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“The announcement of the increase of SECON’s capital and the launching of these three projects simultaneously with Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) has a very important message to both local and international investors about the current atmosphere in Egypt.”
“The pharmaceutical industry in Egypt is very big. The local pharmaceutical industry covers 97% of consumption. Only 3% is covered by imports. Our industry has got about 30-35 thousand labourers,” explains Dr. A. Borhan El-Din Ismail, Chairman and Executive Director of EIPICO (Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industries Company).
“In 1995, I was number one in the Middle East and because of that I have to go abroad to prove that I am number one here and there. My name in the Middle East is very well known,” explains Dr. A. Borhan El-Din Ismail, Chairman and Executive Director of EIPICO (Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industries Company).
“There are so many investment opportunities in many sectors in Egypt – Agro industry, ICT, real estate, energy and many others. Personally, I think the one that is going to take the limelight is energy,” argues Hisham Fahmy, CEO of American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt.
“I believe Egypt has several fundamentals in place that give it a competitive edge,” says Hisham Fahmy, CEO of American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt.
“Egypt4Business Campaign is about telling the story about successful US, Egyptian and multinational businesses operating in Egypt,” explains Hisham Fahmy, CEO of American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt.
“We started by my older brother in Lebanon back in 1957. We are “chicken” people. Poultry is our life,” explains Tony Freiji, President & CEO Wadi Group.
“We are the safe haven for large depositors. AIB is considered the private bank for high net worth individuals inside Egypt,” says Amr Atallah, GM for Branches and Banking Services at AIB.
“Our biggest project here in Egypt is our partnership with the Egyptian Food Bank and our pledge to develop the hundred poorest villages in Egypt. We also have a project that is focused on improving the lives of 4,000 women and their families in these villages which provides microbusinesses to women in rural areas,” explains Omar Mandour, GM of Coca-Cola Egypt, Yemen, Libya and South Sudan.
“Our best approach to achieve our goals quickly was to enter a partnership with a large, leading multinational company. Our first partnership was with BASF of Germany. We then entered a partnership with St. Gobain, for gypsum. We are looking to invest and make up for the 2 or 3 years when we didn’t do anything. For 2015, we have a big program of investment.”
