Motivated by improving its ranking in the World Bank’s annual “Doing Business” report along with international attention currently drawn towards gender diversity and equality, and as part of its strategic…
The General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (“GAFI”) introduced new key regulatory changes to the Egyptian Companies Law No. 159 for 1981 and its Executive Regulations (the “Companies Law”),…
The much-anticipated amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Mineral Resources Law (the “Law”) has been recently published on August 7th, 2019 as Law No. 145 of 2019 in the Official Gazette…
In the wake of the most recent amendment to the Investment Law No. 72 of 2017 (the “Investment Law”) by virtue of law No. 141 for 2019 published on July…
On 11 On 16 July 2019, the Minister of Manpower issued Decision No. 146 of 2019 (referred to as “the Decision”) by virtue of which decision No. 305 of 2015…
In May 2019, the Central Bank of Egypt (the “CBE”) published the framework of its fintech regulatory sandbox (the “Framework”) for its innovative financial technology lab (the “IFTL”). This month,…
On 24 April 2019, the Prime Minister issued Decree No. 1062 of 2019 (the “New Decree”) which was published in Egypt’s Official Gazette. The New Decree replaces Prime Minister Decree…
The General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (“GAFI”) has recently published Decision No. 953 of 2019 (the “Decision”), which is coupled with a manual pertaining to the regulations and…