{"id":585999,"date":"2023-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=585999"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:28:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:28:00","slug":"uaes-national-paints-holding-acquires-81-of-pachin-for-egp-770-5-mn","status":"publish","type":"issue","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/issues\/uaes-national-paints-holding-acquires-81-of-pachin-for-egp-770-5-mn\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE\u2019s National Paints Holding acquires 81% of Pachin for EGP 770.5 mn"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"586001\" 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=\"586001\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div 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class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/resources.inktankir.com\/internal\/27482.svg\" alt=\"\" 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\/5\/.085affc8-cb37-4856-92bd-59347786fc69.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span><\/span><\/p><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 end-of-week to you all. <\/span><span>Tomorrow is <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/162.jpg\" style=\"\">off<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> for all of our readers in Egypt as we observe Labor Day. <\/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 totally stacked issue for you this morning <\/span><span>and we\u2019ll be back with our customary EnterprisePM check-in this afternoon. Look for the Enterprise Weekend Edition tomorrow morning. EnterpriseAM will return at our customary time on Sunday. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">WATCH THIS SPACE-<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">#1- NUCA could again break its own securitization record: <\/span><span style=\"\">The New Urban <\/span><span>Communities Authority (NUCA) could move forward with a huge two-tranche, EGP 30 bn securitized bond issuance, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asharqbusiness.com\/article\/49730\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%85-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%AD-%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82-%D8%A8%D9%80%D9%8030-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87\/\" style=\"\">Asharq Business<\/a><\/span><span> reports, citing two sources it says are in the know. The authority has <\/span><span>rec<\/span><span>eived a <\/span><span>guarantee<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> from the Finance Ministry for bond, Asharq says. The sources didn\u2019t disclose when the sale could go ahead or who is advising on the transaction.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Big on bonds: <\/span><span style=\"\">NUCA has twice set the record for the market\u2019s biggest securitization, closing a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1e4b248f-60d6-4930-9a92-c2a6aeddb6dd\" style=\"\">EGP 20 bn transaction<\/a><\/span><span>in 2022 and a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/08f62d78-a688-47cb-9ad1-4ab4ad1bcb06\" style=\"\">EGP 10 bn sale<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">in 2020. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">#2- Don\u2019t expect ODH to make fresh investments in Egypt<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">: <\/span><span style=\"\">Orascom <\/span><span style=\"\">Development <\/span><span>Holding (ODH) will not be making any new investments in Egypt while uncertainty about the EGP-USD exchange rate continues, Samih Sawiris told <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3LOnbLO\" style=\"\">Al Arabiya<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> in an interview. The company will push ahead with ongoing and planned investments, but won\u2019t be allocating further capital here for the time being. ODH is, meanwhile, looking at Saudi Arabia, he said<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">#3- Gold prices, live:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The EGX will \u201cwithin days\u201d start sharing gold prices on its trading <\/span><span>screens, EGX boss Ramy El Dokany is quoted as saying by <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alborsaanews.com\/2023\/05\/02\/1662092\" style=\"\">Al Borsa<\/a><\/span><span>. The move coincides with the upcoming launch of a gold-backed investment fund, which <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/373fda24-6907-4c8b-bb56-623da5e5a367\" style=\"\">got the greenlight<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> from the Financial Regulatory Authority earlier this week.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Gold prices have surged this year on economic uncertainty:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The price of 21-karat gold has <\/span><span>soared 60% to record highs this year, and has more than tripled since the beginning of 2022 following several large devaluations and a severe bout of inflation.<\/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 style=\"\"><a id=\"wwtt1\"><\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">It\u2019s day 1 of the National Dialogue:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The National Dialogue will kick off today with an <\/span><span>inaugural ceremony that will feature 20 speakers from a range of backgrounds, the dialogue\u2019s general coordinator, Diaa Rashwan, told Kelma Akhira (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y9frUw3ZKNs\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 7:32<\/a><\/span><span>). The dialogue will hold three meetings a week f<\/span><span>or an unspecified duration t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">o discuss more than 100 political, economic, and social issues Some 800 individuals have been invited to participate, Rashwan said. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Look for two discussions today: <\/span><span style=\"\">The first on the <\/span><span>reasoning behind the 113 issues selected by the dialogue, and the second on political parties and their role in the proceedings, dialogue technical secretary Mahmoud Fawzy, told Masa\u2019a DMC (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k24NGOAS5Pg\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 16:47<\/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=\"\"><a id=\"wwtt3\"><\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">US counterterror chief is in Cairo:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Christopher <\/span><span>Landberg is in Cairo for three days of <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegctf.org\/\" style=\"\">Global Counterterrorism Forum<\/a><\/span><span> meetings, which Egypt is co-chairing with the EU, according to a US <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/acting-coordinator-for-counterterrorism-landbergs-travel-to-egypt\/\" style=\"\">statement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. Landberg will also hold security and counterterrorism talks with local officials. He is in town through 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\">The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avcaconference.com\/\" style=\"\">annual summit<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">AVCA\u2019s annual get-together and VC summit continues at the Four Seasons Nile Plaza today. Billing itself as the world\u2019s largest Africa-focused private capital gathering, the five-day summit is bringing together investors with more than USD 1.5 tn in assets under management.  Multilateral lenders and policymakers are also attending.