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Gehad Hussein

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Covers:  Business, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Startups, Human Interest
Macaroni-lover. Bicultural. Tend to write sometimes. Managing Editor @BusinessFwd.
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Predicting the currency crisis: Could Egypt's "November 2016" have been foreseen?

Predicting the currency crisis: Could Egypt's "November 2016" have been foreseen?

In their research paper “Identifying currency crises indicators: the case of Egypt”, John Adams and Ali Metwa…

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2 minutes with Christopher Caine: Why Egyptian companies need to become hybrid (in a business sen...

2 minutes with Christopher Caine: Why Egyptian companies need to become hybrid (in a business sen...

About 70-80 years ago, the concept of a corporation that was operating beyond its borders was considered a mu…

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2 minutes with Wayne Guay: What we can learn from Theranos and how "busy" board members should be

2 minutes with Wayne Guay: What we can learn from Theranos and how "busy" board members should be

Business Forward speaks to Yageo associate professor of Accounting at University of Pennsylvania Wayne Guay a…

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The Family Business Special [PT2]: The challenges facing Egypt's family businesses

The Family Business Special [PT2]: The challenges facing Egypt's family businesses

During the first meeting of the Family Business Consortium in the Arab Region at the American University in C…

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Deep-dive with IMF's Maurice Obstfeld: There is no collective meltdown in the EMs

Deep-dive with IMF's Maurice Obstfeld: There is no collective meltdown in the EMs

Business Forward sat down with economic counsellor and director of the Research Department at the Internation…

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2 minutes with Karim Helal: How Carbon Holdings is funding its $11-billion Tahrir Complex

2 minutes with Karim Helal: How Carbon Holdings is funding its $11-billion Tahrir Complex

Acquiring $11 billion in funds for the establishment of a petrochemical plant in Egypt is most certainly an u…

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12-year educational transformation, not reform: What the ministry's strategy, to be applied this ...

12-year educational transformation, not reform: What the ministry's strategy, to be applied this ...

Ever since Minister of Education Tarek Shawki has been appointed, he has promised a complete change of the sy…

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2 minutes with Angus Blair: How beneficial are Egypt's national megaprojects?

2 minutes with Angus Blair: How beneficial are Egypt's national megaprojects?

After analyzing, researching, writing about and developing businesses in the MENA region for over 20 years, C…

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SODIC teams up with Goodsmart for an app and a box: Making grocery delivery to compound residents...

SODIC teams up with Goodsmart for an app and a box: Making grocery delivery to compound residents...

Real estate developer Sixth of October Development and Investment Company (SODIC) partnered with Egyptian sta…

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Maersk's new Arctic trial route away from the Suez Canal: "Not currently viable commercial altern...

Maersk's new Arctic trial route away from the Suez Canal: "Not currently viable commercial altern...

News about global shipping giant Maersk trying out a new route via an Arctic sea route has been making the ro…

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From LE1 million to LE4 million in four months: How PayMe quadrupled its transaction volume

From LE1 million to LE4 million in four months: How PayMe quadrupled its transaction volume

Online payment gateway PayMe facilitates online payment transactions - and although only launching in July 20…

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Egypt's independent music scene: How artists and consumers perceive copyright in the digital era

Egypt's independent music scene: How artists and consumers perceive copyright in the digital era

With her book chapter “Open approaches to sharing: Egypt’s independent music – a realm of sharing and creativ…

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The economics of Egypt's marriage market: How rental reforms accelerated wedlock

The economics of Egypt's marriage market: How rental reforms accelerated wedlock

The process of getting married brings with it a tremendous amount of financial burden, especially in the MENA…

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Hierarchical, feminine, short-term, restrained: How to define Egypt's national culture

Hierarchical, feminine, short-term, restrained: How to define Egypt's national culture

“We are the Pharaohs” – with Egypt’s national football team taking part in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the phras…

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Egypt as 2018 FIFA World Cup sponsor: Who are we attracting and which void are we filling?

Egypt as 2018 FIFA World Cup sponsor: Who are we attracting and which void are we filling?

Under the “Egypt- Experience and Invest” campaign, the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation s…

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The six startups of the season: Who to watch from the rising stars

The six startups of the season: Who to watch from the rising stars

As the Spring semester comes to an end, the American University in Cairo's incubator V-Lab and accelerator Fl…

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