{"id":585112,"date":"2023-04-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=585112"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:08:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:08:48","slug":"inflation-hits-near-record-high-in-march-nph-ups-its-bid-for-pachin-again","status":"publish","type":"issue","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/issues\/inflation-hits-near-record-high-in-march-nph-ups-its-bid-for-pachin-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Inflation hits near-record high in March + NPH ups its bid for Pachin, again"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"585114\" 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=\"585114\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div 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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\/.07c59483-a7b5-4679-9bc8-aa2e66810fe8.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 a very happy Tuesday. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">We\u2019re halfway through the last full work week in Ramadan \u2014 and looking forward to the coming streak of holidays as the news flow picks up pace again. <\/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\">PSA #1- The Eid holiday schedule is confirmed:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Public sector workers will be off from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Thursday, 20 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">April until Tuesday, 25 April <\/span><span>in observance of Sinai Liberation Day and Eid El Fitr, cabinet said in a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid0sadBeaBftcxDEkiMwHgiXjC3Sf3R7VwAMyq2ecxK7wFyLqFeyrf3Kw6fyTorxHV1l?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZVIgVyWU9rbod8hEC06-mwv3fGUhXGd0yVIGLSUNMqXo_w3ISxeF3lpPiVFxs6BL2TxBCZ3Tk2wMCFt61TvBlS04s7VGlyLJnPJGQb_LJvD_dfYZtBq87kzYW1ypV47FYM2fyTK2t6cxSLbfuCnJL5DdZh9y6VMZZ8wWOo20RJ4JOkU2gzl4i2Cf6GlxUVeKgZ0CIdLANmQCIwfVbua7GX2&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" style=\"\">statement<\/a><\/span><span>. Expect <\/span><span>the<\/span><span> Manpower Ministry, central bank, and the EGX to follow up with their own announcements in the coming days.<\/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 have a couple holidays coming up before that: <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid02JWnTK4kBXE2H79mhk8PqWETSQrN98PUnpcotakSSW25kCZrr5jKhp1BfrVKKF6nCl\" style=\"\">Banks<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> and the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.egx.com.eg\/ar\/BulletinNews.aspx?BCODE=51250&amp;All=\" style=\"\">EGX<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> will be off next <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Sunday, 16 April <\/span><span>to mark Coptic Easter (the day is not a public holiday), and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.egx.com.eg\/ar\/BulletinNews.aspx?BCODE=51250&amp;All=\" style=\"\">we\u2019re all off<\/a><\/span><span> next <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Monday, 17 April <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">off to mark Sham El Nessim. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">PSA #2- <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">We\u2019re bringing back daylight saving time (yet again) on Friday, 28 April. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">You\u2019ll be losing an hour\u2019s sleep as clocks jump forward one hour until the final 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: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\">THE BIG STORY TODAY- Inflation hit a near all-time record of 32.7% in March<\/span><span style=\"\"> as the EGP <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">devaluation and a shortage of foreign currency continue to pressure prices. Get the full story 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\">There\u2019s also interesting news on the regional diplomacy front:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Turkey\u2019s top diplomat says <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will head to Ankara later this week \u2014 with potential \u201cconcrete steps\u201d to reappoint ambassadors on the table. Shoukry is already in the neighborhood after touching down in Athens today for bilateral talks. Scroll on for the details. <\/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\">AND- Al Ahly was crowned Egypt Cup champion yesterday <\/span><span style=\"\">after <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.ahram.org.eg\/News\/495538.aspx\" style=\"\">beating Pyramids<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/english.ahram.org.eg\/News\/495538.aspx\" style=\"\">2-1<\/a><\/span><span> in the final. Pyramids took the lead in the 72nd minute with a header from Walid El Karti \u2014 but their hopes of wresting the Egypt Cup from the nine-season-long dominance of Ahly and Zamalek were scuppered when Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim scored an equalizer just two minutes later. Ahly\u2019s Hamdy Fathy sealed the deal with a goal in extra time. This <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Officialahlysc\/posts\/pfbid03CUGV2GdSMhvn9AbeYPr7Dqy3iqP8KaaJD9LqhcevsB3nfQ3edEgyKZFEWYo9rSvl\" style=\"\">marks the 38th time<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Ahly snags the title. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">** SO, WHEN<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> DO WE EAT? <\/span><span style=\"\">We\u2019ll be breaking our fasts at 6:19pm CLT today. You have until <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">4:03am 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: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\/4\/429.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\">The Enterprise Exports &amp; FDI Forum, our latest industry-specific conference, is taking <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">place on Monday, 15 May at Four Seasons, Nile Plaza.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> The Enterprise Exports &amp; FDI Forum will give insiders and newcomers alike the chance to talk about how to develop an export-centered business and how their companies can help us build an export-led economy that makes us a magnet for foreign direct investment (FDI).<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">What\u2019s the Enterprise Exports &amp; FDI Forum?<\/span><span> In the wake of successive floats of EGP, exports and FDI have never been more important to our economy \u2014 or our businesses. We\u2019re gathering some of the CEOs, top execs from local companies and multinationals, investors, bankers and finance folks to speak on how businesses can adapt their strategies to be export-oriented and what we as a country can do to draw foreign investment and much-needed FX. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Expect it to be heavy on lessons learned in Egypt and other global growth markets \u2014 and lots of success stories.