<\/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;\">HAPPENING NEXT WEEK-<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"><a id=\"wwtt4\"><\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">It\u2019s budget week:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Finance Minister Mohamed Maait will deliver his statement for the <\/span><span>draft FY 2023-2024 budget when the House reconvenes on Tuesday, 9 May, according to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3LyKatc\" style=\"\">Al Mal<\/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\">What we know so far:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The government plans to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/03107bec-3f25-480c-a619-ee066c47dbb0\" style=\"\">up spending on subsidies and social<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/03107bec-3f25-480c-a619-ee066c47dbb0\" style=\"\">protection programs<\/a><\/span><span> to offset the impact of soaring inflation on households, and has <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/b03aea9c-e969-4c2b-b3fa-81b070dd812d\" style=\"\">released its fiscal targets<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> for the coming year. The draft budget was approved by the Madbouly government last month and it is currently with the House pending approval. <\/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\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/181.jpg?ssl=1\"><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">THE BIG STORY ABROAD -<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"\"><a id=\"wwtt2\"><\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The banking crisis is back as the Fed prepares to announce rate decision:<\/span><span style=\"\"> JPMorgan\u2019s <\/span><span>emergency takeover of most of First Republic Bank failed to soothe market nerves over the state of the US banking system yesterday, with shares in regional banks plunging as investors looked to the next weak link. PacWest fell 28% to a new record low while Western Alliance was down 15%, dragging down benchmark US indexes by more than 1%. (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/us\/futures-slip-ahead-fed-meet-us-debt-ceiling-jitters-dent-mood-2023-05-02\/\" style=\"\">Reuters<\/a><\/span><span> |<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-05-02\/pacwest-western-alliance-lead-regional-bank-stock-rout?srnd=premium\" style=\"\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/32342f88-2d24-4198-90f1-89eb23bd1def\" style=\"\">Financial Times<\/a><\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/regional-bank-stocks-plunge-ahead-of-fed-meeting-617ee3b4?mod=hp_lead_pos1\" style=\"\">Wall Street Journal<\/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\">The sell-off is continuing in Asia this morning <\/span><span style=\"\">with most equity benchmarks in the red this <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">morning. US and European stock markets will open flat ahead of the Fed\u2019s decision, according to stock futures.<\/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 does all this mean for the Fed?<\/span><span style=\"\"> The central bank is still expected to announce a 25-bps <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">rate hike at the end of its two-day policy meeting today. The latest turmoil in the banking system will serve as another reminder of the growing financial instability caused by higher interest rates and will likely harden expectations that the Fed will call an end to its tightening cycle at its next meeting in June. <\/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\/5\/50.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 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">at the Four Seasons Cairo Nile Plaza 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 Egypt 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\">Expect the gathering to be heavy on lessons learned in Egypt and other global growth markets \u2014 and to feature 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 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Prepare yourself for the action. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">8-9 May:<\/span><span> Open-Water Swimming World Cup. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">13-15 May:<\/span><span> Artistic Swimming World Cup. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">12-15 May:<\/span><span> World Beach Water Polo Qualifiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"586003\" 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=\"586003\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">2<\/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\/05\/03\/pachin-has-new-emirati-owners\/\">\r\n                            UAE\u2019s National Paints Holding has acquired 81% of Egyptian paintmaker Pachin for EGP 770.5 mn                        <\/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\/05\/03\/pachin-has-new-emirati-owners\/\" 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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Shareholders sold 19.36 mn shares to the Emirati company, which had offered to purchase up to 100% of the firm at <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/79e85a7d-b197-43f6-9148-05543ccf0442\" style=\"\">EGP 39.80 apiece<\/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\">Who sold? <\/span><span style=\"\">Government agencies offloaded their entire stakes in the company, a source with <\/span><span style=\"\">knowledge of the matter told Enterprise. State-owned Chemical Industries Holding (CIHC, 44.63%), Banque Misr (10.52%), and Misr Ins. (1.25%) sold down their full stakes, together representing <\/span><span style=\"\">56.40% of the company\u2019s share capital.<\/span><span style=\"\"> All three were long-term shareholders; no figures are available on the composition of other sellers.  <\/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 end of heated bidding war:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The end of the MTO concludes what was a protracted bidding <\/span><span style=\"\">process between NPH and Eagle Chemicals. The back-and-forth of bids and counter-bids saw Pachin\u2019s value more than double to EGP 955.2 mn. The <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/be49d19c-306f-4ee9-b6ee-b0dba42a18be\" style=\"\">first offer<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, lodged by Saybad Industrial Investment last July, valued the company at EGP 384-396 mn<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Market reax: <\/span><span style=\"\">Pachn\u2019s shares fell 1.4% to <\/span><span style=\"\">EGP 38.5<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">0 at yesterday\u2019s close. <\/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\">Part of a bigger plan: <\/span><span style=\"\">Pachin welcoming new owners comes as part of the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a94808c5-7a0c-4027-a786-804f2dc35954\" style=\"\">government\u2019s privatization plan<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, which should see it reduce its involvement in or exit certain industries to make way for the private sector. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">ADVISORS- <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Al Ahly Pharos was financial advisor to Pachin, while Shalakany Law Office was counsel. Matouk Bassiouny &amp; Hennawy acted as NPH\u2019s legal counsel. Al Ahly Pharos also brokered the transaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><i style=\"background-color: transparent;\"><font size=\"3\">This story was corrected on 3 May, 2023 to reflect that Al Ahly Pharos, not HC Securities, brokered the transaction.