Bilateral Egyptian-Iraqi relations have come into the economic spotlight. Mona El-Fiqi reports on the Iraqi Reconstruction Exhibition recently hosted in Cairo, while Sherine Nasr speaks to businessmen on the birth of an Egyptian-Iraqi Business Council

Reaching out to Iraq

Open for business

Posting profits
Aly El-Moselhi, chairman of the National Post Organisation (NPO) speaks to Niveen Wahish of how he plans to bring the 150-year-old institution into the 21st century

Fighting inflation
The government hopes that expanding the subsidy programme will help control soaring prices, but experts say that may be insufficient

February's a bear
After around six months of bullish trading, February saw the market heading south under the pressure of a profit-taking spree, Sherine Abdel-Razek reports

A race to the top or the bottom?
Doha Abdel-Hamid and Ziad Bahaaeddin, in the first of a three part series, explain Egypt's investment market regulation

Cleaning up
A new USAID approach to infrastructure projects in Egypt targets the private sector