Integrating Islamic Finance Modern and Islamic finance are not mutually exclusive and need not be at odds. They can coexist in Egypt, with the former dominant and worthy elements of the latter integrated into mainstream finance. Egypt’s economy needs to grow at around 6% yearly to provide good, well-paying jobs…

Egypt has high potential in clean and “green” solar and wind power, and biogas, biodiesel and hydrogen fuels, with many, excellent applications, and needs modern, efficient and sustainable investments for this. Electricity Sources Renewable energy in Egypt is two groups. Electricity sources: solar and wind power, and three types of…

Smart investments and policy reforms in public transport can greatly serve Egypt’s cities, economy and people. Those best policies are based on the cities’ size and traffic needs, and favor walking, biking and trees. Public transport, especially buses, has been increasingly unavailable, unreliable, uncomfortable and even unsafe, while urban traffic…

Global warming and the rising Mediterranean seawater threaten to drown Egypt’s north and are salinizing its soil and groundwater. Egypt can and must act fast and smart to meet those and other grave challenges. Meeting Climate Challenges Egypt’s very fertile north, which hosts most of the country’s agriculture and 102…

Egypt’s non-oil/gas mineral wealth is under-exploited, with high potential given smart utilization choices, reforms to attract foreign mining and processing investments, and efficient, sustainable resource planning. Almost as important as the well-distributed natural wealth itself is where to process it and why, with which we start, and creating the right…

Egypt has largely overlooked potential, with the right vision and policies, to leverage its natural and strategic advantages for export success in its large (52% of GDP), job-rich, “green” and profitable services sector. Services, as opposed to agriculture and industry, are activities where people offer their knowledge and time to…

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Egypt’s Great Opportunity Challenge and Opportunity Egypt’s pivotal farming sector (12% of GDP and 20% of the workforce) is upended by global warming and new trade barriers, yet organic medicinal and aromatic plants are a lasting and profitable solution and opportunity. Egypt’s famously equable and reliable…

A hot dry climate unfavorable to wood forests, costly wood imports, and stiff global competition challenge Egypt’s wood industries, which can still be very successful, helped by the transformative, huge bamboo plants. Bamboo Strategy Egypt wood industry is the largest in Africa and the Arab countries, with domestic market products…