&nbsp;<\/font><\/i><\/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\/ma-watch\/\">M&amp;A Watch<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/pachin\/\">Pachin<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/privatization-watch\/\">privatization watch<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"586005\" 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=\"586005\">\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\">Automotive<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/03\/toyota-tsusho-could-set-up-a-car-factory-here\/\">\r\n                            Toyota Tsusho could set up a car factory in Egypt                        <\/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\/05\/03\/toyota-tsusho-could-set-up-a-car-factory-here\/\" 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 company wants each factory to produce some 100k vehicles annually, Toyota <\/span><span>Tsusho<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u2019s Jun Karube is quoted as telling GAFI CEO Hossam Heiba, without giving more details. Representatives from Toyota Egypt declined to comment on the plans when we reached out 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\">We have what it takes: <\/span><span>Toyota is in part considering putting one of the factories here because we have industries that feed into the automotive industry \u2014 <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/b7089f22-eb65-4418-81c1-c5fb17e42672\" style=\"\">including<\/a><\/span><span> Japanese firm Sumitomo\u2019s Tenth of Ramadan <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/cc1bf114-7cbc-4dd3-981d-55f926b15983\" style=\"\">parts factory<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, set to be the largest of its kind in the world.<\/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\">Toyota Tsusho\u2019s mobility arm (as it now calls its automobile division) is an assembler in some 50 countries<\/span><span style=\"\">, producing passenger cars as well as commercial and industrial vehicles, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toyota-tsusho.com\/english\/company\/business\/automotive.html\" style=\"\">its website notes<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">. Toyota Tsusho advertises deep ties to Africa and also has a focus on infrastructure, including contracts in Egypt. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Go deeper: <\/span><span style=\"\">Its website goes fairly deep into its plans for <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toyota-tsusho.com\/english\/company\/business\/automotive.html\" style=\"\">mobility<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toyota-tsusho.com\/english\/about\/project\/11.html\" style=\"\">Africa<\/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\">Localizing the automotive industry is a priority for policymakers, who have finally produced a range of industry incentives <\/span><span>through its soon-to-launch <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/0a06d4ec-4025-490e-8842-45c8a9fe0d8a\" style=\"\">Automotive Industry Development Program (AIDP)<\/a><\/span><span>. Incentives under AIDP aim to boost<\/span><span> local assembly and component manufacturing, up the sector\u2019s competitiveness to become a regional manufacturing hub, and bolster export volumes. The strategy still needs to be shipped to the House of Representatives for approval and is expected to begin being implemented in 2H 2023, Trade and Industry Ministry sources <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/f58bf2e9-4bd9-4c62-a46a-9a277f99088e\" style=\"\">told us<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">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\">Other auto projects in play:<\/span><span> Stellantis, Nissan and Al Mansour Automotive could invest a total of <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/5d8901c0-74be-4bac-b18f-c911b3869c11\" style=\"\">USD 145 mn<\/a><\/span><span> in local auto assembly <\/span><span>over the next three years. Abou Ghaly, GM, and <\/span><span>El Nasr Auto are also among those looking to produce <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/934069da-ded0-46a7-a775-cb695d98fad6\" style=\"\">electric vehicles<\/a><\/span><span> locally. <\/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\/automotive\/\">automotive<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/gafi\/\">GAFI<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" 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has-post-thumbnail hentry category-war-watch tag-abdel-fattah-el-sisi tag-diplomacy tag-enterpriseam tag-sameh-shoukry wpautop entry\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-audio mb-0\"><audio controls preload=\"metadata\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/5\/.64143e7a-d764-41e9-824a-e35d50b76df4.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<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\">Warring Sudan factions to enter a weeklong truce + peace talks are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">on the table: <\/span><span>The <\/span><span>Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to a seven-day ceasefire starting tomorrow through to Thursday, 11 May, the South Sudanese government said in a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthSudanGov\/status\/1653468667118514177?s=20\" style=\"\">statement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">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\">Previous ceasefires failed to hold: <\/span><span style=\"\">Ceasefires have ostensibly been in place since <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/94c0938e-85d0-4491-b3e6-5e6eabe47889\" style=\"\">25 April<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">but the fighting hasn\u2019t stopped for a single day since the conflict started almost three weeks ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Could peace talks actually be happening? <\/span><span style=\"\">The two sides have agreed to name <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">representatives to take part in peace talks \u201cto be held at an agreed venue of their choice,\u201d the statement said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Military reiterates that things are stable:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The \u201coperational situation is stable throughout the <\/span><span style=\"\">country apart from sporadic clashes with rebel militia,\u201d the armed forces said in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sudanese.armed.forces\/posts\/pfbid021XBBzH6J1rSM1tCPWyFTcrkGU4di5YzbfRsZqKMXxaW2gnzqVooZrzTjotZ5ySCul\" style=\"\">a statement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">.  <\/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 the RSF claims to have taken control of most of Khartoum:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The paramilitary group <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSFSudan\/status\/1653515747518185472?s=20\" style=\"\">said<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSFSudan\/status\/1653515747518185472?s=20\" style=\"\">yesterday<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> that it was in control of 90% of Khartoum state, a claim that has not been independently verified.