<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/exportsfdi.enterprise.press\/index.html#aboutSection\" style=\"\">You can learn more on our conference website here<\/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\">Some of the biggest names in business and finance are on board \u2014 are you?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> If you\u2019re a C-suite exec, business owner, DFI staff, export executive, investor or banker, please fill out the form here to signal your interest, letting us know your name, title and where you work.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">WANT TO BECOME A COMMERCIAL PARTNER?<\/span><span> Ping a note to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"mailto:mtaalab@inktankir.com\" style=\"\">Moustafa, our head of commercial, here<\/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;\"><\/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;\">THE REALIGNMENT-<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span><\/span><span><a id=\"wwtt2\"><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Shoukry to head to Turkey: <\/span><span style=\"\">Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will likely visit Turkey <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">later this week, taking steps towards fully restoring ties between the two sides, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Turkish TV yesterday. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Normalization imminent?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> \u201cIt is time to take concrete steps,\" he said. \"During Shoukry's visit, we can take steps to appoint ambassadors,\u201d he said, adding that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan could hold a meeting following the Turkish elections scheduled for 14 May. <\/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- Relations with Turkey are thawing: <\/span><span>The two country\u2019s top diplomats pledged to put aside their differences and normalize relations during talks in Cairo last month, after Shoukry became the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1a0ee914-5661-40e0-8233-43938b2055f8\" style=\"\">first senior Egyptian diplomat to visit Turkey<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> in over a decade in February. <\/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 news is receiving wide coverage: <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/egyptian-minister-visit-turkey-ties-improve-ankara-2023-04-10\/\" style=\"\">Reuters<\/a><\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/originals\/2023\/04\/egypts-fm-visit-turkey-ahead-restoration-ties-cavusoglu\" style=\"\">Al Monitor<\/a><\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/mena\/egypt\/2023\/04\/10\/egypts-foreign-minister-sameh-shoukry-to-visit-turkey-this-week\/\" style=\"\">The National<\/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\">BUT FIRST- Shoukry is in Athens today<\/span><span style=\"\"> for talks <\/span><span>with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, according to a Foreign Ministry <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MFAEgypt\/posts\/pfbid0cq5AksbF3Y9mqMViWFapbMvMn18vx9exwf697FBrKVEZL3bvFvHQJxDjoGfS45oAl\" style=\"\">statement<\/a><\/span><span>. Shoukry will also meet with Copelouzos Group CEO Dimitris Copelouzos to follow up on the progress of the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/6788212e-7ea3-4b5a-80fe-edb91cf35b2f\" style=\"\">3-GW Greece-Egypt Interconnector (GREGY)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> project, for which Copelouzos is the lead contractor. <\/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=\"wwtt5\"><\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Rania Al Mashat is in Washington for the IMF \/ World Bank Spring Meetings:<\/span><span>International Cooperation Minister Rania Al Mashat <\/span><span>is in Washington, DC, this week for the IMF \/ World Bank Spring meetings. <\/span><span>Al Mashat is scheduled to participate in a number of talks, including the meetings of the Group of 24 as well as the World Bank Group\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devcommittee.org\/\" style=\"\">Development Committee<\/a><\/span><span> and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/publication\/human-capital#:~:text=The%20HCP%20aims%20to%20protect%20and%20invest%20in%20people.&amp;text=The%20HCI%20provides%20a%20new,the%20next%20generation%20of%20workers.\" style=\"\">Human Capital Project<\/a><\/span><span>, a<\/span><span>ccording to a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid02ubv3K1sTXn5yx8kbP12inN2LDcuqXC3vrA1nXK7ZL4oNGTDqvC82bmddBY6knb1Ll\" style=\"\">ministry statement<\/a><\/span><span>. She will also hold bilateral discussions with partners including the US government, European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, <\/span><span>the International Finance Corporation, <\/span><span>and the Rockefeller Foundation. The event kicked off yesterday and runs until 16 April.<\/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 IMF will be out with its latest global growth forecasts when it publishes its World <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Economic Outlook in full this afternoon.<\/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\">The House reconvenes:<\/span><span style=\"\">MPs will discuss and vote <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">on two proposed amendments: <\/span><\/p><ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Changes to the nationality law <\/span><span>that would allow more Egypt-born children of foreign nationals to become citizens.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> The amendments would allow foreign-born women who have acquired Egyptian citizenship to pass it down to their children born in Egypt, a privilege that is currently only available to foreign-born men with Egyptian citizenship. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Changes to the Police Academy law <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">that would tighten rules on who is eligible to enroll in the police academy. <\/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\">Tomorrow at the House: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">MPs will vote on two USAID grants meant to stimulate trade and investment and improve economic governance.<\/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 deadline day for NGOs to register with the government:<\/span><span style=\"\"> All local and foreign NGOs have <\/span><span style=\"\">to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/8b2affdc-91db-4d3e-9f85-f93d2f8b4b2e\" style=\"\">register with the government<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> by today under the 2019 NGO Law, the Social Solidarity Ministry <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid0MGn9TfcNhCJC9u1tcnZHXvxt1wqQYPwDiyNBZZD6P72SGZQ839J5Peuzd3XafvSZl\" style=\"\">confirmed<\/a><\/span><span>yesterday.