{"id":584596,"date":"2023-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=584596"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:57:50","slug":"el-sisi-in-jeddah-for-talks-with-saudi-crown-prince-mbs","status":"publish","type":"issue","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/issues\/el-sisi-in-jeddah-for-talks-with-saudi-crown-prince-mbs\/","title":{"rendered":"El Sisi in Jeddah for talks with Saudi Crown Prince MBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"584598\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                story-section            \"\r\n            id=\"584598\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">1<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">What We're Tracking Today<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/04\/03\/this-morning-el-sisi-takes-suhoor-with-mbs-in-jeddah\/\">\r\n                            THIS MORNING: Egypt\u2019s El Sisi meets MBS in Saudi Arabia. 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class=\"wp-image-27482\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio mb-0\"><audio controls preload=\"metadata\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/4\/.89837637-07a2-4010-9f78-52588f5c7fd5.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Good morning, wonderful people, and happy Monday. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">We bring you another busy morning \u2014 proof, we think, that there will be no Ramadan news slowdown in 2023. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">THE BIG STORIES HERE AT HOME have a distinctly Gulf flavor this morning:<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">#1- El Sisi and MbS shared suhoor this morning:<\/span><span style=\"\"> President Abdel Fatth El Sisi and Saud<\/span><span>i Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sat down for suhoor after El Sisi landed in Jeddah this morning, the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spa.gov.sa\/viewfullstory.php?lang=ar&amp;newsid=2440397&amp;lang=ar\" style=\"\">Saudi Press Agency (SPA)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> reports. The pair discussed enhancing bilateral relations, the SPA said, without giving further details. Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel was also in attendance. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">REMEMBER- <\/span><span style=\"\">El Sisi\u2019s trip comes as Cairo seeks to secure USD bns in FDI from Riyadh against <\/span><span>the backdrop of a major diplomatic realignment in the region. <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/egypts-sisi-heads-saudi-arabia-amid-financial-pressure-regional-realignment-2023-04-02\/\" style=\"\">Reuters<\/a><\/span><span> also took note of the visit. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Riyadh and Cairo have been working to ease tensions in the region including by improving ties with Syria and Turkey and (in Riyadh\u2019s case) showing signs it could bring Iran in from the cold.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">#2- And is there new Gulf M&amp;A in the works? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> A local subsidiary of Kuwait\u2019s largest insurer Gig is on track to acquire a competitor, and local media is reporting that the UAE\u2019s Aldar is eyeing Heliopolis Housing\u2019s Heliopark project. We have the rundown on both stories in the news well, below. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">** <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">SO, WHEN DO WE EAT? <\/span><span style=\"\">We\u2019ll be breaking our fasts at 6:14pm CLT today. You have until <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">4:14am tomorrow morning to hydrate and grab a bite to eat. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">HAPPENING TODAY- <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span><a id=\"wwtt1\"><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The House of Representatives is back in session again today <\/span><span style=\"\">after <\/span><span style=\"\">giving an initial nod<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> yesterday a bill prohibiting fake weather reports yesterday (more on that in Also On Our Radar.) <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">MPs will vote today on the proposed return of <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/2e13dcdd-fb84-4b36-8388-d92365ddfb86\" style=\"\">daylight saving time<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">, which would see Cairo Loca<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">l Time (CLT) pushed forward by one hour from the last Friday of April through to the last Thursday of October. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">More oil FDI? <\/span><span style=\"\">The House will discuss and vote on four bills allowing the Oil Ministry to sign <\/span><span>exploration agreements with foreign oil and gas companies. Ukrainian state-owned <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naftogaz.com\/en\/about-naftogaz\" style=\"\">Naftagas Ukrayiny<\/a><\/span><span>is looking to drill for oil in the Western Desert, while Eni subsidiary IEOC wants to launch oil and gas exploration at three East Mediterranean concessions, one in partnership with BP, one with state-o<\/span><span>wned EGAS, and one alone. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">WATCH THIS SPACE?-<\/span><span style=\"\"> The Tourism committee will discuss today the closure of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Shepheard Hotel<\/span><span style=\"\"> in Downtown Cairo (hello, privatization program?), while a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">USAID<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> grant on economic governance is up for debate in the Social Solidarity Committee.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">It\u2019s a brand new month.<\/span><span style=\"\"> Here are some economic indicators to look out for<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">:<\/span><\/p><ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">PMI:<\/span><span> S&amp;P Global will release Egypt\u2019s PMI figures on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Tuesday, 4 April<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Foreign reserves:<\/span><span> Expect the central bank to publish March\u2019s foreign reserves figures <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">before the end of this week<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Inflation:<\/span><span> The CBE and Capmas will be out with March inflation data on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Monday, 10 April<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">HAPPENING THIS WEEK-<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span><a id=\"wwtt3\"><\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The World Bank will release its latest MENA Economic Update on Thursday: <\/span><span>Ominously titled \u201cAltered Destinies,\u201d the multilateral lender\u2019s latest <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.worldbank.org\/events\/altered-destinies-middle-east-north-africa-economic-update\" style=\"\">regional growth report<\/a><\/span><span> will look \u201cin depth at how even temporary increases in the price of food can have lasting impacts across generations in terms of education, health and future income prospects.\u201d The World Bank downgraded Egypt\u2019s GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal year by 0.2 percentage points to 4.8% in its <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7a100d25-6904-4b6e-87f7-46eb8b43da69\" style=\"\">most recent update<\/a><\/span><span> in October.  <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">THE BIG STORY ABROAD-<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span><a id=\"wwtt2\"><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">OPEC+ shocks markets with a surprise oil production cut: <\/span><span style=\"\">The oil cartel moved to <\/span><span>cut more than 1.1 mn barrels per day starting next month, defying <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-04-02\/opec-to-hold-its-ground-amid-oil-tumult-caused-by-bank-crisis?srnd=premium-middle-east#xj4y7vzkg\" style=\"\">expectations<\/a><\/span><span> that it would stick to a pledge to hold output steady <\/span><span>through the end<\/span><span> of 2023.<\/span><span> Saudi Arabia led the herd, pledging a daily 500k-barrel cut, followed by the UAE, Kuwait, Iraq, and Algeria, while Russia will extend for the rest of the year cuts it introduced in retaliation for Western sanctions.<\/span><span>The oil cuts came a day before the OPEC+ ministerial panel was set to meet \u2014 and ran counter to suggestions from delegates as recently as Friday that the cartel would stay the course, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-04-02\/saudi-arabia-makes-surprise-500-000-barrels-a-day-oil-output-cut\" style=\"\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> reports. