Maait reviews in Dakar Egypt’s successes in issuing green bonds

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Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Maait on Monday attended here a working session on global financial building and the necessity that Africa has a voice in this regard.

The session convened as part of the 54th conference of the African ministers of finance, planning and economic development, which was inaugurated by the Senegalese president in Dakar.

During the gathering, Maait reviewed the great successes made by Egypt in issuing green bonds and loans and having different sources of financing, especially in the shadow of difficult economic conditions facing the world at present.

Egypt was the first country in the Middle East region to issue Japanese samurai bonds in the Japanese market, according to him.

As well, the Egyptian official talked about the country’s big achievements in digital transformation, taxation of e-commerce transactions and cooperation with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to enact a law in this regard.

Source: State Information Service Egypt