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“In terms of industry, Egypt is the third largest market in Africa, the second is Algeria and the first market is South Africa. Moreover, with a population of 90 million, a quarter million vehicles is a very low volume. Therefore, we see a great potential for growth in Egypt,” comments Tarek Atta, Managing Director of GM Egypt & North Africa.
“In Cairo and other cities we used to have protests every day and a lot of violence, but this has all subsided dramatically following the presidential elections. Of course we still have some security situations, like any other country in the world, but the overall situation is improving now,” notes Khaled Abd Elghany, Senior Security Consultant of Middle East Security.
“Intel, Egypt is committed to the Egyptian market thought our “Egypt tomorrow” initiative. We are here to stay. We are confident about the potential of the Egyptian market. Our strategy is aligned around the three main areas of education, innovation and entrepreneurship,” notes Karim El Fateh, Country Manager (Egypt & Levant) of Intel Corporation.
Engineering Square (IDG) started in 2007 as an idea of the former Minister of Trade and Industry Engineer Rashid and some business people. “They invented the so-called industrial developer to create more industrial land in Egypt without putting financial burden on the government. We have sold out about 85%, of which 50% are already functioning. We have about 35 factories operating. Another 25 are under construction,” explains Sameh Attia, Managing Director of Engineering Square (Industrial Development Group).
Bruno Kone, Porte-parole du Gouvernement de Côte d’Ivoire, dresse le bilan du pays, de 2011 à aujourd’hui. Il parle également de son rôle de Ministre de la Poste et des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication, et insiste sur l’importance des TIC pour le développement de la Côte d’Ivoire.
Jérémie N’Gouan, Head of Pigier Côte d’Ivoire
Jérémie N’Gouan gives an overview of the education system in Côte d’Ivoire and presents Pigier, mentioning some of the school’s advantages, strategy and main projects. Mr N’Gouan also talks about possible partnerships and shares his vision for the development of the country in the coming years.
The main capital of SECON was recently increased by 243 million US dollars and an agreement was signed between the representatives of the two governments in the presence of the Egyptian Prime Minister Eng. Ibrahim Mahlab.
“Our target is to finish this project over the next five years. It will cover a total of about 25,000 acres, growing mostly wheat, corn, alfalfa and barley and a little bit more table grapes and dates,” reveals Daniel Leroux, CEO of KADCO Egypt.
AlexBank is the only private bank with a presence in every governorate of Egypt. “We are working to improve the SME business by offering new products and using the experience we have gained in Italy where the pillar of the business sector is SMEs. The Egyptian government and the business sector are all saying that the future of the country will be SMEs,” says Roberto Vercelli, MD & CEO of AlexBank.
“The Saudi Egyptian Construction Company was established in 1975 by the Saudi and the Egyptian governments. It is split equally by both parties. The company was established for real estate investment in Egypt. Since 1975, we have been making excellent investments and we have been producing different kinds of apartments with the required standards for Egyptians and for Arabs,” explains Engineer Darwish Ahmed Hassanin.