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The move could spur yet more inflation across global economies<\/span><span style=\"\">,<\/span><span style=\"\">the business news<\/span><span>wire notes. Oil futures spiked as much at 8% on today\u2019s open. Brent crude closed at around USD 80 on Friday, staging a partial recovery from a 15-month low on March\u2019s banking crisis \u2014 but reports have suggested OPEC wants prices to settle as high as USD 90. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u201cOPEC+ clearly want a higher price \u2026 [it] is following through on being proactive and ahead of the curve,\u201d oil consultant Gary Ross told the business news service. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><\/span><\/p><div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 subscribe-box-panel\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<h4 class=\"fw-lighter mb-10\">\n          Get <b style=\"font-weight: 700\">Enterprise<\/b> daily<br>\n        <\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-10\">The roundup of news and trends that move your markets and shape corporate agendas delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"egypt\/en\/user\/NewsLetters\" type=\"button \" class=\"btn-green px-3 d-flex align-items-center\">Subscribe here<\/a>\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">THE REALIGNMENT-<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span><a id=\"wwtt4\"><\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Syria\u2019s Assad to attend the upcoming Arab League summit? <\/span><span style=\"\">Saudi Foreign Minist<\/span><span style=\"\">er<\/span><span>Faisal bin Farhan will reportedly travel to Damascus within weeks to hand President Bashar Al Assad a formal invitation to attend the Arab League summit scheduled for 19 May in Riyadh, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/saudi-arabia-invite-syrias-assad-arab-leaders-summit-sources-say-2023-04-02\/\" style=\"\">Reuters<\/a><\/span><span> reports, citing two unnamed sources it says are familiar with the plans. The news outlet reported last week that Saudi Arabia and Syria have agreed to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/36adb057-8423-4f7e-a75a-e1c9c4a55433\" style=\"\">restore diplomatic ties and reopen embassies<\/a><\/span><span> after more than a decade of hostilities. <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/saudi-arabia-invite-syrias-assad-arab-leaders-summit-sources-say-2023-04-02\/\" style=\"\">KSA and Egypt<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> have reportedly been working with Syria on steps to rejoin the 22-member club.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">REMEMBER- The latest indications are that we too could soon restore ties with Syria. <\/span><span>Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/ee7ae7a6-533e-42e3-9ca3-173c7d4b4e25\" style=\"\">made his first official visit<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> to Cairo in more than a decade earlier this week. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">MEANWHILE- Israel is intensifying airstrikes on Syria:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The Israeli military hit targets in Syria <\/span><span>for the third time in four days yesterday, with the Syrian defense ministry and Western intelligence sources offering different claims about where the attacks took place. (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/syrian-state-media-says-air-defenses-confront-israeli-attack-over-homs-area-2023-04-01\/\" style=\"\">Reuters<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">MORNING MUST READ- <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"><a id=\"wwtt5\"><\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Who owns the art that AI makes?<\/span><span style=\"\"> US graphic novelist Kris Kashtanova is looking for an <\/span><span>answer to that question in a high-profile copyright case, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/default\/humans-vs-machines-fight-copyright-ai-art-2023-04-01\/\" style=\"\">Reuters reports<\/a><\/span><span>. Kashtanova managed to secure the rights to a first graphic novel produced by feeding prompts such as \u201cSci-fi scene future empty New York\" into Midjourney, a ChatGPT-like AI tool that creates images from text. But that decision was overturned when the US copyright office said Kashtanova\u2019s novel was \u201cnot the product of human authorship.\u201d Now the artist is trying to copyright a second book that they say was made with more human input. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">This is more than just a philosophical conundrum: <\/span><span style=\"\">The case could help determine who <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">owns the work produced by AI \u2014 the AI itself, the companies that developed it, its users, or\u2026 nobody at all. The ruling could potentially set a precedent for USD bns worth of material these new tools could generate in the years to come. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><\/span><\/p><hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\"><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Missed this week\u2019s Inside Industry? <\/span><span style=\"\">In our weekly vertical exploring all things industry and <\/span><span>manufacturing, we looked at how our <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/f3553e3f-013a-4dc4-877c-7eb93afbaaf0\" style=\"\">tire industry<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> is in sore need of development. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/exportsfdi.enterprise.press\/registration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2023\/3\/632.jpg?ssl=1\"><\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">We are delighted to share with you that the Enterprise Exports &amp; FDI Forum <\/span><span style=\"\">will be taking <\/span><span style=\"\">place on<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> Monday, 15 May <\/span><span style=\"\">at the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700;\"> Four Seasons Hotel at Nile Plaza.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">DO YOU WANT TO ATTEND?<\/span><span style=\"\"> The first wave of invites is going out soon. 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AIG Limited Holding, which owns 95.02% of its Egyptian subsidiary, accepted in December Gig-Egypt\u2019s acquisition offer, according to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/4\/FRA_Gig-MTO_52.pdf\" style=\"\">a document (pdf)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> released yesterday by the FRA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">Telling the players apart:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">AIG Egypt is the local subsidiary of US ins. giant AIG<\/span><span>, which is present in around 80 countries. Its Egyptian arm offers only property and travel covers. <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/international\/2000\/11\/15\/10645.htm\" style=\"\">AIG entered Egypt back in late 2000<\/a><\/span><span>; the company <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/3\/3409\/AIG-to-reposition-operations-in-Egypt\" style=\"\">cut back its product portfolio here<\/a><\/span><span> in 2017 and has been open to a potential exit since.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulfinsgroup.com\/Home\" style=\"\">Kuwait-listed Gig<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> owns 99% of its Egyptian subsidiary, Gig-Egypt<\/span><span>,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> with the remainder held by Suez Canal Bank and Egyptian businesspeople. Gig has been operating in the Egyptian market since 1994 and offers both consumer and commercial ins. services. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">MTO approved: <\/span><span>The FRA said it approved Gig-Egypt\u2019s offer to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7b93c4d3-f2b6-4086-9118-84669abdbb4c\" style=\"\">acquire 75-100%<\/a><\/span><span> of AIG Egypt on Thursday. Gig-Egypt <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2022\/08\/10\/gulf-ins-group-wants-to-acquire-aig-egypt-77530\/\" style=\"\">submitted the takeover<\/a><\/span><span> bid<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> last August, offering to acquire the company\u2019s shares at EGP 164.15 apiece. The offer values AIG Egypt at EGP 197 mn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">What\u2019s next:<\/span><span> The MTO will open once the company publishes an announcement, giving AIG Egypt shareholders a 10-day window to sell their shares. The buyer is set to <\/span><span>merge 99% of AIG Egypt with Gig-Egypt<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> if the transaction goes through, the statement reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">ADVISORS- <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Gig-Egypt has appointed Barakat, Maher & Partners in association with Clyde & Co. as legal counsel while Prime Securities is brokering the transaction, the statement reads.  <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/aig-egypt\/\">AIG Egypt<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/gig-egypt\/\">Gig-Egypt<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/insurance\/\">insurance<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/ma-watch\/\">M&amp;A Watch<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"584603\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                story-section            \"\r\n            id=\"584603\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">3<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">Banking<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/04\/03\/two-big-state-owned-banks-announce-two-not-so-big-cds\/\">\r\n                            National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr launch new savings certificates after central bank rate hike                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                    \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"cta\">\n    <div class=\"cta__btn share-dropdown-cta dropdown-toggle-btn\" style=\"position:relative\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/408834.svg\" alt=\"\">\n        Share Story\n        <!-- Dropdown Menu -->\n        <ul class=\"share-menu\">\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/04\/03\/two-big-state-owned-banks-announce-two-not-so-big-cds\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    Open in new tab                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/new-tab.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); 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The two banks are offering a fixed, three-year CD at a 19% rate, and a three-year declining-rate certificate that starts at 22% before falling to 18% in the second year and 16% in the third year. Interest is paid monthly on both.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Rumors had been flying of higher-rate CDs:<\/span><span> NBE Vice-Chairman Yehia Aboul Fotouh on Thursday <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/b5e369b3-1d8e-471e-8ddf-2424ef9488d3\" style=\"\">denied<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> rumors that the bank would introduce new CDs at a 25-30% rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">REMEMBER-<\/span><span> The two banks issued <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/925e4b4b-5b42-4247-9c68-4a8084d7f8a1\" style=\"\">record high<\/a><\/span><span> one-year 25% CDs in a bid to encourage de-dollarization in the wake of the devaluation in January and the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/b3b7b9a2-2fe4-419d-a713-f9655e5f5a22\" style=\"\">300-bps rate hike<\/a><\/span><span> a few days prior. State-owned Banque du Caire and private lenders CIB and QNB Alahli also offered <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/de12600e-5c52-4b3b-9f2e-856da5919035\" style=\"\">similar certificates<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/banking\/\">banking<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/banque-misr\/\">Banque Misr<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" 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Aldar Properties is interested in co-developing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Heliopolis Housing and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Development\u2019s (HHD) Heliopark project<\/span><span style=\"\">, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3GaQepJ\" style=\"\">Al Mal<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> reports, citing sources it says have knowledge of the matter<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Nothing is set in stone: <\/span><span style=\"\">HHD is yet to receive any official offers for its Heliopark project, the real estate developer said in an <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/4\/HHD%20Heliopark%20Aldar%20statement_71.pdf\" style=\"\">EGX disclosure (pdf)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> yesterday. The company is considering how to finance the Heliopark project and won\u2019t wrap up its studies until after the Eid al-Fitr holiday, Al Mal quotes its sources as saying, adding that attracting USD investment is likely a top priority for HHD. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">REMEMBER- HHD is on the hunt for a new co-developer\u2026 <\/span><span style=\"\">The state-owned, <\/span><span style=\"\">EGX-listed<\/span><span style=\"\"> company put the New Cairo project back out to tender after scrapping a partnership agreement with Mountain View <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/4e87b35d-4713-4013-9caf-d8e646042878\" style=\"\">earlier this year<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, citing the current economic conditions and rising land valuations. Mountain View had been set to invest some EGP 1.4 bn in exchange for an undisclosed share in the revenues of Heliopark over a 23-25 year period, which Heliopolis Housing at the time estimated could total some EGP 397 bn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> \u2026and Aldar is reportedly on the hunt for a new project. <\/span><span style=\"\">The company is looking at alternatives after a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/44ac61fb-6353-45b3-96bd-8ea09ebdbee1\" style=\"\">potential acquisition<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> of Orascom for Real Estate (ORE) by its subsidiary SODIC fell through, according to Al Mal. SODIC \u2014 <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/ae3ee729-0f45-470b-a78c-bbd118ced392\" style=\"\">majority owned by Aldar and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> since 2021<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> \u2014 and ORE owner Orascom Development Egypt (ODE) pulled the plug on acquisition talks last week without citing a reason, putting to bed SODIC\u2019s offer to acquire 100% of ORE for almost EGP 2.5 bn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Could Aldar be eyeing more than just Heliopark? <\/span><span style=\"\">Earlier this year <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/4c727a04-22a0-4cb2-84ab-fab3dc99b1d1\" style=\"\">Asharq Business reported<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">that the state-owned parent of Heliopolis Housing was in talks with unnamed Gulf investors to sell off land and other assets as well as to invest in Heliopark. A source at the parent company denied to Enterprise at the time that any land sales were in the offing, characterizing the potential arrangement as a partnership. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/aldar-properties\/\">Aldar Properties<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/heliopolis-housing-and-development\/\">Heliopolis Housing and Development<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/ma-watch\/\">M&amp;A Watch<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/real-estate\/\">real estate<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"584608\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                story-section            \"\r\n            id=\"584608\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">5<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">A MESSAGE FROM HSBC<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/04\/03\/why-export-credit-agencies-could-be-key-to-our-regions-renewable-energy-transition\/\">\r\n                            HSBC\u2019s Manav Futnami on why export credit agencies could be key to the Middle East\u2019s renewable energy transition                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                    \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"cta\">\n    <div class=\"cta__btn share-dropdown-cta dropdown-toggle-btn\" style=\"position:relative\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/408834.svg\" alt=\"\">\n        Share Story\n        <!-- Dropdown Menu -->\n        <ul class=\"share-menu\">\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/04\/03\/why-export-credit-agencies-could-be-key-to-our-regions-renewable-energy-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    Open in new tab                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/new-tab.