<\/span><span>The ministry in <\/span><span>October<\/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=\"\">extended<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> the deadline to give NGOs another six months to comply. <\/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 TOMORROW-<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Issa to speak at BEBA iftar:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Tourism Minister Ahmed Issa will be guest of honor at the <\/span><span>British Egyptian Business Association\u2019s (BEBA Egypt) annual <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beba.org.eg\/events\/bebas-iftar-ramadan-at-salah-el-din-citadel-tuesday-april-11-2023\/\" style=\"\">Ramadan iftar<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, which will be held at Salah El Din Citadel.<\/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:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">There\u2019s no one BIG STORY ABROAD<\/span><span style=\"\"> dominating the front pa<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">ges of the foreign press this morning. <\/span><\/p><ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">WikiLeaks 2.0:<\/span><span> Most major outlets are still tracking developments in the Pentagon\u2019s investigation into the leaking of classified US intelligence documents online. (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-04-10\/doj-is-investigating-leaked-defense-documents-on-ukraine-allies?srnd=premium-europe\" style=\"\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/10\/us\/politics\/classified-documents-leak.html\" style=\"\">NYT<\/a><\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/pentagon-probe-under-way-in-leaks-case-303d7fda?mod=hp_lead_pos3\" style=\"\">WSJ<\/a><\/span><span> |<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/5e33216c-267c-4d61-8635-af8050cdd3e1\" style=\"\">FT<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Another mass shooting in the US<\/span><span> is also making headlines. (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/multiple-casualties-reported-shooting-downtown-louisville-police-2023-04-10\/\" style=\"\">Reuters<\/a><\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/downtown-louisville-shooting-dc7b45a9c5d2b384a16d653864f8b735?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=TopNews&amp;utm_campaign=position_01\" style=\"\">AP<\/a><\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/10\/us\/louisville-kentucky-shooting.html\" style=\"\">NYT<\/a><\/span><span> |  <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2023\/04\/10\/louisville-bank-shooting-kentucky\/\" style=\"\">WaPo<\/a><\/span><span>)<\/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\">CIRCLE YOUR CALENDAR-<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">EgyptAir is set to launch a new route to Bangladeshi capital Dhaka next month<\/span><span style=\"\">, <\/span><span>according to a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid02oUmEzhqGdeFuGWdMo9HQXbVTNpLc5fcDmTUPrxnb6RUdTLcwjRi2nkjFPzxaKA88l\" style=\"\">statement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">by the Civil Aviation Ministry. The flag carrier will start the new route on 14 May, and will operate two flights a week. The first flights will be offered at a 50% discount. <\/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 Senate will reconvene on Sunday, 7 May <\/span><span style=\"\">after a three-week break. In its final <\/span><span>session before the break yesterday, the upper legislative chamber <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">discussed the government\u2019s water management strategy \u2014 including a network of new wastewater recycling projects that are set to cost a combined EGP 83 bn. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/am-edition\/#calendar\" style=\"\">Check out our full calendar on the web<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> for a comprehensive listing of upcoming news events, national holidays and news triggers.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/enterprise.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/INFINITY-Top-banner-EN-1600x675-v2-02.png\"><\/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 Going Green day \u2014 your weekly briefing of all things green in Egypt:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Enterprise\u2019s green economy vertical focuses each Tuesday on the business of renewable energy and sustainable practices in Egypt, everything from solar and wind energy through to water, waste management, sustainable building practices and how you can make your business greener, whatever the sector.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">In today\u2019s issue: <\/span><span style=\"\">Governments around the world are unlikely to keep the globe from warming <\/span><span>past 1.5\u00b0C, according to UN climate experts, who 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Inflation is now at its highest since July 2017, when it hit a record high of almost 33%.<\/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\">This was below analyst expectations:<\/span><span> \u201cInflation came below our expectations which was 35.4%,\u201d Amr Elalfy, head of research at Prime Securities, told Enterprise. The median forecast in a poll of economists conducted by <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/egypt-inflation-seen-hitting-all-time-high-march-2023-04-06\/\" style=\"\">Reuters<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> had inflation accelerating to 33.6% in March. <\/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\">Food price inflation hit a fresh all-time high:<\/span><span> Food and beverage prices \u2014 the largest <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">component of the basket of goods and services used to calculate inflation \u2014  soared 62.9% y-o-y in March, up from 61.8% the month before. <\/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\">Core inflation eases but stays near record high:<\/span><span> Core inflation \u2014 w<\/span><span>hich strips out volatile items such as <\/span><span>food and fuel \u2014 <\/span><span>stood at 39.5<\/span><span>% y-o-y in March<\/span><span>, down slightly from February\u2019s record high of 40.3%, according to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbe.org.eg\/en\/news-publications\/news\/2023\/04\/10\/13\/35\/cpi-press-release-march-2023\" style=\"\">central bank data<\/a><\/span><span>. On a monthly basis, core inflation slowed to increase by 2.5%, down from a pace of <\/span><span>8.1% i<\/span><span>n February.<\/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\">Monthly headline inflation grew at a slower pace<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> of 2.7%, from 6.5% in February. <\/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\">Have we reached the peak?<\/span><span> \u201cWe had thought that March would be the peak, which could still <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">be the case if we maintain our monthly inflation estimates\u2026Our adjusted inflation estimate for April is 31.7% for now,\u201d Elalfy told us. \u201cWe still think that headline inflation will remain high for the rest of the year, averaging around 30%.