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“We are in fact the largest cement manufacturer in the country. Our market share is slightly below 20%. We are not only the largest but also the oldest cement manufacturer, established in the early 1900s.”
“We started by my older brother in Lebanon back in 1957. We are “chicken” people. Poultry is our life – we eat, sleep and breathe it; we know everything about poultry… Apart from poultry, Wadi Group has been growing in the food sector, particularly olive oil, fresh vegetables and fruits grown particularly for export.”
“My passion has always been for the beverage developing new trendy, stylish restaurant concepts. So I started my own company with my partner. We founded OB Hotels & Restaurants. We do boutique hotels more in the line of intimate, individual, experience lifestyles and restaurants. We started that in 2011 and it has just been exciting.”
“The destination Egypt is very beautiful. We have it all. We have sun, sea, desert, nightlife – we have everything. I believe that this kind of diversity is what makes our tourism sector very resilient. I also believe that now we are on the right path politically; we have stability. “
“Our gardens really transport you away from the reality of everyday life in Cairo. I mean, when you sit in a garden and enjoy your coffee, you could be anywhere in the world. The birds are singing; you don’t hear the traffic. It’s just amazing. No place else in Cairo can even closely approximate that.”
Smart Village is not just office space; it is a technology park. You will find research centres, education institutes, incubators for small companies and we also have a financial district including the Cairo Stock Exchange as well as many Financial Institutions and banks.
“Certainly this young, growing market is very attractive. There are already four operators that are working in this market. The invisible handle on the market decides the right number of competitors whether it be three, four, five or more etc. I am not going to try to say what the right number is. The market is young, growing and it is moving in an all-data format.”
Egyptian Drilling Company is a joint stock company formed in 1976 as a corporation between the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation and the A.P.Moller Maersk with a 50-50 partnership. We started operations with one onshore drilling rig and we have expanded since then and today, we have 70 rigs.
TAQA Arabia, a one stop shop for energy supply and energy solutions in Egypt, claims that renewable energy is increasingly becoming a necessity for Egypt.
“The general atmosphere now is that of hope and optimism. The current government has sent out many messages of reassurance to investors. A series of significant reforms and national projects have been launched.”
