The Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) has taken an initiative
to study the market for online food delivery in Egypt. This step
comes as an afford to strengthen competition oversight in Egypt.
ECA seeks to, with this investigation, assess whether the companies
operating in this market and their practices comply with Egyptian
competition law. ECA announced on Thursday, 26 May that it has
discovered that a thus far unnamed company, enjoying a dominant
position in the market, violated Egyptian competition law in three
manners.
Restrictions on Dealing with Competitors
First, ECA found that the violating company has been forcing
restaurants listed on their platform not to deal with its
competitors. ECA found that through this action the violating
company has not only enhanced its dominant position in the market
but also threatened their competitors' chances of market
survival.
