Jun 9, 2017 | Egypt, Menas Associates
This is an except from our article in our fortnightly Egypt Politics & Security publication. The most significant security incident over the last two weeks was the 26 May attack on a group of Christians who were travelling to St Samuel Monastery in Upper Egypt, to...
May 26, 2017 | Egypt, Menas Associates
This is an article from our fortnightly Egypt Politics & Security publication. President Abdelfattah el-Sisi noted in a speech that it has become increasingly difficult to provide the public with goods which are affordable. He implied that population growth — or...
May 8, 2017 | Egypt, Menas Associates
This article was taken from our fortnightly Egypt Politics and Security publication. The Egyptian-American, Aya Hegazy; her husband, Mohamed Hassanein; and some co-workers from the Beladi Foundation — a charity which helped street children — have been released after...
Apr 3, 2017 | Egypt, Menas Associates
Over the last few weeks there has been increasing private sector criticism of the government’s economic performance. Whilst this is not being said publicly, we have been repeatedly hearing from the management of companies that they are increasingly despairing of the...
Mar 3, 2017 | Egypt, Menas Associates
This article has been taken from Menas Associates’ fortnightly publication, Egypt Politics & Security. Minister of Finance, Amr El Garhy, made a speech at the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt on 26 February. He noted that he expects economic growth to...
Feb 3, 2017 | Egypt, Menas Associates
This is an excerpt from an article in our fortnightly Egypt Politics & Security publication. Menas Associates has compiled a number of examples of the Egyptian military extending its commercial operations in direct conflict with local private sector companies....
