interest rate day

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Coffee with Rosatom Egypt Country Director. An app for tax services. Fresh incentives.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential hea...

Morning Drive: The return

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What’s next for Valu? Saudi projects. Digitizing the financial identity.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines s...

Morning Drive: Fraud?

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Analysts split on rates. New terminal in Sokhna? Remittances surge in September. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shapi...

Morning Drive: Confirmed

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

IMF mission to land in weeks. Unemployment inches up. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping Egypt. From business pol...

Morning Drive: Fresh target

16 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More sukuk issuances to come. Earnings season. Tourist port in Alamein.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping ...

Forum Playback: Reaching escape velocity?

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Between Ras El Hekma and Alam El Roum on the North Coast, and Ras Shukeir along the Red Sea, investments pouring in from the GCC are considered a life...

Morning Drive: Main base

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Standard Bank opens Cairo office. New Criminal Procedures Law ratified. Logistics zone in South Africa. Morning Drive is your daily download of the es...

Morning Drive: More on the way

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Second local sukuk issuance. A ban on sugar imports. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping Egypt. From business poli...

Morning Drive: Sign off

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Day two of TransMEA bears fruit. Buffett signs off. USD t-bill auction. Global grain hub? Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headli...

Morning Drive: Soon

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More Chinese investments? Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping Egypt. From business policy and finance to the lates...

Morning Drive: Mega project

09 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

World’ largest solar project. China outbound 3.0. A Romanian industrial zone? Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines sh...

Forum Playback: Winning in new markets

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What's really working for exporters right now?  Turns out, successful expansions are not just about timing, and as a business, you may not always...

Morning Drive: Gulf rush

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Qatar to set up USD 30 bn North Coast project. Egypt’s first chlorine tablet factory. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential head...

Morning Drive: Unprecedented

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More assets up for privatization. Fresh PPPs. The biggest startup exit by an Egyptian. Another project headed Qantara’s way. Morning Drive is yo...

Morning Drive: Oversubscribed

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Al Mansour breaks ground on MG plant. Budget deficit widens. Net foreign assets rise. Luxury tourism project.Morning Drive is your daily download of t...

Morning Drive: Big appetite

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Beltone Venture Capital exits Cathedis. New audit standards. Liberalized natgas prices? Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headline...

Morning Drive: The grand opening

02 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

GEM opens its doors. Edge to snap up 30% of Basata Microfinance. Pharma partnership expands. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential hea...

Forum Playback: One year later

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when a cabinet minister asks to be held publicly accountable? If you’re Hassan El Khatib, you go back on stage with EnterpriseAM at...

Morning Drive: Countdown

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New logistics zones incoming. An expanded privatization program. Carry trade darling. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines ...

Morning Drive: Egypt's first

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Companies form alliance to expand regionally. New projects break ground in Qantara.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headli...

Morning Drive: Pushed back

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

QatarEnergy doubles down on the Med. KarmSolar heads to Cyprus. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping Egypt. From bu...

Morning Drive: Exemptions

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sokhna Logistics Zone goes online. A whole lotta projects inaugurated. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping Egypt. ...

Morning Drive: Days away

26 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

BMI ups our growth forecast. HSBC says it’s here to stay. More cold storage + industrial plots. Morning Drive is your daily download of the esse...

Forum Playback: A new economic narrative

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

September saw Egypt's Planning Ministry unveil its National Narrative for Economic Development, a blueprint designed to anchor existing reforms and pu...

Morning Drive: Fresh commitments

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Revised growth target. USD 6.5 bn petrochemical complex. New trade policy.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shapi...

Morning Drive: Upgraded

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fresh mortgage financing initiative. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping Egypt. From business policy and finance t...

Morning Drive: Blocked

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FRA blocks Sagasse’s bid for Elsewedy. More Chinese textile investments. New mechanism for calculating solidarity contribution.  Morning Dr...

Morning Drive: Progress?

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Local sukuk issuance coming soon. A high-speed train factory? Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping Egypt. From busi...