<\/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 extended ceasefire came on the same day as talks in Cairo: <\/span><span style=\"\">Foreign Minister Sameh <\/span><span>Shoukry yesterday held talks in Cairo with an envoy of Sudan\u2019s de facto leader, Gen. Abdel <\/span><span>Fattah Al Burhan, the Foreign Ministry said in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MFAEgypt\/posts\/pfbid02vMHTLXh1HA4pBrYE55H2sKsrvgqaDGMChk8JojM2FTAgaobKSZwAp2C4Kf5hKwWKl\" style=\"\">a statement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. Shoukry called for both sides to commit to a ceasefire and the start of negotiations, the ministry said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Calls with US + EU chief diplomats: <\/span><span style=\"\">Shoukry yesterday discussed bringing an end to the <\/span><span>fighting with US Secretary of State <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MFAEgypt\/posts\/pfbid0ySAuqir1NzhDUncmfTgEuNnVt8WHgPBKWPBo7jYx4Z9eVCR2z2umAMwsEYgMK3kUl\" style=\"\">Antony Blinken<\/a><\/span><span> and the EU\u2019s foreign policy chief, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MFAEgypt\/posts\/pfbid02juphdhoNZRS2RRnFonPJQaxfni1inzjphh4HAjkcrrZ2CAurfZjs99NWN4qS2WrSl\" style=\"\">Josep Borrell<\/a><\/span><span>. Blinken told Shoukry that the US is ready to provide support to help Egypt handle the influx of refugees. Meanwhile, <\/span><span style=\"\">El Sisi discussed bringing about a ceasefire with his <\/span><span>Kenyan counterpart William Ruto, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Egy.Pres.Spokesman\/posts\/pfbid02WD6pxtbQpABb2MtL2SpRfov3e432kgRQPnB9Pw3cJtapmPj6dSpzTaxoDB7Uks35l\" style=\"\">Ittihadiya<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Death toll rises: <\/span><span style=\"\">The civil war has killed at least 550 people and injured around 5k others as of <\/span><span style=\"\">1 May, the Sudanese <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FMOH.SUDAN\/posts\/pfbid037gWb4BgiCtNHKUUpKpqRWskziZdeAo9QBRWHW7XLypjWPvuMmJYr1QTxxFtpXvjnl\" style=\"\">Health Ministry said<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">. It has become more difficult for those suffering injuries to seek the necessary medical aid, with airstrikes hitting the country\u2019s hospitals, the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/may\/02\/khartoum-hospitals-being-hit-as-sudan-fighting-intensifies\" style=\"\">Guardian reported<\/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\">The war has so far made refugees out of some 100k Sudanese people <\/span><span style=\"\">who have fled to <\/span><span style=\"\">Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and the Central African Republic, according to the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2023\/05\/1136292#:~:text=More%20than%20100%2C000%20people%20have,were%20themselves%20refugees%20in%20Sudan.\" style=\"\">latest figures<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> from the UN. Egypt has taken in around 20% of Sudan\u2019s refugees, with latest unofficial reports putting the number between <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MH-eq98_XdE\" style=\"\">20k<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3HAjwPo\" style=\"\">25k<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Some 330k people have been internally displaced since the fighting erupted, the UN said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">EL SISI ON SUDAN-<\/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\">President Abdel Fattah El Sisi gave a rare <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">interview to a foreign journalist<\/span><span> coinciding with <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/dbf1a575-7088-4942-9f30-c778533dba54\" style=\"\">the visit<\/a><\/span><span> of Japan\u2019s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, earlier this week. In his conversation with <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/14898341#:~:text=CAIRO--Egyptian%20President%20Abdel,his%20nation%20would%20not%20intervene.\" style=\"\">Ashahi Shimbun<\/a><\/span><span>, the president discussed his government\u2019s response to the conflict in Sudan and the ongoing diplomatic realignment in the region.<\/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\">Egypt is struggling with refugees: <\/span><span style=\"\">\u201cMany Sudanese are fleeing to Egypt and we are facing <\/span><span style=\"\">challenges,\u201d the president said, noting that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Egypt has received 8-9 mn people from Libya, Syria and Yemen<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> in recent years. \u201cIf we were to accept even more Sudanese, Egypt will definitely feel the effects.\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\">A non-interference policy: <\/span><span style=\"\">\u201cWe will not interfere in the domestic politics of other nations <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">because we do not want to further complicate the situation,\u201d he said, adding that Egypt will provide support for dialogue between the warring parties, establish a temporary civilian government, and hold elections. <\/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\">An Egyptian-Japanese mediated ceasefire? <\/span><span style=\"\">El Sisi said he was open to working with Japan <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">to mediate a ceasefire in Sudan.<\/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;\">SUDAN = THE CONVERSATION ON 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:700\">The conversation on Egypt in the international press is dominated by the situation in Sudan <\/span><span style=\"\">as refugees continue to flee to Egypt and other neighboring countries. <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/sudanese-fleeing-north-face-arduous-crossing-into-egypt-2023-05-01\/\" style=\"\">Reuters<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> and the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sudan-military-rsf-conflict-civilians-port-sudan-war-bd675f2ce360e7d40f4926c81057cdbf\" style=\"\">Associated Press<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> have more coverage of the struggles faced by those crossing the border \u2014 including limited <\/span><span style=\"\">access<\/span><span style=\"\"> to food and water, as well as high transportation costs. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/abdel-fattah-el-sisi\/\">Abdel Fattah El Sisi<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/diplomacy\/\">DIPLOMACY<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/sameh-shoukry\/\">Sameh Shoukry<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    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head of the Egyptian <\/span><span>Tourism Promotion Board, Amr El Kady, told CNBC Arabia (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3LMaccz\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 6:54<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">). El Kady didn\u2019t disclose how many tourists visited the country between January and April. <\/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\">R<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">EMEMBER- <\/span><span>The ministry is currently expecting to receive a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/17592ef1-2055-49cb-94c1-4ab525d57ba5\" style=\"\">record 15 mn tourists<\/a><\/span><span> this year, up 28% from 2022. <\/span><span style=\"\">El Kady says the ministry will review the target in June, but thinks we\u2019re on track to hit the 15 mn figure.<\/span><span> T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">he industry had a strong 2022, quickly shaking off the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war as operators replaced low-margin Ukrainian and Russian package tours with higher value travelers from Europe and the US. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">No GEM opening date?