Egypt Edition 
MENA+ Edition 
UAE Edition 
Saudi Edition 
AI + Innovation (MENA) 
Infrastructure 
THIS MORNING: GERD diplomacy; CIB PSA World Tour Finals starts today; elections in Ethiopia.
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to a typical “2021” news day led by stories on covid vaccines as well as…
IT agreement with Iraq the latest example of Egyptian “infrastructure diplomacy”
Egypt, Iraq sign IT agreement in the government’s latest push for “infrastructure diplomacy”: Egypt’s ICT Ministry signed an MoU with…
Shocking nobody, Kima needs to restructure its debts
The Egyptian Chemical Industries (Kima) is in talks with a syndicate of six local banks to restructure EGP 6.8 bn…
Court upholds death sentence for Ikhwan members
The Court of Cassation (Egypt’s highest appeals court) has upheld death penalties handed to 12 Ikhwan members including Mohamed Beltagy…
TMG says it’s not doing another JV with banks + ABUK net income up
FACT CHECK- Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG) says it hasn’t established a new real estate joint venture, dubbed Rawasi, with the…
Banque Misr can now open a branch in KSA
Other things we’re keeping an eye on this morning: The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has officially listed Banque Misr among…
More railway funding from IBRD + moving towards modern irrigation
Fresh funding for our railways from IBRD: The Madbouly Cabinet signed off yesterday on a USD 362.9 mn facility from…
Lower wheat imports + Elaraby inaugurates cooking appliances factory
A few things we’re keeping an eye on this morning: The Supply Ministry is reportedly looking to bring down its…
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.