Morning Drive: Hiked

19 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Debt strategy coming soon. Subsidized mortgage rates hiked. NBE sets up shop in KSA. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines s...

Forum Playback: Where (and how) will we live & work in 2035

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, we brought three urban masterminds to the stage and asked them to gaze into the crystal ball, to give us actionable insight into how and wh...

Morning Drive: Region's first

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Privatization target. Region’s first Ijarah-backed mortgage fund.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping ...

Morning Drive: Big issuance

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New exemptions. More cement production licenses. What is the startup scene missing? Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines sh...

Morning Drive: Signed

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

LNG exports resume. More Turkish investments. Where do our green hydrogen ambitions stand? Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headl...

Morning Drive: Eyes on Sharm

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

EGP weakens against USD. EGP 110 bn wellness project. Sumou eyes Midar.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping ...

Morning Drive: Cooling

12 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 S&P upgrades our credit rating. Inflation cools in September. Gov’t to revisit fuel hike.  Morning Drive is your daily download o...

Morning Drive: Blockbuster

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

IMF talks in Washington. Peace talks continue in Sharm El Sheikh. Cabinet greenlights new competition act. Morning Drive is your daily download of the...

Morning Drive: See you at the forum

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Foreign reserves up in September. Khaled El Anany is new Unesco director. Tagaddod closes USD 26.3 mn round. Morning Drive is your daily download of t...

Morning Drive: See you tomorrow

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ceasefire negotiations today. Fewer LNG imports coming our way.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping Egypt. F...

Morning Drive: 48 hours to go

05 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ceasefire talks tomorrow. Net foreign assets dip. Easier payment terms for developers. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines...

Morning Drive: Oversubscribed

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sukuk issuance 6x oversubscribed. No electricity price hikes before 2026. EGX extends gains in September.  Morning Drive is your daily download o...

Morning Drive: Growth

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

IMF mission lands today. Qantara West is getting its first recycling plant.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shap...

Morning Drive: The return

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A return to the international debt market. Trump’s ceasefire plan.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping...

Morning Drive: Removing barriers

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anti-dumping duties on Chinese ceramics? LNG demand dips. More hotels.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping E...

Morning Drive: Nine days to go

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

EBRD upgrades our growth forecast. Fuel price hike incoming. New private freezones. El Hadidi is back. Morning Drive is your daily download of the ess...

Morning Drive: Liberalized?

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Remittances rise in July. Support for fertilizer players. Increased summer spending.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headl...

Morning Drive: Our very own

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New tax incentives. Car prices fall. Trade deficit expands. Global economy cools. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shap...

Morning Drive: Big merger

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Another IPO incoming? Human development progress under pressure. Alaa Abdel Fattah pardoned. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential hea...

Morning Drive: It's fall

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Clearing export dues. What’s next for National Printing? Fresh incentives for pharma players. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essent...

Morning Drive: Countdown

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gov't mulls hiking water prices for factories. Assembled-in-Egypt Kias. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlines shaping Egypt....

Morning Drive: Redevelopment?

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

USD 1 bn downtown redevelopment? Fresh incentives. Royals in town. Fed cuts rates.  Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headlin...

Morning Drive: Optimistic

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tax facilities under review. One last fuel price hike. Plans to boost tourism revenues. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential headline...

Morning Drive: On the way

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Climate financing incoming. More Red Sea tourism projects. Domty could be heading to KSA. El Sisi in Doha. Morning Drive is your daily download of the...

Morning Drive: The fast track?

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ras El Hekma infrastructure. Ariston inaugurates USD 20 mn factory. EUR 10 mn PPP support fund. Morning Drive is your daily download of the essential ...

Morning Drive: The First Take

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gov’t completes census of state-owned companies. IMF mission coming in October. Tariffs on imported steel products. Further reading: A look at t...

Introducing Morning Drive, an Experiment where AI Serves the News

07 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The wait is over. You asked for an audio version of EnterpriseAM, and it's officially here. Morning Drive is your new 10-minute download of the essent...

