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On financial freedom and growing Thndr with Ahmad Hammouda
When does a startup stop being a startup and make its way over to the big leagues?
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MENA startup funding falls 96% in October to USD 40 mn as megadeals vanish
Thirty-two startups raised USD 40 mn, down from USD 1.1 bn in September and 95% below October 2025
Why Cairo’s resale property market struggles to compete with developers’ payment plans
Owners benchmark against headline prices built on decade-long installment plans, while cash-buyers earning 20% in the bank have little reason…
Berkshire called its own stock cheap every quarter of 2026, buying back USD 14.4 bn
Berkshire spent USD 14.4 bn buying back its own stock over 9M 2026, while operating earnings slipped 5.8% to USD…
Developing-world debt hits record USD 9.4 tn as private lenders return, at a price
IDA-eligible countries paid the most as a weaker USD accounted for 28.2% of the rise in public and publicly-backed debt
Africa’s corporate debt market is just 0.3% of the world’s, with Egypt’s share more than halved since 2010
The OECD puts Africa’s market-based corporate debt at USD 211 bn at end-2025
The Nasdaq has its worst day since Liberation Day as the Democrats’ midterm sweep puts the AI buildout in doubt
Investors are betting US voters will slow the data center buildout
JPMorgan and HSBC want to arrange the risk transfers that let development banks lend more
JPMorgan and HSBC are pitching development banks on securitizations that move credit risk to private investors, days before COP31 opens…
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