How did we end up here? Founded some 70 years ago to consolidate the country’s recently acquired independence by national hero, Colonel Abdel Nasser, the military industry has become an obstacle to the country’s social and economic development and a cancerous growth on society as a whole.

“Armed Forces’ companies will be offered on the Egyptian stock exchange (EGX),” President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi affirmed Wednesday.

 The report dissects Egypt’s military-led economic model and offers thoughts on how external actors can engage with the country’s formal and informal networks.

Egypt’s Tax Evasion Prosecution has referred fugitive contractor Mohamed Ali, known for his of towards President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime, to urgent criminal trial on charges of tax evasion.

The military is woven into almost every part of Egypt’s economy. It runs businesses, produces goods, and manages huge infrastructure projects. What are the consequences of involving a country’s armed forces so deeply in its private and public enterprise?

The Egyptian military’s takeover in 2013 transformed its role in the national economy, turning it into an autonomous actor that can reshape markets and influence government policy setting and investment strategies.

Want to build a luxury hotel in Egypt, but don’t have any plans, feasibility studies or even money? No problem, says military contractor-turned-whistleblower Mohamed Ali. You simply need to be a high-ranking military official with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s ear.

Human rights activists in the United States are questioning Washington’s decision to push ahead with legislation that would transfer $1.3bn in military aid to Egypt, in light of recent protests calling for the fall of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s government.

In videos posted to Twitter and Facebook, Mohamed Ali, an Egyptian construction contractor, accused the Egyptian president and military of corruption. Speaking from self-imposed exile in Barcelona, Spain, Ali said the military owes him hundreds of millions of Egyptian pounds for projects carried out by his company, Amlaak Group, including construction of …

Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi responded on Saturday for the first time to a series of videos by an Egyptian whistleblower who accused him of misappropriating millions of dollars of public funds on personal projects.