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tax evasion
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corporate tax
21 min read
Some people prefer working in the shadows
Osman El Sharnoubi
| The state approaches the issue as a strictly binary one leading to a simplified view of the economy
gas deals
35 min read
Who’s buying Israeli gas? A company owned by the General Intelligence Service
Hossam Bahgat
| Hossam Bahgat traces a network of private companies back up to the GIS, set to cash in from the deal
tax evasion
40 min read
Bad apples? Meet the majority of Egypt’s World Bank private borrowers
Abdel Hamid Mekawy, Osama Diab and Salma Hussein
| Over half of World Bank-financed private sector projects in Egypt have shell companies in tax havens
Gamal Mubarak
18 min read
How every dollar became $12,000 in less than a decade for Gamal Mubarak
Osama Diab
| The story of how Gamal Mubarak turned every dollar he invested into US$11,884 in less than a decade.
economy
20 min read
From EU money to Egypt, via tax havens
George Turner
| The honor of delivering the keynote address at the high-level EU-Africa Business Forum earlier this year
Economy in a week
11 min read
Economy in a week: Tax talks
Sherif Zaazaa
| This week sees the World Bank’s Spring Meeting on tax talks, a conference on how to boost Egypt’s
corporate tax
8 min read
The largest office buildings in the world you probably never heard of
Osama Diab
| Most of us know that the world’s largest buildings by height are located in Dubai, Shanghai, New
News
Gamal Omar
2 min read
Prosecutor: Egypt recovers LE13 billion in tax evasion cases
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