\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 does this mean for interest rates?<\/span><span> The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) last month <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/d48e529f-df57-429c-ac77-650747100ba1\" style=\"\">raised<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/d48e529f-df57-429c-ac77-650747100ba1\" style=\"\">interest rates by 200 bps<\/a><\/span><span> to combat the inflationary effects of the EGP devaluation. Currency pressures and soaring prices have forced the central bank to raise rates by 1k bps since March <\/span><span>202<\/span><span>2. \u201cFor the time being, we are not changing our outlook for interest rates\u2026Our view is still no change through the end of the year,\u201d Ela<\/span><span>lfy said. <\/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\/capmas\/\">CAPMAS<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/central-bank-of-egypt\/\">Central Bank of Egypt<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/economy\/\">economy<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/inflation\/\">inflation<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/interest-rates\/\">interest rates<\/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=\"585119\" 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=\"585119\">\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\">Privatization<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/04\/11\/nph-goes-again\/\">\r\n                            New bid for Pachin from NPH                        <\/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\/11\/nph-goes-again\/\" 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 Emirati firm is now offering to purchase up to 100% of state-owned Pachin for EGP 39.80 per share, up from its <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/f4c14caf-b153-4cab-a0e4-44ac6935e442\" style=\"\">previous EGP 37.75<\/a><\/span><span> bid, the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) said in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/4\/Pachin%20NPH_432.pdf\" style=\"\">a statement (pdf)<\/a><\/span><span> yesterday. The new bid values the company at<\/span><span> EGP 955.2 mn<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, according to our math. <\/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\">Comparing the two offers: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">NPH\u2019s new bid is 2% above Eagle Chemicals\u2019 latest offer. The local chemicals company has offered to purchase at least 75% of state-owned Pachin for EGP 39.00 per share. <\/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\">Shareholders get a five-day extension to respond:<\/span><span> The FRA has extended the ongoing mandatory tender offer (MTO) by five working days, giving shareholders until <\/span><span>2 May<\/span><span> \u2014 <\/span><span>according to our understanding of when public holidays will fall <\/span><span>\u2014 to decide <\/span><span>whether and to whom <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">to sell their shares.<\/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\">Is a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Compass Capital comeback brewing? <\/span><span style=\"\">Compass Capital is <\/span><span style=\"\">still mulling<\/span><span style=\"\"> a rival b<\/span><span>id and could reenter the fray within days, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alborsaanews.com\/2023\/04\/10\/1655372\" style=\"\">Al Borsa<\/a><\/span><span> reports, citing unnamed sources. <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/51ebd661-7bc4-402c-993a-3432a7f06307\" style=\"\">Compass in January submitted<\/a><\/span><span> a non-binding offer to acquire a stake of 51-90% in Pachin for EGP 30.00 per share.<\/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\">Market reax:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Pachin\u2019s shares increased 0.4% to EGP 40.14 yesterday.<\/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>Al Ahly Ph<\/span><span>aros is financial advisor to Pachin while Shalakany Law Office is counsel. Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy are acting as NPH\u2019s legal counsel, while Nour Law Office is counsel to Eagle Chemicals alongside Al Tamimi & Company. Marei, Fayez, Dardiry & Partners is legal advisor to Compass Capital. 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style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aur-leasing.com\/\" style=\"\">Aur Leasing and Factoring<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">,<\/span><span style=\"\"> Aur said in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/4\/AUR-Leasing-Securitization-10-04-23_419.pdf\" style=\"\">a statement (pdf)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> yesterday. The three-tranche issuance is backed by an EGP 1.1 bn portfolio of receivables <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">and has tenors ranging between 24-52 months. The bonds were rated AA+, AA, and A by the Middle East Rating and Investors Service (MERIS). <\/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\">Who bought in?<\/span><span style=\"\"> The National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr, CIB, United Bank, Arab Banking Corporation and Attijariwafa Bank all subscribed to the <\/span><span style=\"\">transcation<\/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\">Advisors:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Aur Capital and Al Ahly Pharos were the bookrunners and arrangers for the issuance. KPMG acted as the auditor, Banque Misr was the custodian, while <\/span><span style=\"\">Alieldien Weshahi & Partners<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> acted as the legal advisor.<\/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\">Bullish year for securitization: <\/span><span style=\"\">This latest issuance takes the total value of securitized bond issuances this year to EGP 13.3 bn, up some <\/span><span style=\"\">34%<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> from the same period last year.<\/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                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shown through Google search \u2014 breached the 31 mark yesterday to trade at around 31.05 (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mA8EMxrvNg0\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 8:06<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">). The official CBE rate remains unchanged at 30.94 per USD.  <\/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\">Egyptian-Turkish relations got some airtime <\/span><span>after news broke of Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry\u2019s possible trip to Turkey later this week. Ala Mas\u2019ouleety had coverage (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3oKI_onu8fc\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 3:49<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">). We have all the details in What We\u2019re Tracking Today, above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">AND- We\u2019re not interested in hosting the 2030 World Cup: <\/span><span>Egypt will not be submitting a bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup, Youth and Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhy told the Al Match program on Sunday (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h24QK0_WeyE\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 42:00<\/a><\/span><span>). He didn\u2019t rule out bidding for World Cups further down the line or the 2036 Olympics. 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CTGI<\/a><\/span><span> wants to invest in local renewable energy, desalination, water pumping, and green hydrogen projects, the company\u2019s head <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid02cy9pBQuJURy6tSHaYoY5VLc2CfFaojAmkZaimDBmVjiztAeyEts85RiTaHQPGSwGl\" style=\"\">said during a meeting<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> with Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker yesterday. <\/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\">Growing interest from China in Egyptian renewables: <\/span><span>China Energy could start working on a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/fa878ad1-53fa-486f-9f54-cd3f552f5e3c\" style=\"\">USD 5.1 bn green hydrogen<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> facility in Egypt next month. The company is also interested in investing in Egypt\u2019s electricity grid and partnering with the Housing Ministry to manufacture pumps for sewage and water desalination plants. <\/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\">EGPC to set net zero targets: <\/span><span style=\"\">Norwegian energy advisory firm <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnv.com\/about\/index.html\" style=\"\">DNV<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> will help the state-owned <\/span><span>Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation set net-zero emissions targets, according to a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnv.com\/news\/dnv-and-egyptian-general-petroleum-corporation-sign-mou-to-support-sustainability-program-242052\" style=\"\">DNV press release<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. The MoU signed between the two firms will also see DNV strengthen EGPC\u2019s ESG risk assessment and reporting, support studies into carbon capture projects, and train the oil company\u2019s management on sustainability. <\/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;\">DEBT- <\/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\">Finance<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> in Motion to deploy USD 5-10 mn in agricultural loans:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Impact investor <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finance-in-motion.com\/\" style=\"\">Finance in Motion<\/a><\/span><span> is in talks with three private agriculture firms to provide them with a total of  <\/span><span>USD 5-10 mn worth of loans in local currency, country head Mohamed Morsy told Enterprise. The loans will be used to purchase crops from small farms and will be disbursed in 2023 and\/or 2024. <\/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 investor has handed NBE USD 25 mn in loans in recent months:<\/span><span> Finance in Motion\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finance-in-motion.com\/our-impact-funds\/sanad\/\" style=\"\">Sanad fund<\/a><\/span><span> has extended USD 25 mn to the National Bank of Egypt (NBE), including a USD 10 mn tranche for on-lending to small, medium, and micro-sized enterprises in January and another 15 mn tranche in December, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/almalnews.com\/premium\/%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A9-25-%D9%85\/\" style=\"\">Al Mal<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> reports.<\/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\">HEALTHCARE-<\/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\">Moves to reduce antibiotic overuse: <\/span><span style=\"\">Regional pharma consulting firm <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/accsight.com\/\" style=\"\">Accsight<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> is <\/span><span>partnering with the Health Ministry to launch an electronic platform to track the use of antibiotics at participating hospitals, according to a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid02mZG39nFNmXwR5pbnUag8Yu2J9hHiKzccNiwpuMMyK9hapCZdW8D2yoQfqX1MPZYVl?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZUtR1UUx0J0BQZL96HSzSLeRSGHCSACVfoBShCMJp180KICJIf4A5_hX1M_nihNlpCRpCKiQkj50PZDxBiowBPaLG06cw_-H5uj2-2UGkfUCL-1jWGiNbSDeApqxRS7aMv-xBQAYm4tMU-wvu5wYDA8jRfOa5vj30rwxcopRBT9SjfgtQyT76DotXtuWq11VZvNgjoTSBFGabKYJRROp2oq&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" style=\"\">ministry statement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. The data will be used to create studies and training programs on how to reduce antibiotic use.  <\/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;\">REGULATION-<\/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\">Ins. providers have six months to link their databases with the FRA: <\/span><span style=\"\">Ins. <\/span><span>companies need to get their tech up to scratch so they can link their records with the Financial Regulatory Authority\u2019s (FRA) database within the next six months, according to a decision issued by the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fra.gov.eg\/fra_news\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%b1-%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%8b-%d8%a8%d8%b4%d8%a3%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%b2\/\" style=\"\">regulator yesterday<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. Firms will have the option to apply to the regulator for a further six-month extension, the decision 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\">REMEMBER- <\/span><span>Ins. firms are being asked to share their data with the FRA as part of <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/3743276d-f94b-4c99-ba6f-4f18dc491b40\" style=\"\">new regulations<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> designed to mitigate their credit risk. The new regs include establishing an industry-wide online platform listing borrowers who have defaulted on their loans. <\/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;\">TOURISM-<\/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\">Docking incentives for foreign cruise ships: <\/span><span style=\"\">Foreign cruise ships are getting a 50% <\/span><span>discount on service fees and a complete exemption from local port authority fees at the country\u2019s ports, per a Transport Ministry decision published in the <\/span><span>Official Gazette<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. 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tag-planet-finance tag-sp-500 wpautop entry\">\n\n\t\n\t<div 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\/.07c59483-a7b5-4679-9bc8-aa2e66810fe8.