Tag: Egypt
Online Gaming Industry Emerges: Cricket Power, Tarneeb, Arabic Rappelz
Online gaming is a global phenomenon, with web-based games and Xbox, Wii and Playstation online networks connecting young and old to play games such as Halo3, Sim, Call of Duty etc. Given the OIC regions high youth demographic, which is increasingly online, it is no surprise that online gaming companies from Pakistan to Jordan are [...]
Uprisings and Islamic Finance
When a country has a (r)evolutionary upheaval, like the one Egypt has just experienced, it certainly changes the dynamics and growth prospects of Islamic finance in that country. The critical question is, which country will come out as a winner and which will come out as a loser?
Egypt Revolution – Business Facts & Updates
As the Egypt crisis begins to have a wider economic impact, we are tracking the developments on this Egypt Crisis Page. Will Egypt emerge as a stronger economic player from this? Who are the key players who will shape its economic future? Regular facts & updates organized by various key categories.
Egypt Revolution: Corporate Responsibility?
Editor’s Note: As the Egypt revolution has unfolded, many companies have taken an active role in shaping the protests or supporting or not supporting its cause. Telecom and internet players have come under fire, while other companies have gone out of their way to support the protesters (e.g. AlJazeera, Google and others.) Many domestic companies [...]
Top 100 Companies of the Muslim World: 2010 DS100 Ranking
See the full DS100™ list. The 2010 DS100 ranking, which is based on companies’ fiscal year ended on or before June 2010, fully captures the impact of the 2008/2009 global financial crisis.
2010 DS100 Summary: Companies Absorb Financial Crisis Shock
The 7th Annual DS100 continues to benchmark the corporate environment of the 57 OIC (Organization of Islamic Conference) member countries.
Meet the Chief Yahoo! of the Arab World
Samih Toukan’s life motto, “It’s better to try and fail than to fail to try,” has made him the globe’s largest Arab entrepreneur success story. When the world’s major Internet portal, Yahoo! signed a multi-million dollar deal with the biggest Arab online community in the world called Maktoob.com on August 25, CEO Samih Toukan was [...]
Missing Link in Islamic Finance Hubs: Islamic Venture Capital
The Islamic world profiled modalities of capitalism in 8th/9th century, but today’s Muslim country Islamic finance hubs are missing two vital aspects: addressing ‘have nots’ (micro-finance), and deploying the funds of ‘haves’ into Islamic VC funds. My focus in this article is on the latter–interplay between risk capital and innovative ideas for strategic localised benefit. [...]
Egypt based SEKEM Group – Proving Profitable Social Development Model
Egypt based SEKEM Group is a unique model of an organization which combines commercial success with social development. This outstanding combination has led to its sustainability and growth over 30 years to be a market leader of organic products and phyto-pharmaceuticals with a growing international presence. In 2005, SEKEM Group’s revenues were estimated at USD [...]
GCC Companies Honored for Good Corporate Citizenship
Corporate Social Responsibility, the buzz word in prominent business circles has garnered a lot of attention in the corporate corridors of the western world. More recently, countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the broader Arab region have been riding high on it as well. To discuss some of the pressing social responsibility issues [...]