Meet Egypt’s first climate billionaires

16 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For our sixth and final panel, we brought on the guys who we think are likely to be Egypt’s first climate billionaires by building one of the most e...

Keynote interview with Leslie Reed, Mission director for Egypt, USAID

09 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We interviewed on stage Leslie Reed, former mission director for USAID in Egypt and current director for Jordan. Leslie discussed the role development...

How do we pay for it all? The climate finance debate

02 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The massive re-plumbing of the global economy to become more climate-friendly comes at a very high cost. So, how are we going to fund it all? In come ...

Dive deep into the macro factors shaping how corporates across global emerging markets are dealing with climate change

26 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

EFG Hermes Research Managing Director and Head of Strategy Simon Kitchen joins us on stage to talk about how business leaders across global growth mar...

Climate is the biggest business and investment opportunity of our generation — here’s practical advice on how to get in on the ground floor

19 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We dive deep into what the business leaders in the climate industry in Egypt and the region have to say about how the private sector is adopting green...

Demystifying two of the biggest opportunities to have come out of COP27: Green hydrogen and NWFE

12 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Egypt brought home major victories from COP27. We signed framework agreements for about USD 85 bn worth of green hydrogen projects. We also announced ...

Preparing for an uncertain future — how industry leaders of today are evolving to boost our exports

05 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The business world is constantly evolving, bringing us advancements in age-old industries, and entirely new industries that crop up in response to —...

Industrial clusters: A natural accelerant for both exports and SME development

29 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Enterprise Podcast now brings you recordings of our on-stage and live panels that took place at the Enterprise Exports and FDI Forum. Panel 6: Ind...

How to become part of a multinational’s supply chain

22 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Enterprise Podcast now brings you recordings of our on-stage and live panels that took place at the Enterprise Exports and FDI Forum. Panel 5: How...

How to get started: What you must get right when you set out to create your export and / or FDI strategy

15 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

From deciding the target markets, to focusing on quality, marketing in new markets, and restructuring a business around exports, our panelists discuss...

Made in Egypt: Lessons from FMCG, fertilizers, and garments

08 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Enterprise Podcast now brings you recordings of our on-stage and live panels that took place at the Enterprise Exports and FDI Forum. Panel 3: Mad...

How do you identify and pitch foreign partners — and how can they identify you?

01 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Enterprise Podcast now brings you recordings of our on-stage and live panels that took place at the Enterprise Exports and FDI Forum. Panel 2: How...

No looking back: Exports and FDI are the way forward — here are lessons from what’s worked around the world

24 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Enterprise Podcast now brings you recordings of our on-stage and live panels that took place at the Enterprise Exports and FDI Forum. Panel 1: No ...

The Enterprise Podcast talks education and CIRA’s evolution into CIRA Education with CEO Mohamed El Kalla

30 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How CIRA evolved into a fully vertically-integrated, multifaceted, education platform and became CIRA Education: Since its founding in 1993, Egypt’s...

SPOTLIGHT- How to make Somabay a first-home destination with ASDC CEO Ibrahim El Messiri

19 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How ASDC is transforming Somabay to a first-home destination: When Somabay first emerged as a tourist destination over two decades ago, it had little ...

WHAT'S NEXT for Egypt's AI sector

21 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Enterprise Podcast, our What’s Next editor Gehad Hussein hosts a roundtable discussion with several AI players in Egypt. ...

WHAT'S NEXT for Egypt's FINTECH sector (part II)

16 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Enterprise Podcast, Patrick continues his roundtable discussion with major fintech players in Egypt. This week, our private sec...

WHAT'S NEXT for Egypt's FINTECH sector

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Enterprise Podcast, Patrick hosts a roundtable discussion with major players in the sector to discuss what’s next for fin...

Episode 1 Rania Al Mashat

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In our pilot episode, we sit down with International Cooperation Minister Rania Al Mashat to discuss a variety of different topics including her perso...