Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk affirmed the government’s commitment to empowering Egypt’s private sector, particularly in its efforts to expand into African markets. He stressed that the sector has consistently demonstrated agility, growth potential, and competitiveness when supported by a more investment-friendly business environment. Speaking during a meeting with the Investment and Economic Development Sector of the Egyptian African Businessmen’s Association (EABA), Kouchouk highlighted the growing importance of public-private partnership (PPP) projects. He described PPPs as essential instruments for advancing development across the African continent and facilitating deeper regional economic cooperation. “We are determined to work together to transfer expertise, exchange…
Author: user
Hyderabad: Sow&Reap Agro, leading climate-tech start-up headquartered in Hyderabad, said it has granted carbon credits by the certification body Gold Standard for paddy cultivation, it said in a release.The company has achieved 37,405 carbon credits for the project ‘VARRI’, a sustainable paddy cultivation programme using the alternate wetting and drying (AWD) method in collaboration with Kosher Climate. This method involves controlled irrigation cycles instead of continuous flooding. Over the last three years, Sow&Reap has partnered with 35,000 farmers from Jagtial, Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar, Nagar Kurnool, Narayanpet, Peddapalli, Rajanna Sircilla, and Wanaparthy, covering nearly 1 lakh acre. The project offered increased paddy…
The voluntary carbon market is booming in 2025. Allied Offsets data showed that in the first quarter of 2025, around 780,000 CDR credits were contracted — a surge of 122% compared to the same period in 2024. Additionally, 16 million credits were sold in the first six months of 2025 – marking it the strongest start to a year so far. The momentum is fueled by major buyers like Microsoft, aiming to be carbon negative by 2030, and by a surge in biomass-based removal methods that are reshaping corporate offset strategies. Why Carbon Dioxide Removal Credits Are Surging Businesses are…
Institutional investing often elicits images of ivy-clad walls, multi-billion-dollar endowments, and investment committees comprised of professionals from the largest and most well-known firms. That is certainly one component of the institutional market. However, there is a much larger segment that garners less attention. There are almost two million nonprofit organizations in the United States, many of which have endowments or board-designated funds, often with balances that are far smaller than those of the largest institutions. While these two market segments differ in many ways, they usually share a similar investment goal. Most nonprofit portfolios are in place to balance the…
Market uncertainty driven largely by President Donald Trump‘s tariff policy prompted a widespread pause from commercial real estate investors in the second quarter of 2025, according to a new report. SitusAMC’s latest ValTrends quarterly research report — shared exclusively with Commercial Observer ahead of its scheduled release next week — showed that investor recommendations to buy CRE assets dropped five percentage points from the first three months of the year to 18 percent in the second quarter. Investor recommendations to hold CRE assets also jumped six percentage points to 76 percent in the second quarter with investors taking a wait-and-see…
Image source: Getty Images The Stocks and Shares ISA is a brilliant product to target a long-term passive income. With a £20k maximum annual contribution limit, and shelter from capital gains tax and dividend tax, they can be ideal products to consider for the vast majority of UK share investors. Also, unlike the Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP), there are no rules on when users can start drawing down from an ISA. This opens up the possibility, then, of a super-early retirement for some. Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject…
Image source: Getty Images Some people are making a passive income from shares without really realising it. If a company pays out a dividend and the investor is a shareholder, the income from the dividend payment is technically passive. The amount can be ramped up over time by investing more and targeting high-yield stocks. Here’s what the numbers would need to look like to get to £25k annually. Starting with numbers A good starting point for this strategy is to note the average yield of the FTSE 100, which is 3.31%. So, this is roughly the yield that an investor…
Image source: Getty Images With shelter from capital income and dividend taxes, the Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) can be a real game changer for targeting a long-term passive income. In this respect, it has similarities to the Stocks and Shares ISA. However, this financial product has an added bonus: tax relief, which is paid at the following rates: 20% for basic-rate taxpayers 40% for higher-rate taxpayers 45% for additional-rate taxpayers These tax savings and tax relief give share investors an incredible advantage to build wealth. With more capital to invest, individuals can speed up the compounding process and grow their…
Farming practices like planting cover crops, reducing tillage, and using compost or manure to grow crops help keep more carbon in the soil instead of letting it go back into the air, says the Ontario Federation of Agriculture By Sara Wood, Vice President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Agriculture is often mentioned as a source of greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, it is considered to be one of the only sectors with significant opportunities to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it through a process called carbon sequestration – and sell what is known as carbon credits. The…
On July 30 the Federal Reserve chose to keep short-term interest rates steady.That’s bad news for borrowers, who will have to wait at least a little longer for costs on everything from credit cards to car loans to come down — market watchers now expect the Fed to cut rates in September.But what if you’re looking to save money rather than borrow it? The Fed’s rate also impacts how much interest you earn on cash and short-term bonds. If you’re looking to stash away cash, you’d be smart to act before the Fed moves rates down, says Greg McBride, chief…