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); 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Working on ECAs has always been part of this \u2014 and I\u2019ve seen the product evolve into the transformational feature of export finance that it is today. I truly believe that the decarbonisation agenda of MENAT economies can be supercharged via effective use of ECAs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">The reason I believe ECAs are so important is twofold. First, they\u2019ve responded to the challenge <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">of the pandemic via the emergence of domestic programs. ECAs stepped up to support key exporters in their home markets to ensure they would get through that challenging period. One of the most interesting of those programmes was the UK Export Finance Export Development Guarantee (EDG) scheme. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">Second, we\u2019ve also seen the growth of untied programs such as the SACE Push program, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">where SACE is trying to promote future exports by building financing relationships with the borrowers they see as being high potential importers from Italy. The Japanese and Korean ECAs have had untied programmes for a long time and Bpifrance has announced a program as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">The Middle East is well known as being a provider of energy and it\u2019s important that, via the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">development of renewable energy infrastructure and industries here, the region maintains its place as energy supplier to the world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">I see this region leading the globe on some of these new, clean and green, sustainable source<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">s of energy. For example, our clients globally are certainly talking about hydrogen, but most of them are still just exploring the idea or building pilot projects. In the Middle East we're already building green hydrogen at scale, spending USD bns. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">It\u2019s vitally important to what we\u2019re doing at HSBC, and is a big part of the spend here in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Middle East and globally. The energy transition is going to require a lot of investment financing, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re here to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">This op-ed was written by Manav Futnani (<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/manav-futnani-ba9401\/?originalSubdomain=ae\" style=\"\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">), global co-head of export finance and head<\/span><span style=\"\"> of Middle East, North Africa and Turkey infrastructure and asset finance at HSBC. A <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.txfnews.com\/articles\/7519\" style=\"\">version of this article<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> appeared in TXF News on 8 March, 2023. HSBC\u2019s column in Enterprise appears every second Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/a-message-from-hsbc\/\">A MESSAGE FROM HSBC<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/banking\/\">banking<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/hsbc\/\">HSBC<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/op-ed\/\">op-ed<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"584610\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                story-section            \"\r\n            id=\"584610\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">6<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">Capital markets<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/04\/03\/efg-hermes-tops-egxs-brokerage-table-in-march\/\">\r\n                            EFG Hermes tops EGX brokerage table in March                        <\/a>\r\n                    <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                    \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"cta\">\n    <div class=\"cta__btn share-dropdown-cta dropdown-toggle-btn\" style=\"position:relative\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/408834.svg\" alt=\"\">\n        Share Story\n        <!-- Dropdown Menu -->\n        <ul class=\"share-menu\">\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/04\/03\/efg-hermes-tops-egxs-brokerage-table-in-march\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    Open in new tab                    <!-- <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/media\/placeholder\/svg\/new-tab.svg\" alt=\"\"> -->\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <li class=\"list-inline-item\">\n                <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); 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CI Capital came in second place (7.3%) followed by HC Securities (4.2%), Al Ahly Pharos Securities Brokerage (4.2%), and Mubasher Securities (3.9%). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/al-ahly-pharos\/\">Al Ahly Pharos<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/capital-markets\/\">capital markets<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/ci-capital\/\">CI Capital<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" 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Odin has also appointed board member <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Yara Hashem El Sayed<\/span><span> as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">managing director<\/span><span>, replacing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Fawzy in the role. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/ibrahim-fawzy\/\">Ibrahim Fawzy<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/moves\/\">moves<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/odin-investments\/\">Odin Investments<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/yara-hashem-el-sayed\/\">Yara Hashem El Sayed<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"584614 advertiser\" class=\"issue-section enterprise-adv\">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                            \"\r\n            id=\"584614\">\r\n            \r\n            <div class=\"story__body\">\r\n\r\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/04\/03\/584614\/\">\r\n                    <div class=\"photo photo--above\">\r\n                                            <\/div>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n\r\n                \n<article id=\"post-584614\" class=\"content-area-description single-story post-584614 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-advertiser wpautop entry\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sodic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2023\/4\/1.jpg?ssl=1\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"584615\" class=\"issue-section \">\n<div class=\"issue-section__content\">\n<div class=\"stories\">            <!-- Show divider before story section -->\r\n        <div \r\n            class=\"\r\n                story-section            \"\r\n            id=\"584615\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">8<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">LAST NIGHT\u2019S TALK SHOWS<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/04\/03\/last-nights-talk-shows-el-sisi-in-saudi-new-high-interest-cds\/\">\r\n                            Egypt\u2019s talk shows focus on El Sisi\u2019s visit to Saudi Arabia. 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El Sisi took suhoor with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman this morning. <\/span><span>Ala Mas\u2019ouleety (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M4oUs1-KctU\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 5:34<\/a><\/span><span>) and El Hekaya (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=243806644768117\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 0:52<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">) had the news, without providing any further details. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Savers have already poured some EGP 19 bn into Banque Misr\u2019s new high-interest certificates of deposit (CDs)<\/span><span>, bank chairman Mohamed El Etreby told El Hekaya (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Olp4kDJ6nIM\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 15:21<\/a><\/span><span>). Banque Misr and the National Bank of Egypt introduced the three-year CDs \u2014 one fixed at 19% and the other declining each year from an initial 22% \u2014 in response to the central bank\u2019s 200 basis-point rate hike last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Declining-rate certificates reflect optimism on inflation: <\/span><span>\u201cWe introduced the declining-rate certificates because we are expecting inflation to slow down and start declining,\u201d El Etreby said, drawing a comparison with 2016, when soaring inflation was brought down thanks to rate hikes. He also advised people looking to break existing CDs early and get in on the new, higher-interest CDs to sit tight until their certificates expire, unless they were only purchased in recent months. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">We have the full story on the new CDs in the news well, above. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/abdel-fattah-el-sisi\/\">Abdel Fattah El Sisi<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/banque-misr\/\">Banque Misr<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" 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The legislation imposes fines of<\/span><span> up to<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1dc7496f-1a51-408c-a5e9-ba59d3417de6\" style=\"\"><\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1dc7496f-1a51-408c-a5e9-ba59d3417de6\" style=\"\">EGP 5 mn<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> on people caught spreading \u201cfake weather news,\u201d which lawmakers say could cost the country \u201cbns of USD.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The rationale:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> \u201cFake or inaccurate weather news could cost the country bns of USD in losses&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">in terms of disrupting tourist traffic, losing economic transactions and restricting the&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">flow of foreign direct investment,\u201d the House Tourism Committee wrote in a report. \u201cThe draft bill also aims to restructure the weather forecasting sector and make it a fertile ground for attracting foreign investment, promoting scientific research and contributing to the country\u2019s sustainable development.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">What\u2019s next: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">The bill still requires a final reading and vote in the House and would then, if approved, move on to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for signature. It would then come into effect once executive regulations on its implementation are published in the Official Gazette. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">INVESTMENT-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Misr Ins. Holding will invest EGP 300 mn in <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahlymedical.com\/\" style=\"\">Al<\/a><\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahlymedical.com\/\" style=\"\">Ahly<\/a><\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahlymedical.com\/\" style=\"\">Medical<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> in return for a 10% <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">stake <\/span><span>in the National Bank of Egypt-owned healthcare investment platform<\/span><span>, sources are cited as telling <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3GbwZMM\" style=\"\">Al Mal<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- 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class=\"entry-content\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<aside>\t\t\t<div\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"newspack-popup-container newspack-popup hidden  newspack-inline-popup  newspack-lightbox-no-border   \"\r\n\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\r\n\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\r\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#000\"\r\n\t\t\t\tid=\"id_408150\"\r\n\t\t\t\tdata-segments=\"\"\r\n\t\t\t\tdata-frequency=\"0,0,0,month\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ef38739e wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-94bc23d7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/408151.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-408151\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio mb-0\"><audio controls preload=\"metadata\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/4\/.da67bd1e-84fd-493a-912b-650611d44a97.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.1500000000000001;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">A roaring \u201820s for EMs? Try \u201changing in there\u201d: <\/span><span style=\"\">The emerging market boom <\/span><span>asset managers including Morgan Stanley were <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a43d8c9e-29ac-4f3b-9151-319c1f948a38\" style=\"\">predicting<\/a><\/span><span> at the start of 2023 may have been <\/span><span>scuppered by recent banking turmoil, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-04-02\/emerging-market-era-more-grind-than-go-go-after-rough-start\" style=\"\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> reports. Developing stocks ended the quarter up 3.6% \u2014 around half the return of developed market peers \u2014 as a strong start to the year gave way to concerns over volatility triggered by the recent collapse of several US banks. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.1500000000000001;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">All is not lost: <\/span><span style=\"\">That EM assets are notching gains at all is a sign of resilience and strong <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">fundamentals, Morgan Stanley\u2019s Steven Quattry told the business news outlet. \u201cIf I told you over a year ago that the Fed rate would be near 5%, the USD has strengthened, and EM is still hanging in there, you might have been surprised,\u201d he said. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.1500000000000001;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">ALSO- Nasdaq makes a comeback in the last stretch of 1Q:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The tech-heavy US Nasdaq  <\/span><span>notched its strongest quarterly performance since 2020 in 1Q 2023 on expectations that the Federal Reserve will relax interest rate hikes, the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/01af6fd2-5456-4d9c-894f-dd80235308fd\" style=\"\">Financial Times<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> reports. Tech stocks looked to be on the rocks after Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed in February \u2014 but banking sector troubles have had the unintended upside of persuading investors that the US Federal Reserve will soon wind up its tightening cycle to protect the economy, the FT says. The Nasdaq gained 1.7 percent on Friday to end the quarter up 16.8%. The S&amp;P 500 increased 7% during the quarter after rising 1.4% on the last trading day of 1Q. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.1500000000000001;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">SOUND SMART- <\/span><span style=\"\">So-called growth stocks \u2014 typically expensive firms like Big Tech that spend <\/span><span>on innovation for long-term gains  \u2014 tend to do better in a lower-rate environment. The tech juggernauts have also been insulated from fears of a drop in bank lending, the FT notes, while small-cap companies have borne the brunt of volatility in the wake of the SVB collapse. <\/span><\/p><p><a id=\"t.36b25ff5e5bf27f86aa2a6f975ae682aa8f1a2e8\"><\/a><a id=\"t.0\"><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stock-ticker-panel\">\n<table class=\"table stock-ticker-table table-striped markets-table\">\n<tr class=\"tr-row-up\">\n<td class=\"td-list-up\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets11\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets11\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">EGX30 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">16,694<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">+1.7% (YTD: +14.4%)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-none\">\n<td class=\"td-list-none\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">USD (CBE)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Buy 30.84<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Sell 30.96<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-none\">\n<td class=\"td-list-none\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">USD at CIB<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Buy 30.85<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Sell 30.95<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-none\">\n<td class=\"td-list-none\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">Interest rates CBE<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">18.25% deposit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">19.25% lending<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-up\">\n<td class=\"td-list-up\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets11\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets11\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Tadawul<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">10,637<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">+0.4% (YTD: +1.5%)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-down\">\n<td class=\"td-list-down\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets1\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets1\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">ADX<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">9,430<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">-0.5% (YTD: -7.7%)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-down\">\n<td class=\"td-list-down\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets1\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets1\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">DFM<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">3,407<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">-0.6% (YTD: +2.1%)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-up\">\n<td class=\"td-list-up\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets11\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets11\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">S&amp;P 500<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">4,109<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">+1.4% (YTD: +7.0%)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-up\">\n<td class=\"td-list-up\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets11\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets11\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">FTSE 100<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">7,632<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">+0.2% (YTD: +2.4%)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-up\">\n<td class=\"td-list-up\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets11\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets11\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Euro Stoxx 50<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">4,315<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">+0.7% (YTD: +13.7%)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-up\">\n<td class=\"td-list-up\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets11\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets11\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Brent crude<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">USD 79.77<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">+0.6%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-up\">\n<td class=\"td-list-up\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets11\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets11\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Natural gas <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">(Nymex)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">USD 2.22<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">+5.3%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-down\">\n<td class=\"td-list-down\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets1\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets1\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">Gold<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">USD 1,986.20<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">-0.6%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-down\">\n<td class=\"td-list-down\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets1\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets1\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">BTC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">USD 28,018<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">-1.6% (YTD: +70.0%)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">THE CLOSING BELL-<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The EGX30 rose 1.7% at yesterday\u2019s close<\/span><span style=\"\"> on turnover of EGP 1.2 bn <\/span><span style=\"\">(39% below the trailing 90-day average)<\/span><span style=\"\">. Local investors were <\/span><span style=\"\">net<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> buyers. 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               \n<article id=\"post-584624\" class=\"content-area-description post-584624 blackboard type-blackboard status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blackboard tag-blackboard tag-education tag-enterpriseam tag-inflation wpautop entry\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">\u201cLocked fees\u201d are a thing of the past for private + international schools in Egypt<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> as the economics stop making sense:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> In the last 15 years, as several new private and international schools set up shop in Egypt, a handful of them offered \u201clocked fees\u201d \u2014 a financial package that allowed parents to pay a fixed, marked-down rate for children until they graduate. Locked fees were initially introduced as a means to attract new clientele, but most of these schools did not account for foreign exchange risk or red-hot inflation to squeeze them as much as they did. Now, these schools are doing away with the locked-fee business model after its financial flaws started to show, our sources told us. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">What are these locked fees?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Some new schools offered parents an agreement to pay a fixed, reduced tuition fee in a bid to pull students from already-established schools. These schools offer fixed fees in different forms: Some offer a percentage of a markdown, rather than a fixed tuition fee; some offer a markdown for the first two-five years as an initial incentive; and others offer reduced tuition fees for students whose siblings already attend the school. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">In the industry, it\u2019s become common knowledge that new schools use this business model<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, particularly those set up in satellite cities in the Greater Cairo Area, including Sheikh Zayed, Six October, and New Cairo. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">\u201cI\u2019ve noticed during my years as an educator that these new schools that open every year pump a lot of money in the beginning<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, they attract good teachers with inflated salaries and they offer locked fees to get lots of students to fill up spaces quickly and get accredited from the British or American systems then after accreditation,\u201d educator Rowida Rizk, academic dean at Nermine Ismail Schools, told Enterprise. When these schools start to hit the black, they sometimes scale back their operations, \u201cwhich is why the turnover is high at these schools for management, teachers and students,\u201d Rizk tells us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Why offer locked fees in the first place?<\/span> One school that used locked fees to pull in students in its early days is the <span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bse.edu.eg\/\" style=\"\">British School of Egypt<\/a><\/span>, an international school in Sheikh Zayed. \"When we first started 15 years ago, we had one building, and we were a new school, so we wanted to attract students,\" BSE Administrative Director Walid Askar told Enterprise. BSE chose to offer parents locked fees that would allow them to pay the same fees for their children from enrollment through to graduation.&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">But the numbers quickly stopped making sense when the economic landscape changed:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Following the 2016 devaluation, BSE management attempted to review its contracts with parents to amend the fees to reflect the new EGP rate, but most parents refused to budge. \u201cI have to admit it was our mistake. We were and still are in a tight spot,\u201d Askar told us. The school began cutting costs, but doesn\u2019t have much room to maneuver, he said. \u201cWhat can we cut? We can\u2019t touch teachers\u2019 salaries because they\u2019re the most important component of education \u2014 having happy teachers makes happy students. But having locked fees over two revolutions and three devaluations has been very tough for us economically. The money we stipulated at the beginning lost 200% of its value,\u201d Askar said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">One solution: Just open more schools:<\/span><span style=\"\"> BSE opened a new sister school, the American School of Egypt (not to be confused with the American International School of Egypt, or AIS Egypt), which opened its doors this academic year, Askar told us. \u201cWe learned from our mistake and introduced a locked markdown instead of locked fees,\u201d he said, which allows for a better business model.