The continent wants to shift its China policy but can’t figure out how. On a quiet visit to Europe last week, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu met several politicians on the continent to discuss China’s recent attempts to intimidate and coerce his government. In April, China had gone...
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Private equity fund Avanz Capital Egypt has committed a $3.5 million investment in the Egyptian logistics startup, Trella to support the growth of the Egyptian logistics industry. Launched in 2022, the private equity fund is a subsidiary of Squared Capital International, focusing on...
Thierry Breton flies to US to warn Twitter’s Elon Musk and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg to fall in line with EU law. The European Union is firing a last warning shot at Silicon Valley titans ahead of the incoming rules to police social media platforms. Europe’s digital Commissioner...
The Institute of National Planning recently hosted a workshop to discuss a policy paper titled “Local Governance Development in Egypt: A Roadmap towards Financial Decentralization.” The paper, prepared by a team of experts from the World Bank, was attended by representatives...
The recent ‘Qatargate’ scandal in the European Parliament, which has seen MEPs & at least one former former MEP languishing in Belgian jail cells, has re-opened another serious issue – one that is institutionalised in Brussels – that of the “fake...