<\/span><span> The state is yet to decide on an opening date for the long-awaited opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), he said. Asharq Business <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/49f88f6c-09a1-4f2c-99f0-db2e4bf962a4\" style=\"\">reported<\/a><\/span><span> earlier this week that the museum could open its doors in November, citing an unnamed government official.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">What\u2019s the holdup? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u201cA number of world leaders and officials have expressed their interest in attending the museum\u2019s inauguration ceremony; consultations on that international level take a long time,\u201d El Kady said, adding that we can expect a date announcement \u201cvery soon.\u201d<\/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\/tourism\/\">tourism<\/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=\"586011\" 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=\"586011\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">6<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">Capital markets<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/03\/avanz-to-launch-low-carbon-fund-in-2024-plus-cib-share-trade-under-review-exits-gets-ib-license\/\">\r\n                            Avanz to launch Africa-focused low-carbon investment fund in 2024. 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The fund will have an initial capital of USD 200 mn and will start by targeting low-carbon projects in Ghana, Nigeria, and Morocco.<\/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\">Avanz is no stranger to low-carbon funds:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> It is managing the Planning Ministry\u2019s EGP 1 bn EgyCOP fund, that will invest in low-carbon projects that issue carbon credits.<\/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;\">CIB TRADE INVESTIGATED-<\/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 Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) is looking into irregularities relating to the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">trading of CIB shares<\/span><span style=\"\"> during a session three weeks ago, EGX boss Ramy El Dokany reportedly said yesterday, according to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alborsaanews.com\/2023\/05\/02\/1662097\" style=\"\">Al<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alborsaanews.com\/2023\/05\/02\/1662097\" style=\"\">Borsa<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">. At the end of the trading session on <\/span><span style=\"\">Thursday<\/span><span style=\"\">, 13 April the bank\u2019s share price <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/4\/694.png\" style=\"\">surged 14.5%<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> to EGP 58.50 on the strength of a single, <\/span><span style=\"\">2-mn-share block trade at the closing bell, sending the benchmark EGX30 index up 5.5%. Shares opened sharply lower at EGP 53.70 the following session.<\/span><span style=\"\">The EGX doesn\u2019t think this is a case of market manipulation and saw no irregularities in the session, but <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">it is possible the FRA \u201cmay have a different opinion,\u201d El Dokany said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Our take: This is simply the case of a trader having botched an execution order<\/span><span style=\"\">, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/89c01c23-4c2f-4b2c-849a-a05f7b5df844\" style=\"\">as we noted at the time last month<\/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\">ALSO- EGX tests update: <\/span><span style=\"\">The EGX on Monday put to the test its updated trading platform, which includes changes to the way stock\u2019s daily closing price is calculated and approved, it said in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/153.pdf\" style=\"\">a statement (pdf)<\/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;\">A NEW ADVISOR ON THE BLOCK-<\/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\">Regional fintech investment platform <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/exits.me\/\" style=\"\">Exits<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> will advise clients looking to list o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">n <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">the EGX <\/span><span>after it obtained a securities promotion and underwriting license from the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), it said in a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/135.pdf\" style=\"\">press release (pdf)<\/a><\/span><span>. The license will allow the company to help startups meet listing procedures to IPO on the bourse, adding to its <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/c0836b85-c8b1-49a5-81aa-e21a85793c75\" style=\"\">existing investment banking and M&A services<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> for startups and SMEs across MENA. <\/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\/avanz-capital-management\/\">Avanz Capital Management<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/capital-markets\/\">capital markets<\/a>\n         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tag-enterpriseam tag-foreign-exchange tag-house-of-representatives tag-legislation-watch wpautop entry\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-audio mb-0\"><audio controls preload=\"metadata\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/5\/.949cc30e-df54-4e72-875b-94ecd89625b4.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<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\">Yesterday in the House: <\/span><span style=\"\">MPs had a busy day yesterday granting five pending <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">bills their final approval and forwarding them to Ittihadiya to be signed into law. <\/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- Citizenship Act: <\/span><span style=\"\">Amendments to the Citizenship Act will make it easier for some <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/2c70383b-d7f7-4dac-a973-78afc798f621\" style=\"\">foreigners<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/2c70383b-d7f7-4dac-a973-78afc798f621\" style=\"\">to become Egyptian citizens<\/a><\/span><span> and help the state to secure some much-needed hard currency. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">The changes will allow foreigners to acquire citizenship by purchasing real estate, investing directly in local projects, or depositing money with the central bank. <\/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\">Final approval came despite opposition: <\/span><span>Some MPs <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/36e31407-cc82-4124-81f1-59bb9f907de8\" style=\"\">voiced opposition<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> to the bill, saying foreigners who invest in the country should only be granted permanent residency; a number of them expressed skepticism that the bill would attract substantial inflows.<\/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\">#2- Dog ownership: <\/span><span style=\"\">New, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/c5ed6e8a-27bf-489b-a196-65562606796a\" style=\"\">stricter rules on dog ownership<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> will require dog owners to purchase <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">licenses costing EGP 1k-50k. Unlicensed owners or owners whose animals attack other people could be fined and \/ or sent to jail. The amendments also introduce new regulations on the possession of dangerous animals.