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Egypt Construction
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Osama Bishai, CEO, Orascom Construction: Interview from The Report: Egypt 2017
Articles & Analysis | Egypt's construction industry sees rapid expansion amid increased investment, new market entrants from The Report: Egypt 2017
As cranes tower over the skies of an ever-expanding Cairo and billboards advertising new housing developments, universities and malls sprout up all over the city, it is clear that after several years of fits and starts Egypt is in the midst of a construction boom. Large government priority projects, such as the New Administrative Capital, the...
Articles & Analysis | Egypt's government develops several large-scale projects in cooperation with private sector from The Report: Egypt 2017
Egypt established a public-private partnership (PPP) Central Unit at the Ministry of Finance in 2006 as part of a new long-term government policy of pursuing partnerships with the private sector “to provide a new source of investment capital and financing required infrastructure projects, reduce the government of Egypt’s sovereign borrowing...
Articles & Analysis | Egypt's construction sector aims to increase contribution to GDP and fair market sharing from The Report: Egypt 2017
Egypt is beginning the task of boosting GDP growth and creating job opportunities for its rapidly expanding population. Construction has traditionally been one of the most labour-intensive sectors in the country. However, a December 2015 study by the Egyptian Centre for Economic Studies (ECES) found that while the industry is an important...
Articles & Analysis | Players in Egypt's construction industry adjust to changing environment from The Report: Egypt 2017
In 2016 a variety of factors contributed to price fluctuations in the normally stable cement industry. Although some variability remains, industry experts predict a return to stable growth in the long term.
Chapter | Construction from The Report: Egypt 2017
As cranes tower over the skies of an ever-expanding Cairo and billboards advertising new housing developments, universities and malls proliferate throughout the city, it is clear that after several years of uncertainty Egypt is in the midst of a construction boom. Large government priority projects, such as the New Administrative Capital, the expansion of the Cairo metro and water treatment...