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure><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\">Wall Street is bracing itself for a rough earnings season: <\/span><span style=\"\">Companies in the S&amp;P 500 <\/span><span>index are forecast to post a 6.8% y-o-y drop in earnings for last quarter \u2014 their biggest decline since the outbreak of the covid pandemic in 2Q 2020, the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/a7dbefd3-7621-4cb0-98b1-efb74a51cf72\" style=\"\">Financial Times<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> reports citing FactSet data. High inflation and weaker demand on fears of recession is likely to dent the performance of most companies. \u201cWhen you look at the cost of wages and the cost of capital I think margins are coming under a fair amount of pressure,\u201d Cresset Capital CIO Jack Ablin told the FT. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Banking woes may not show up on 1Q balance sheets: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Financial firms are expected to post the highest revenue growth of any sector at 9.1%, despite the collapse of several US banks during the quarter. \u201cSince recent bank failures happened in the last few weeks of the quarter, the full impact won\u2019t register in first quarter reports,\u201d Goldman Sachs wrote in a note. Big firms across all sectors are better positioned to insulate themselves from the recent banking volatility, which small- and medium-sized businesses will likely suffer thanks to reduced access to credit. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Up first: <\/span><span>Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co and Wells Fargo &amp; Co will <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/articles\/us-stocks-wall-st-fluctuates-as-investors-weigh-jobs-report-earnings-on-tap\" style=\"\">kick off<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> 1Q earnings season on Friday. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Redrawn global energy routes are less efficient, more expensive: <\/span><span style=\"\">The EU\u2019s curbs <\/span><span>on Russian petroleum products are forcing global fuel tankers to take longer routes, increasing carbon emissions and more than doubling average freight rates, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/sustainable-business\/western-curbs-russian-oil-products-redraw-global-shipping-map-2023-04-06\/\" style=\"\">Reuters<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> reports. To make up for lost business in Europe, Russia is sending its fuel cargoes to \u201cfar-flung buyers\u201d in Morocco, Brazil, Turkey, and Nigeria, while Europe is resorting to the US, Middle East, and Asia for petroleum imports. The longer, more expensive routes could further fuel global inflation and release mns of tons more CO2 into the atmosphere, analysts say. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Careem spins out its super app: <\/span><span style=\"\">UAE telecoms provider e&amp; will acquire a 50.<\/span><span>03% stake in Careem\u2019s super app for USD 400 mn as the Uber-owned firm spins the app out of its core business. (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/40Qa8i2\" style=\"\">Statement<\/a><\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-04-10\/uber-mideast-unit-sells-stake-in-super-app-to-largest-uae-telco?srnd=premium-middle-east\" style=\"\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/04\/10\/uber-owned-careem-launches-spinout-with-400-million-investment-from-uaes-e.html\" style=\"\">CNBC<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">) <\/span><\/p><p><a id=\"t.2c1aa3a99cbecb4fbf99c6999bb444b95d6c329f\"><\/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;\">16,775<\/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: +14.9%)<\/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 30.94<\/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-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\">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;\">10,905<\/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: +4.1%)<\/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\">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;\">9,499<\/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: -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\">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;\">3,412<\/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;\">+0.0% (YTD: +2.3%)<\/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;\">+0.1% (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;\">7,742<\/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;\">+1.0% (YTD: +3.9%)<\/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;\">4,309<\/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;\">+0.3% (YTD: +13.6%)<\/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\">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 84.18<\/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;\">-1.1%<\/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\">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 2.18<\/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%<\/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;\">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 2,006<\/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;\">+0.1%<\/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\">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 29,632<\/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;\">+4.1% (YTD: +76.5%)<\/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 0.6% at yesterday\u2019s close<\/span><span style=\"\"> on turnover of EGP 1.57 bn. Foreign investors <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">were net sellers. The index is up 14.9% YTD.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">In the green: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Qalaa Holdings (+5.8%), Elsewedy Electric (+5.3%) and Palm Hills Development (+5.3%).<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">In the red: <\/span><span>Rameda Pharma (-2.2%), Ezz Steel (-1.8%) and Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals (-1.6%).<\/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 green screens so far this morning: <\/span><span style=\"\">Asian markets are almost all up in early tradin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">g, and futures suggest both Wall Street and major European indices will open higher later on in the day. <\/span><\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- 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         <\/a>\r\n                        \n<article id=\"post-585135\" class=\"content-area-description post-585135 goinggreen type-goinggreen status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-going-green tag-climate-change tag-enterprise-going-green tag-enterpriseam tag-going-green tag-ipcc tag-un 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=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Governments around the world are unlikely to keep the globe from warming past <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">1.5\u00b0C<\/span><span>, according to UN climate experts, who now expect the key threshold to be breached in the coming decade. In its latest downbe<\/span><span>at <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/ar6\/syr\/\" style=\"\">assessment<\/a><\/span><span>, t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">he UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that average global temperatures will rise 1.5\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels by the first half of the 2030s as governments fail to bring down emissions quickly enough.