Egypt wooing FDI back with new investment laws

Sisi's re-election campaign submitted 173,000 citizen endorsements to Egypt elections authority

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s campaign for re-election said it had presented 173,000 citizen endorsements for the president’s candidacy to the National Elections Authority, among other necessary documents to qualify him to run for a second…

Boosting and incentivising investments

Dr Abou Shoka examines Egypt's new investment laws and whether other initiatives, such as the country's National Anti-Corruption Strategy, go far enough in enticing foreign investors back into the countryEgypt’s long-awaited investment laws were passed…

Bahaa Eldin Abou Shoka

Mohamed Bahaa Eldin Abou Shoka is an Egyptian lawyer and politician. He is a professor of public law, and vice-chairman of the New Wafd Party.He is the founder of Abou-Shoka Advocates, a Cairo law practice, and has been a member of the Shura Council.In…

Egypt's missed investment opportunity

Dr Abou Shoka looks at Egypt's new investment laws that were passed in May 2017, and whether or not they have gone far enough to attract foreign investment back into Egypt.