Egypt Lets You Open a Bank Account Online
Egypt's central bank has issued rules for opening a bank account remotely, without visiting a branch. Here is what the...
August 24, 2026Section
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Libya’s Rivals Initialled an Election Deal. The UN Disputes the Text
A Libya election agreement was initialled in Tunis on 20 August. Two days later the UN said the version circulating...
August 23, 2026
Morocco Now Buys Almost All of France’s Arms Sales in North Africa
Morocco France arms exports hit 532.1 million euros in 2025, forty times the year before and almost the whole of...
August 23, 2026
Morocco Votes on 23 September, and Candidates Register Online First
Morocco votes 23 September 2026 for 395 parliament seats. Candidates, key parties, polls and what the result means — full...
August 22, 2026
Tanzania Paid US$2.8 Billion for Its Biggest Dam. Egypt Built It
The Julius Nyerere hydropower plant, 2,115 megawatts built by Egyptian contractors for Sh7.452 trillion, was inaugurated on 22 August 2026.
August 22, 2026
Libya Ties a Company’s Access to Dollars to the Tax It Has Actually Paid
Libya hard currency access is now set by formula: 30 times a company's average income tax plus 10 times its...
August 21, 2026
Egyptians Abroad Sent Home a Record US$47.3 Billion in a Single Year
Egypt remittances reached a record US$47.3bn in the year to June 2026, up 29.6%, as the diaspora moved transfers back...
August 21, 2026
Egypt Sets New Rules for Short Selling on the EGX Stock Exchange
Short selling on the EGX has a new rulebook: Egypt's regulator set 150% cover, a 40% free-float ceiling and an...
August 20, 2026
A.P. Moller Capital Agrees to Buy Control of a Moroccan Logistics Group
A.P. Moller Capital has agreed to buy control of Globex Investissement, a Moroccan logistics group, in a deal that still...
August 20, 2026