<\/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\">1.5\u00b0C is key:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Countries agreed in Paris in 2015 to reduce emissions to limit global warming to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">1.5\u00b0C, a limit which the IPCC has warned is necessary to prevent increasingly severe weather events and irreversible climate change.<\/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 planet has already warmed to more than 1.1\u00b0C:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Average global temperatures <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/51aa60d3-b9c9-44dc-86ef-80207373a1a6\" style=\"\">reached<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/51aa60d3-b9c9-44dc-86ef-80207373a1a6\" style=\"\">1.15\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels last year<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, making 2022 the fifth or sixth warmest year on record, according to the World Meteorological Authority.<\/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 IPCC\u2019s assessment is conservative compared to other forecasts:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The UK\u2019s weather <\/span><span>service <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2354672-strong-el-nino-could-make-2024-the-first-year-we-pass-1-5c-of-warming\/\" style=\"\">said earlier this year<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> that global temperatures could rise beyond 1.5\u00b0C as soon as next year should the El Ni\u00f1o weather pattern replace La Ni\u00f1a this year as some experts expect. <\/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 IPCC points the finger squarely on weak commitments and unfulfilled promises: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u201cThere are gaps between projected emissions from implemented policies and those from NDCs and finance flows fall short of the levels needed to meet climate goals across all sectors and regions,\u201d according to the report. Under nationally determined contributions (NDCs) announced in the lead up to COP26 in 2021 the world is on track to hit 2.8\u00b0C of warming, the report says.<\/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 damage will be worse than previously thought: <\/span><span style=\"\">\u201cFor any given future warming level, <\/span><span>many climate-related risks are higher than assessed in <\/span><span>[the 2014 assessment report]<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, and projected long-term impacts are up to multiple times higher than currently observed,\u201d the IPCC says. Hazards like heat-related human mortality, food and water-borne illness and flooding near coastal regions are expected to be globally felt in the short term. <\/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\">Dramatic change is needed to avoid surpassing 1.5\u00b0C:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The world needs to slash <\/span><span style=\"\">greenhouse gas emissions <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">almost in half by the end of the decade and almost all CO2 emissions by 2050 if we\u2019re to avoid breaching the 1.5\u00b0C threshold, according to the report. Even in this scenario of dramatic emission cuts, the world would have a 50% chance of limiting warming to 1.5\u00b0C.<\/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\">We have the money to do it:<\/span><span style=\"\"> \u201cThere is sufficient global capital to close the global investment <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">gaps but there are barriers to redirect capital to climate action,\u201d especially given current economic conditions and the high indebtedness of developing countries, the IPCC says. <\/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\">Climate flows are rising:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Preliminary estimates from the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/publication\/global-landscape-of-climate-finance-a-decade-of-data\/\" style=\"\">Climate Policy Initiative<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> suggest that <\/span><span>climate flows rose to USD 850-940 bn in 2021, up as much as 42% from 2019-2020 and <\/span><span>more than double w<\/span><span>hat they were <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/publication\/global-landscape-of-climate-finance-2021\/\" style=\"\">in 2016-2017<\/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:700\">But we\u2019re still way off:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The Climate Policy Initiative says that climate flows need to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/publication\/global-landscape-of-climate-finance-2021\/\" style=\"\">hit USD<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/publication\/global-landscape-of-climate-finance-2021\/\" style=\"\">4.35 tn every year<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> by 2030 to meet climate objectives \u2014 almost 5x the estimated figure for 2021.<\/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\">Government funding will be key:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Reducing the barriers to climate finance will require <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">governments to take on a more active role in leading public funding for climate investments, according to the IPCC. Public finances will need to be deployed to reduce the regulatory, cost and market barriers for private capital and improve the risk-return profile for investors, it says.<\/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\">Adaptation measures may have only limited efficacy as temperatures rise:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Adaptation strategies that are feasible <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">today \u2014 like building more resilient infrastructure, improving water management practices and developing more efficient agricultural practices \u2014 \u201cwill become constrained and less effective with increasing global warming,\u201d the report says<\/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\">Mitigation remains our best bet:<\/span><span style=\"\"> A number of mitigation options such as expanding wind and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">solar energy, accelerating the adoption of green infrastructure, demand-side management and  reducing food waste are all increasingly cost-effective and have broad public backing, the IPCC says. In the decade to 2019 unit costs of wind and solar energy decreased by some 55% and 85% respectively, while the lithium ion batteries fell 85%. <\/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\">And there's still good reason for countries to focus on mitigation even if we fail to stay <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">within 1.5\u00b0C target: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">While the risks of breaching 1.5\u00b0C of warming are serious and difficult to reverse, they are projected to \u201cescalate with every increment of global warming,\u201d the IPCC warns.