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">REMEMBER- Locked fees aren\u2019t the only thing squeezing schools financially:<\/span><span> Since 2019, private schools have faced a more <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2022\/05\/09\/how-do-private-schools-feel-about-the-7-tuition-increase-cap-in-light-of-rising-inflation-70499\/\" style=\"\">stringent cap<\/a><\/span><span> on tuition fee hikes after parents lobbied the Education Ministry to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2017\/05\/17\/education-ministry-to-announce-caps-on-international-schools-tuition-fees\/\" style=\"\">put a stop to<\/a><\/span><span> what they said were unfair increases. After initially only allowing to raise prices by <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2017\/05\/23\/education-minister-caps-private-school-tuition-increases-at-14-next-year-7-every-year-after-that\/\" style=\"\">7% each year<\/a><\/span><span> on a baseline year, the ministry has since <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/65679922-bbb3-492c-9b49-6f8a2ee8243c\" style=\"\">agreed to let schools<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> calculate the annual increase based on last academic year\u2019s fees, rather than the baseline year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">In a bid to make ends meet, operators have already been cutting costs, but there\u2019s only so much they can do.<\/span><span style=\"\"> \u201cIn 2011 we started going digital, it was way before the devaluation or the pandemic, but because we were trying to go green, and it proved to be an economic strategy that saved us a lot of money,\u201d NIS\u2019 <\/span><span style=\"\">Rizk <\/span><span style=\"\">said. This strategy also ended up working out well when schools went online during the height of covid-19 because the students \u201cwere already trained digitally\u201d and the school was already prepared, Rizk said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The current economic landscape makes it difficult for schools operating in Egypt to compete for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">teaching talent<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> with markets such as Dubai, Mexico, and Thailand, EduHive CEO Karim Mustafa told Enterprise. \u201cThe international appeal to attract good caliber teachers is not in our favor. Other markets can offer more appealing packages and they have more stable economies,\u201d Mustafa said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Ministry fee cap isn\u2019t helping: <\/span><span>Even EduHive\u2019s schools \u2014 which aren\u2019t grappling with the effects of having locked fees \u2014 are struggling, Mustafa said, calling the government\u2019s cap on tuition fees \u201ccrippling,\u201d as inflation is far outpacing the 7% increment by which schools are allowed to raise their fees. International schools are still <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">lobbying the Education Ministry to be allowed a 10% fee increase<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, which Mustafa says \u201cwould be meeting the parents halfway between the cap and the [effect of] the devaluation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">On the other hand, parents are feeling stretched to their limits \u2014 but can also see shifts in quality:<\/span><span> It\u2019s difficult to keep pace with higher expenses as everything is more costly, while household incomes aren\u2019t keeping up, one parent with three children at BSE who requested to remain anonymous told Enterprise. \u201cIf it were just school fees it would be fine, but I am paying for private tutors, sports practices, and so many other expenses,\u201d the parent said. Signing on to locked fees allowed for some measure of long-term financial planning, so a change to the contract for the locked fees upends those numbers, the parent said. Another parent with two children at another international school who also requested to remain anonymous also noted that there\u2019s a tangible difference in the type of education and activities available at the school as the economic realities have changed. In addition to the reduction in expat teachers, schools have scaled back activities, the second parent said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Your top education stories for the week:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The EU wants to <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/d9521a2e-f730-4c71-a1cb-b8eacbdba615\" style=\"\">boost technical education<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> here<\/span><span style=\"\">, EU Vice President Margaritis Schinas said last week.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">USAID to fund five applied tech schools: <\/span><span style=\"\">The Education Ministry and USAID<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a5787d71-21c4-42c4-ad90-52dcc349a85f\" style=\"\">inked MoUs<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> to establish five international applied technology schools under the USAID-funded Workforce Egypt project.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Italian is set to be<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/61e76d7f-43df-4788-aaef-e96002011dad\" style=\"\">introduced in public schools<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> as an elective second language by the 2024-2025 academic year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div 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style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>April: SCZone to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid02gVG1gSGUAVB6bTcCGwENBbd7zyVKvfKr4L4BFAuEki7mTzBzQmSMykZ4tDmx3ahfl\" style=\"\">begin providing<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> ship bunkering services in the Suez Canal\u2019s ports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">6 April (Thursday): Al Ansari Financial Services shares to start trading in Dubai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">9 April (Sunday): Senate to reconvene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">10-16 April (Monday-Sunday): IMF \/ World Bank Spring Meetings, Marrakesh, Morocco.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">11 April (Tuesday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2022\/10\/13\/egas-the-other-pif-plus-news-from-btech-bny-mellon-and-cira-83853\/\" style=\"\">Deadline for NGOs to legalize their status<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">12 April (Wednesday): National Paints Holding\u2019s and Eagle Chemicals\u2019 MTOs for Pachin ends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">15 April: Lamees El Hadidi\u2019s startup competition show, El Forsa, closes applications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">16 April (Sunday): Coptic Easter<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">17 April (Monday): Sham El Nessim. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">21 April (Friday): Eid El Fitr (TBC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">25 April (Tuesday): Sinai Liberation Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">27 April (Thursday): National holiday in observance of Sinai Liberation Day (TBC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>30 April (Sunday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2023\/01\/18\/tenth-of-ramadan-dry-port-tender-pushed-as-bidders-adapt-to-floating-egp-93853\/\" style=\"\">Tenth of Ramadan dry port<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> tender deadline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">30 April (Sunday): Deadline for self-employed to register for e-invoicing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">30 April (Sunday): End of Mediterranean, Nile Delta oil + gas exploration tender. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Late April \u2013 15 May: 1Q2023 earnings season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">MAY <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">1 May (Monday): Labor Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">2-3 May (Tuesday-Wednesday): Federal Reserve interest rate meeting. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">3 May (Wednesday): National Dialogue begins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">4 May (Thursday): National holiday in observance of Labor Day (TBC). <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>4 May (Thursday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ief.org\/events\/8th-ief-igu-ministerial-gas-forum\" style=\"\">IEF-IGU Ministerial Gas Forum<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Cairo. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>9-11 May (Tuesday-Thursday): First edition of the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fintechrobos.com\/etn\/arab-actuarial-conference-2023\/\" style=\"\">Arab Actuarial Conference<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Cairo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">12-15 May (Friday-Monday): Egypt Fashion Week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">14 May (Sunday): Expat car import scheme ends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">15 May (Monday): Enterprise Exports & FDI Forum, Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>16-18 May (Tuesday-Thursday): Egypt will host <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/2\/CDIS-Press-Release-EN.pdf\" style=\"\">its first conference<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">on cybersecurity and defense intelligence systems (CDIS-Egypt).