<\/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\">#3- Tax-free Dabaa nuclear plant: <\/span><span style=\"\">The <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/373fda24-6907-4c8b-bb56-623da5e5a367\" style=\"\">bill would<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> hand tax exemptions to local a<\/span><span style=\"\">nd<\/span><span>international companies working on the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/d4d04a90-0017-4542-95d3-cb69f3495dc6\" style=\"\">Dabaa nuclear plant<\/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\">#4- Manuscript protection: <\/span><span style=\"\">The bill aims to protect historic, hand-written Egyptian manuscripts through forming a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">specialized committee.<\/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\">#5- Police academy: <\/span><span style=\"\">The approved amendments tighten rules on who is eligible to enroll in <\/span><span>the police academy. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">It forbids people with dual nationality and those with relatives on the terror list from enrolling at the academy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">What\u2019s next? <\/span><span style=\"\">The amendments will be handed to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to be signed into law. They will then take effect when the executive regulations for each of them are published in the Official Gazette, a process that can take up to six months.<\/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\/dangerous-dogs-act\/\">Dangerous Dogs Act<\/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\/foreign-exchange\/\">foreign exchange<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\">House of Representatives<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/legislation-watch\/\">Legislation Watch<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"586015\" 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=\"586015\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">8<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">EARNINGS WATCH<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/03\/sodic-posts-higher-revenues-in-1q-2023-while-inflation-impacts-sales\/\">\r\n                            SODIC posts higher revenues in 1Q 2023 while inflation impacts sales                        <\/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\/05\/03\/sodic-posts-higher-revenues-in-1q-2023-while-inflation-impacts-sales\/\" 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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Revenues for the quarter rose 26% y-o-y to EGP 1.5 bn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Economic headwinds hit sales:<\/span><span> Gross contracted sales fell 25% y-o-y during the quarter after rising construction costs prompted the company to temporarily halt sales <\/span><span style=\"\">in early 2023 as it revisited its pricing strategy amid rising construction costs<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, it said in the release. SODIC sold 274 units during the quarter, amounting to EGP 2.78 bn in gross contracted sales. This is down from EGP 3.74 bn in 1Q 2022.<\/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\">More price changes to come? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u201cGoing forward SODIC will periodically review its selling prices as it seeks to balance maximizing sales with managing cost inflation risk in the current inflationary environment,\u201d the company said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">REMEMBER- <\/span><span>It has been a challenging few months for real estate players, who are faced with the devaluation of the EGP and import difficulties on the back of an FX crunch that sent raw materials prices soaring. The Madbouly government has given developers a <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/04aeeb0e-94ef-488b-8ea9-320c3f16c90e\" style=\"\">20% deadline<\/a><\/span><span> extension on their projects following <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1183f9a2-892e-44b9-9b4c-69ad08a1dba0\" style=\"\">pleas for state support<\/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\">Demand was \u201chealthy\u201d: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u201cWe have witnessed very healthy demand for the limited launches that we have released during the quarter. We will continue bringing forward releases across our projects during the year,\u201d SODIC General Manager Ayman Amer 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\/earnings-watch\/\">earnings watch<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/real-estate\/\">real estate<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/sodic\/\">SODIC<\/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=\"586017\" 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=\"586017\">\r\n            \r\n                <div class=\"issue-story-header text-center\">\r\n                    <div class=\"index-number\">9<\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"f-graphik\">Capital markets<\/p>\r\n                    <h3 class=\"story-title\">\r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/03\/efg-hermes-tops-egx-brokerage-league-table-again-in-april\/\">\r\n                            EFG Hermes tops Egyptian Exchange brokerage league table again in April                        <\/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\/05\/03\/efg-hermes-tops-egx-brokerage-league-table-again-in-april\/\" 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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Al Ahly Pharos Securities Brokerage came in second (10.7%), followed by CI Capital (7.2%). 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USD 25 mn).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">USD 25 mn is not much, but it\u2019s something: <\/span><span style=\"\">\u201cThe USD 25 mn transaction makes up a mere <\/span><span>1% of the Madbouly\u2019s government\u2019s goal to raise USD 2 bn for its privatization program by June \u2026 what\u2019s important is that the money is coming from a foreign investor, bringing USDs into the country,\u201d Amr Elalfy, head of research at Prime Securities, told Kelma Akhira\u2019s Lamees El Hadidi (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QzhC7j10Sv8\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 7:02<\/a><\/span><span>). He explained that the transaction is a message of reassurance that despite our exchange rate, Egypt still has strong assets that attract investors. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">We have the full story in the news well, above. <\/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 situation in Sudan could have dangerous consequences for the region: <\/span><span style=\"\">\u201cSudan has a <\/span><span>very important strategic location, sharing borders with seven countries \u2026 the prolonging of the war in Sudan could end up spilling over and enticing violence in its neighbors which would be very dangerous for the Horn of Africa,\u201d International Affairs Professor and African affairs expert Hamed Faris told Al Hayah Al Youm (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pfFyZ4rFFLU\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 5:59<\/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\">There\u2019s a big question mark over the future of the country: <\/span><span style=\"\">\u201cThere is no knowing how things <\/span><span>will be once the situation calms down,\u201d former foreign minister Mohamed El Orabi told Masa\u2019a DMC (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c2c00TzxzpY\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 9:33<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"tags-section\">\n        <div class=\"f-graphik\">Tags:<\/div>\n        <div class=\"tags-list\">\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/economy\/\">economy<\/a>\n     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The project is expected to finish by the end of April 2025.