Waiting on the cash
Quick relief funds pledged during the February Sharm El-Sheikh conference are still being negotiated six months on, Niveen Wahish reports

Safeguarding healthy competition
Following years of debate, a draft competition law is taking shape. Mahmoud Mohieddin says the move is timely

In the doldrums no more
For the first time since 1999, the International Monetary Fund has issued an encouraging report on the Egyptian economy. Yasser Sobhi sifts through the signals that have improved prospects for higher rates of growth in the coming year

Down and despondent
A weak economic outlook and a continuation of regional tension have kept interest in the market at all-time lows. Sherine Abdel-Razek reports