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">18 May (Thursday): Central Bank of Egypt\u2019s Monetary Policy Committee meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>19 May (Friday): Arab League summit, Riyadh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>20-21 May (Saturday-Sunday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eglobexpo.com\/\" style=\"\">eGlob Expo<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, St. Regis Almasa Hotel, Cairo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>22-26 May (Monday-Friday): Egypt <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/news-and-events\/press-releases\/african-development-bank-group-concludes-annual-meetings-governors-endorse-banks-vision-next-10-years-51974#:~:text=The%20new%20Board%20of%20Governors,from%2022%2D26%20May%202023.\" style=\"\">will host<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> the African Development Bank (AfDB) annual meetings in Sharm El Sheikh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">JUNE <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">7-10 (Wednesday-Saturday): The second edition of Africa Health Excon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>10 June (Saturday): Thanaweya Amma examinations <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moe.gov.eg\/what-s-on\/news\/dates-for-the-exams\/\" style=\"\">begin<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>12 June - 15 July (Monday-Saturday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid0MomhExv4yWhogyCoY77i4QPaocEt1zS2uR4BR6pjLQZ8rw8mG5AcPjKXZNfCbv5Rl\" style=\"\">Thanaweya Amma exams<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">13-14 June (Tuesday-Wednesday): Federal Reserve interest rate meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">15 June (Thursday): Deadline for bids in EGPC\u2019s mature oil fields tender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>19-21 June (Monday-Wednesday): Egypt Infrastructure and Water Expo <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2022\/9\/Announcement__EGYPT_INFRASTRUCTURE_AND_WATER_EXPO_LAUNCHES_JUNE_2023.pdf\" style=\"\">debuts<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> at the Egypt International Exhibition Center. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">22 June (Thursday): Central Bank of Egypt\u2019s Monetary Policy Committee meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">28 June-2 July (Wednesday-Sunday): Eid El Adha (TBC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">30 June (Friday): June 30 Revolution Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">30 June (Friday): Egypt to exit Grains Trade Convention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">JULY <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">1 July: House of Representatives deadline to approve the FY 2023-2024 budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">18 July (Tuesday): Islamic New Year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">20 July (Thursday): National holiday in observance of Islamic New Year (TBC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">23 July (Sunday): Revolution Day. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">25-26 July (Tuesday-Wednesday): Federal Reserve interest rate meeting. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">27 July (Thursday): National holiday in observance of Revolution Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Late July-14 August: 2Q2023 earnings season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">AUGUST <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">August: Hassan Allam Utilities + Agility to open Yanmu East logistics park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">3 August (Thursday): Central Bank of Egypt\u2019s Monetary Policy Committee meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">22-24 August (Tuesday-Thursday): BRICS summit, Johannesburg, South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">SEPTEMBER <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">9-10 September (Saturday-Sunday): G20 summit, New Delhi, India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">15 September (Friday): IMF to review USD 3 bn program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">19-20 September (Tuesday-Wednesday): Federal Reserve interest rate meeting. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">21 September (Thursday): Central Bank of Egypt\u2019s Monetary Policy Committee meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">21-23 September (Thursday-Saturday): Narrative PR Summit, Somabay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">26 September (Tuesday): Prophet Muhammad\u2019s birthday (TBC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">28 September (Thursday): National holiday in observance of Prophet Muhammad\u2019s birthday (TBC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">OCTOBER <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>2-5 October (Monday-Thursday): <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adipec.com\/\" style=\"\">ADIPEC 2023<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">6 October (Friday): Armed Forces Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">13 October- 20 October (Friday-Friday): The sixth edition of El Gouna Film Festival (GFF). <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Late October-14 November: 3Q2023 earnings season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">31 October - 1 November (Tuesday-Wednesday): Federal Reserve interest rate meeting. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">NOVEMBER <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">2 November (Thursday): Central Bank of Egypt\u2019s Monetary Policy Committee meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">15-24 November (Wednesday-Friday): Cairo International Film Festival, Cairo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">DECEMBER <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">12-13 December (Tuesday-Wednesday): Federal Reserve interest rate meeting. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">21 December (Thursday): Central Bank of Egypt\u2019s Monetary Policy Committee meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">EVENTS WITH NO SET DATE <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">2023: The inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>2023: Egypt <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/380561820780911\" style=\"\">will host<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank\u2019s Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in 2023. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">1Q 2023: Egypt + Qatar to launch joint business forum. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>1Q 2023: FRA to introduce <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2022\/12\/05\/this-morning-the-enterprise-climate-x-forum-is-happening-tomorrow-its-pmi-today-90236\/\" style=\"\">new rules<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> for short selling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>1Q 2023: Internal trade database to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hapijournal.com\/?p=212185\" style=\"\">launch<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Summer 2023: EGX to launch a shariah-compliant index.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">1H 2023: GAFI roadshow set to launch to drum up foreign investment for golden licenses <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>1H 2023: Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank intends to launch a digital consumer finance company<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">2H 2023: Egyptian government expected to sign agreements with a consultant for the EuroAfrica electricity interconnector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">2H 2023: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expected to hold a summit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">4Q 2023: EGX to launch its new futures exchange.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">End of 2023: A Developments\u2019 first phase of the Lazoghly development completed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>November 2024: <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid0LLPJRjsu6SZLwtRHuLmCQxoAZB3xaXVXH8aYkMSEH3ae4aW6JCZaPe5h5u9nKmcRl\" style=\"\">Egypt to host<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> the 12th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">2Q 2025: Safaga Terminal 2 to initiate operations.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And a whole lot more news out of the 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