Karim Helal (LinkedIn) is now president of Concord International InvestmentsGroup. He also serves as the chairman of Sequence Ventures, a venture capital platform investing in deep tech start ups, chairs the Asia Egypt Business Association, and is the non-executive country director of real estate firm Colliers International in addition to sitting on the boards of […]
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Last Night’s Talk Shows: Sisi meets Danish PM + more SVB talk
Foreign affairs led the conversation during last night’s talk shows. All eyes were on President Abdel Fattah El Sisi meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who discussed boosting Danish investments in green energy, logistics, and transportation, among a handful of other topics, which we dive into in this morning’s Diplomacy section, below. The meeting […]
Mo Salah’s New Cairo home burgled
Leading the conversation in the foreign press this morning:Liverpool star Mohamed Salah’s Cairo home has been broken into and robbed of cable TV receivers. Authorities are investigating the break in. (Reuters | The National) ALSO making headlines: The HoggPool crypto scamis getting regional attention. (Al Monitor) World No. 1 squash player Mostafa Asal’s season has […]
Tourist arrivals jump by a third in January and February. PLUS: Madbouly meets GM + Egypt-Saudi interconnector.
Fitch expects tourism revenues to rise almost 20% this year
Sheikh Tahnoon adds the ADIA to his business empire
The UAE’s Sheikh Tahnoon just got more powerful:UAE’s national security advisor Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been appointed chairman of the country’s USD 790 bn sovereign wealth fund, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs announcedon Thursday. Tahnoon was already one of the most powerful figures […]
Egypt + Denmark extend energy cooperation
Egypt and Denmark have extended a bilateral energy cooperation agreement through to 2025, cabinet said in a statement yesterday. Under the agreement, Denmark will help Egypt transition towards cleaner energy. This came during Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s visit to Cairo yesterday, where she held talks with President El Sisi and Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly. […]
MARCH March: 4Q2022 earnings season. March: IMF to review USD 3 bn program. March: Gov’t to launch the National Governance Index. March: Palestine-Israel talks in Sharm El Sheikh. Beginning of March: Rice to be added to the EMX. 12-14 March (Sunday-Tuesday): Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen visits Egypt. 12-16 March (Sunday-Thursday): American University in Cairo’s […]