<\/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\">Samcrete<\/span><span style=\"\"> was awarded two contracts worth a combine<\/span><span style=\"\">d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">EUR 36.6 mn<\/span><span style=\"\"> to b<\/span><span style=\"\">uild new <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">sewage networks and pump stations<\/span><span> in the governorate. <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ecepp.ebrd.com\/delta\/viewNotice.html?displayNoticeId=26145788\" style=\"\">One contract<\/a><\/span><span> will finish in October 2024 and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ecepp.ebrd.com\/delta\/viewNotice.html?displayNoticeId=26145869\" style=\"\">the other<\/a><\/span><span> in December 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;\">COMMODITIES-<\/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\">Cheaper wheat:<\/span><span style=\"\"> GASC could pay as little as USD 250 a ton for its upcoming wheat <\/span><span>purchase,<\/span><span> tr<\/span><span>aders said y<\/span><span>esterday. In its <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/373fda24-6907-4c8b-bb56-623da5e5a367\" style=\"\">latest international wheat tender<\/a><\/span><span> launched yesterday, two Russian grain traders offered to shi<\/span><span>p 235k tons <\/span><span>of wheat for USD 250 on a FOB basis. Several Romanian suppliers bid USD 260-263, higher than GASC\u2019s USD 250 asking price. <\/span><span>If accepted, this would be alm<\/span><span>ost 10% cheaper<\/span><span> than the state grains buyer\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1e90f256-719d-44ac-b3dc-00f0b167fa3d\" style=\"\">last tender<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> less than a month ago.<\/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\">A year is a long time in the commodity markets:<\/span><span> Wheat prices have <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/b942fd02-9eaa-4563-87e3-f3b7b635eb0b\" style=\"\">almost halved<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> from a year ago, helping to ease the pressure on Egypt\u2019s import bill. As the world\u2019s largest wheat importer, Egypt was among the most vulnerable countries to the fallout from the war in Ukraine, which temporarily cut off wheat exports from Russia and Ukraine, its two biggest suppliers.<\/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;\">REAL ESTATE-<\/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\">ODE starts deliveries at new O West phases:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Orascom Development Egypt (ODE) <\/span><span>has begun delivering residential units at the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owest.com.eg\/neighborhoods\/Whyt\" style=\"\">Whyt<\/a><\/span><span> and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.owest.com.eg\/neighborhoods\/Tulwa\" style=\"\">Tulwa<\/a><\/span><span> phases of its O West project in Sixth of October, the company said in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/159.pdf\" style=\"\">a statement (pdf)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">yesterday. The company expects to deliver more than 350 villas in Whyt and 1,650 apartments in Tulwa this year, it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">O West has become a key money-maker for the company:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The development became ODE\u2019s <\/span><span>largest contributor to new sales in 2022, rising 44% to EGP 5.7 bn, according to its <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/3\/Orascom-Development-Earnings-Release-FY2022-19-3-2023-EN.pdf\" style=\"\">4Q earnings release (pdf)<\/a><\/span><span>. Revenues from O West rose by two-thirds to EGP 2.9 bn, accounting for <\/span><span>more than a quarter <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">of the company\u2019s total revenue.<\/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;\">TELECOMS-<\/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\">Mobile network quality improves in 1Q 2023: <\/span><span style=\"\">The number of areas across Egypt <\/span><span>affected by mobile voice quality issues dropped 7% y-o-y in 1Q 2023, while the number experiencing mobile data quality issues was down 31% y-o-y, according to the quarterly complaints <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/161.pdf\" style=\"\">report (pdf)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> from the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA). <\/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\">More fines handed out: <\/span><span>During the quarter the NTRA ordered the country\u2019s four telecom providers \u2014 Telecom Egypt, Orange Egypt, Etisalat Egypt, and Vodafone Egypt \u2014 to pay a combined EGP 32 mn in fines for failing to meet standards, up 64% from the EGP 19 mn <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3oR5hir\" style=\"\">handed out<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> during the same period last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">FINTECH-<\/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\">Mastercard to roll out card tokenization in Egypt:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Mastercard is working to provide <\/span><span>all issuing banks across the country with the payment infrastructure needed to offer card tokenization services, the firm said in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/press-release\/companies-news\/mastercard-brings-cutting-edge-card-tokenization-know-how-to-egypt-expanding-payment-innovation-c392wg3n\" style=\"\">a statement<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. The joint project between Mastercard, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), and the Egyptian Banks Company (EBC) will see every payment card get a unique identifier or \u2018token\u2019 that can be used to make in-person and online transactions, eliminating the need to share sensitive customer data like account numbers. <\/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;\">LOGISTICS-<\/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- <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Bahri + Suez Canal Authority to pour USD 50 mn into new joint-stock maritime <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">transport firm: <\/span><span style=\"\">Saudi Arabia\u2019s state-owned National Shipping Company (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahri.sa\/\" style=\"\">Bahri<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">) and the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.suezcanal.gov.eg\/English\/Pages\/default.aspx\" style=\"\">Suez Canal Authority<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> (SCA) are investing USD 50 mn to establish an Egyptian joint-stock company for maritime transport, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/41URIgH\" style=\"\">Al Mal<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> reports, citing a source familiar with the matter. The two companies plan to finalize procedures for the new company by the end of 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:700\">#2- Khazenly wants to make it easier for merchants to do business overseas:<\/span><span style=\"\"> B2B <\/span><span>logistics startup <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/khazenly.com\/\" style=\"\">Khazenly<\/a><\/span><span> has launched a new cross-border service designed to make it easier for Egyptian merchants to sell their products overseas, it said in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/157.pdf\" style=\"\">a statement (pdf<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/157.pdf\" style=\"\">)<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> yesterday. \u2018Cross borders\u2019 is an integrated service that helps companies with local fulfillment, foreign-exchange transactions, permits and licenses, and product returns, it 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\/al-kharafi-sons\/\">Al Kharafi &amp; Sons<\/a>\n                <!