Cementing ties with the 'tigers'
As we race towards the 21st century, President Hosni Mubarak's Asian tour presents a golden opportunity for Egypt to consolidate economic and trade relations with China, Korea and Japan, writes Gamal Nkrumah
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Expats complain
about information gap
While officials are proud of what has been achieved on the economic front during the last few years, Egyptian expatriates still have some reservations about the role played by the government in promoting investments. Mona El-Fiqi reports
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A new golden age?
While foreign experts assert that Egypt's gold market has the potential to compete with that of Italy, Egyptian goldsmiths argue that they are being held back by bureaucracy. Sherine Nasr investigates
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New Arabic software
The growth of the regional Middle East market has encouraged information technology (IT) companies to offer more Arabic-oriented software. Rehab Saad reports
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'Prize pupil' still has problems
The performance of the Egyptian economy is the focus of various recent publications. Sherine Abdel-Razek reviews their content
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