Sherine Abdel-Razek's Articles

Ramadan is around the corner, and for the third year running the holy month will play out against an exceptional backdrop.

You can be forgiven if you felt that Monday was like a rerun of November 2016. Then, the government announced the launch of a raft of economic reforms and the pound lost half its value overnight. This time round, the Egyptian pound has again slid in the face of government announcements, depreciating by 16 per cent in one day.

Egypt’s new Mazut Hydrocracking Complex in Assiut has secured $1.5 billion in loans from local and international banks, writes Sherine Abdel-Razek

A leading Emirati lender wants to buy EFG-Hermes, Egypt’s largest investment bank.

Experts are betting that the Egyptian economy can handle the aftermath of the pandemic, write Niveen Wahish and Sherine Abdel-Razek.

A package of measures to support the local stock market was introduced last week, but will it be enough to improve its global position?

Al-Ahram Weekly sheds light on what Egypt’s relisting in J.P. Morgan’s government bond index for emerging markets means

Egypt’s current account deficit increased by half in the second quarter of 2020-21

Egypt hopes to boost growth by implementing a new raft of economic reforms

Al-Ahram Weekly reports on the history and significance of the Suez Canal

The new year brings new challenges and opportunities to the banking sector in Egypt

The government is overhauling its decades-long problem of ballooning public debt