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EGP hedging is limited and expensive, so Hassan Allam writes currency protection into its infrastructure contracts
IFC data shows emerging market infrastructure beat the S&P 500 but has no Egypt figure,…
Egypt’s mining compact still waiting on money and maps
Egypt wants mining at 6% of GDP, but it’s waiting on survey data on where…
Mega developers take the investment zone route
More megaprojects are routing their government business through Gafi’s investment zones to move faster, but…
Egypt builds its wheat storage, with private contractors and lenders sharing the cost
Egypt’s modern wheat silo capacity has more than tripled since 2014, and the state wants…
What’s Next
Faced with FX spending limits, startups are struggling to keep up with expense requirements
For many startups, two of the biggest budget line items — tech tools and ads…
Why some Egyptian startups prefer to set up shop abroad
Why — and how — do Egyptian startups incorporate offshore? Many Egyptian startups, especially those…
More shakeouts, down rounds and M&A for startups in 2023 — but investors are still bullish
More challenges to come for startups in 2023: Our year in review on StartupLand in…
A year of reckoning for Planet Startup, but we came out stronger
It was an eventful year for StartupLand to say the least: Startups and venture capitalists…
Blackboard
Egypt is working to revive language-school PPP, but a plot shortage is holding up the second phase
None of the 57 second-phase schools is up for contract this year, and investors cite…
Education Ministry turns down requests to keep Arabic and history out of final scores at int’l schools
Schools are adding Arabic periods, an MP wants the weighting canceled, and the ministry has…
15 Egyptian-Italian hotel schools open with 1.5k students, running under the name “8ones”
Set up to help train staff for a sector targeting 220k more hotel rooms by…
Egypt trains technicians to German standards, and Germany opens pathways to recruit them
Egypt’s third rendition of German-style dual education is Saxony Egypt University, a bank-backed private university…
Going Green
Importers say FX is flowing, but a weaker EGP, bank fees, and port charges are lifting costs
Importers call for emergency customs measures to cut port costs, while traders mark up food…
Grova hands Hassan Allam Construction a second USD 500 mn EastHills contract
Egypt lifts the wheat procurement price 6% and backs 1 mn smallholder feddans
Maersk tells the SCA it hopes to have all its services back on the Suez Canal by March 2027
Good morning, friends. All that glitters isn’t gold on the consumer finance front. The FRA…
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
Gov’t weighs 5% tariff on imported EVs to protect local assembly
Plus: Senate studies a bill to temporarily lift customs duties, VAT, and administrative fees on…
How the ECA’s new clearance system will decongest ports and slash fees
A new risk-based clearance system is rolling out classifying all incoming cargo into four distinct…
Gulf transshipments get ACI waiver to help bypass Hormuz Strait closure squeeze
Good morning, friends. Whether in the international business press or in the pages of EnterpriseAM,…
Egypt targets 16% tax-to-GDP ratio with sweeping new reform package
The government is looking to boost tax revenues by 1-2% of GDP
Enterprise Climate
How USAID is supporting Egypt’s green transition
A conversation with Leslie Reed (LinkedIn), mission director for Egypt at USAID, at Enterprise Climate…
Green hydrogen and NWFE are key for the private sector coming out of COP27
Demystifying two of the biggest opportunities to have come out of COP27 — green hydrogen…