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Qalaa Holdings will more than double its stake in subsidiary Egyptian Refining Company
Good morning, everyone. Digitizing, standardizing, and localizing are all on deck in today’s issue. Overland freight is moving toward digitization.…
Our data center boom is waiting on a switch
Egypt is pulling in bns in data center pledges, but so far the country has built almost none of them
MNT-Halan’s local arm is heading to the EGX
Good morning, friends. Stories in today’s issue circle the same questions: where is Egypt putting its money next, and who…
Sahl is preparing to launch in DIFC to serve Egyptian expats in the UAE
Plus: FRA approves investment fund platforms for Azimut and Menthum Holding
The gov’t overhauls drugs pricing with FX band, smaller reference basket, and local production advantage
The EDA will roll out a new pricing system that prices locally made meds at 50-60% of import equivalents, and…
Five years into RISE, safety metric frozen as World Bank ratchets up fiduciary risk on Egypt’s railway loan
Fiduciary risk on the World Bank’s c. USD 421 mn RISE loan has been raised to “high” — the only…
Egypt signed a 15-year smart-lighting deal, but the ministry and the private partners can’t agree on a savings estimate
Egypt’s new street lighting alliance can keep up to 80% of the savings it books, but the ministry and its…
The US expects to sanction new Iran-linked entities roughly weekly, Treasury Secretary says
PLUS: Gov’t orders asset freezes, travel bans for Global Paradigm School owner
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