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Egypt’s first-ever SPAC to list on EGX by next month -Omran
Make way for our first SPAC: Egypt’s first blank-check company will be established within the next month, Financial Regulatory Authority…
THIS EVENING: Egypt could get its first SPAC within weeks + FinMin proposes issuing FCY bonds in Japan in debt diversification strategy
Good afternoon, friends. We’re only through two days of the week so far, but it already feels like it should…
M&A kept booming in 2021 — and is poised to keep going this year
2021 was a boom year for global M&A: A record M&A rally saw agreements worth USD 5.8 tn signed throughout…
Oil and gas still come out on top amidst environmental awareness + chipmakers struggle to find employees
Despite all the talk on ESGs this year, oil and gas still outperformed their sustainability-oriented peers, according to the Financial…
THIS MORNING: CBE extends pandemic fee cuts, tourism support measures + Anghami, Swvl in a race to see who SPACs first
Good morning, friends, and welcome to the final business week of 2021. We hope Santa Claus found you — and…
What Capiter’s cofounder Mahmoud Nouh learned from co-founding Swvl
What Capiter’s co-founder Mahmoud Nouh learned from co-founding Swvl: B2B e-commerce marketplace Capiter recently made headlines for raising USD 33…
Private equity ain’t all it’s cracked up to be + the words we tripped over in 2021
Private equity isn’t quite as lucrative as it claims to be: Far from its heyday in the 1990s, private equity…
THIS MORNING: You may (officially) SPAC now; Omicron in the Gulf + US; Major market reversal.
Good morning, wonderful people, and welcome to the final workday of the week. We’ve only got four Thursdays left until…
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