<\/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;\"><\/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 green economy stories for the week:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Red Sea wind farm financed: <\/span><span>Orascom Construction, Engie, and Toyota Tsusho reached <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/e65bdd83-a3be-4bf7-a585-c8456ab845bd\" style=\"\">financial close<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> on their 500 MW wind farm in the Gulf of Suez. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Waste-to-energy: <\/span><span>The Madbouly government <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/ca9e2848-5e45-4df3-afd9-aa0bb4cdd589\" style=\"\">signed<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">a USD 120 mn agreement with Renergy Egypt and its partners to build and operate a new waste-to-energy facility in Abu Rawash.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The military is building the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/edition\/am\/4ab8f580-11e0-4de7-aa8d-7061d4fd13b6\" style=\"\">country\u2019s first biogas-powered plant<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">with Al Mawarid Industrial Products Company.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received an official invitation<\/span><span> from UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/57dd4137-4d31-4367-9382-e7573716ffe5\" style=\"\">participate<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">in COP28 in Dubai.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MFAEgypt\/posts\/pfbid0314xBbMsCaweYcBJARJGg5bwNQoqusuzrAPydVyFibe4KEpnePKp8nKQuGWZq5kBbl\" style=\"\">spoke with<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> US climate envoy John Kerry<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, to follow up on work begun at COP27 ahead of this year\u2019s climate summit. <\/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 class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/climate-change\/\">climate change<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/going-green\/\">going green<\/a>\n                <!-- <span 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style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">April: SCZone roadshow in China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p 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> 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;\">10-16 April (Monday-Sunday): IMF \/ World Bank Spring Meetings, Washington DC. <\/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;\">11 April (Tuesday): House 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;\">11 April (Tuesday): Deadline for feed suppliers to register on the Egyptian Mercantile Exchange.<\/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 reconcile 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=\"\">12 April (Wednesday): British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA) <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beba.org.eg\/events\/bebas-iftar-ramadan-at-salah-el-din-citadel-tuesday-april-11-2023\/\" style=\"\">annual Ramadan iftar<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">, Salah El Din Citadel, 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;\">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>16 April (Sunday): Coptic Easter.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Official holiday for banks and the EGX. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>17 April (Monday): Official holiday in observance of <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid0BNL8Rkb2kqTeGd758PhNDiQcgxtn1x1u6t78PLrLrBfrhhQJ4SfYq9QnJPKzCASfl\" style=\"\">Sham El Nessim<\/a><\/span><span>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">20-25 April (Thursday-Tuesday): Public sector holiday in observance of Eid El Fitr an<\/span><span style=\"\">d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">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=\"\">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;\">28 April (Friday): First day of daylight saving time.<\/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): Deadline for corporate tax returns.<\/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>1 May (Monday): Deadline to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/form.typeform.com\/to\/QbFbUKfE\" style=\"\">apply<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> to VC funds program by GIZ Egypt, AfricaGrow and Dutch development bank FMO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\">2 May<\/span><span style=\"\"> (Tuesday): National Paints<\/span><span style=\"\"> 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;\">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 style=\"\">7 May (Sunday): Senate<\/span><span> back in session. <\/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=\"http:\/\/enterprise.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/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 style=\"font-weight:400;\">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;\">June: Indian representatives to discuss prospect investments in the Suez Canal. <\/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=\"http:\/\/enterprise.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/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;\">1 July: GAFI to launch the country\u2019s first integrated electronic platform to facilitate setting up a business.<\/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=\"\">10 August (Thursday): Shalateen Mineral Resources gold mining tender closes. <\/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;\">26 October (Thursday): Daylight saving time 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;\">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>November: Cairo to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid02Dnbtioh4JQwUzjkYVQR1hYxFmBP6BCmxrNEZVWU3XJDZFYfHLKC8pCPWjvWvdEel\" style=\"\">host<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrafricantradefair.com\/en\" style=\"\">Intra-African Trade Fair<\/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;\">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;\">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 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