-- <span class=\"sep\">,&nbsp;<\/span> -->\n                            <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/tag\/also-on-our-radar\/\">ALSO ON OUR RADAR<\/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 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data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image-title=\"174.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/174.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/174.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" \/>                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n\r\n                \n<article id=\"post-586025\" class=\"content-area-description single-story post-586025 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-planet-finance tag-aramco tag-cryptocurrency tag-enterpriseam tag-financial-markets tag-oil-and-gas tag-planet-finance 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   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mb-0\"><audio controls preload=\"metadata\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/5\/.18cae9ff-2c56-498a-8687-36b8e1fc40fb.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\">Dubai\u2019s regulators are adopting a more stringent stance towards crypto: <\/span><span>Dubai\u2019s crypto regulator has issued a written reprimand to the founders<\/span><span>of the collapsed Singapore-based hedge fund, Three Arrows Capital, for setting up a new crypto exchange without a license. (<\/span><span>Statement<\/span><span> | <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-05-02\/dubai-reprimands-three-arrows-founders-over-new-crypto-project?srnd=premium-middle-east&amp;leadSource=uverify%20wall#xj4y7vzkg\" style=\"\">Bloomberg<\/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\">Need-to-knows:<\/span><\/p><ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Crypto hub aspirations:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Dubai has become known for its light-touch approach towards <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">crypto regulations, which it has used to attract the world\u2019s crypto bros to its shores.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">But it also wants to clean up its act on money laundering:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The UAE is <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-04-25\/uae-says-escape-from-gray-listing-hinges-on-policy-effectiveness\" style=\"\">trying to get<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-04-25\/uae-says-escape-from-gray-listing-hinges-on-policy-effectiveness\" style=\"\">its name off<\/a><\/span><span> the Financial Action Task Force\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/03\/05\/uae-is-placed-on-money-laundering-watchdogs-gray-list-.html\" style=\"\">\u201cgray list\u201d<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> of countries with weak rules on money laundering.<\/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\">Sinopec + TotalEnergies want in on Aramco\u2019s USD 100+ bn gas project: <\/span><span style=\"\">China\u2019s <\/span><span>Sinopec and France\u2019s TotalEnergies are among the companies in talks with Saudi oil giant Aramco to invest in its USD 100 bn Jafurah project, one of the world\u2019s largest unconventional gas fields, people familiar with the matter told <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-05-02\/aramco-in-talks-with-sinopec-and-total-on-10-billion-saudi-gas-deal?srnd=premium-middle-east\" style=\"\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/span><span> yesterday. Aramco is looking to raise USD 10 bn to develop the field, which could include the construction of LNG facilities, some of the people said. Investment bank Evercore is providing advice.<\/span><\/p><p><a id=\"t.de8382ab8a74c560e12107a619d2903dad70f2bc\"><\/a><a id=\"t.0\"><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stock-ticker-panel\">\n<table class=\"table stock-ticker-table table-striped markets-table\">\n<tbody>\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\">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;\">17,301<\/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: +18.5%)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-none\">\n<td class=\"td-list-none\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">USD (CBE)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Buy 30.84<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Sell 30.96<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-none\">\n<td class=\"td-list-none\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">USD at CIB<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Buy 30.85<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Sell 30.95<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-none\">\n<td class=\"td-list-none\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">Interest rates CBE<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">18.25% deposit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">19.25% lending<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-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;\">11,219<\/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: +7.1%)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-down\">\n<td class=\"td-list-down\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets1\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets1\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">ADX<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">9,669<\/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: -5.3%)<\/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\">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;\">3,576<\/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% (YTD: +7.2%)<\/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\">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;\">4,120<\/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;\">-1.2% (YTD: +7.3%)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-down\">\n<td class=\"td-list-down\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets1\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets1\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">FTSE 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">0<\/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;\">7,773<\/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;\">-1.2% (YTD: +4.3%)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr-row-down\">\n<td class=\"td-list-down\">\n<p><svg class=\"e-icon e-TypeMarkets1\"><use xlink:href=\"#e-TypeMarkets1\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700;\">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;\">4,295<\/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;\">-1.5% (YTD: +13.2%)<\/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 75.27        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">-5.1%<\/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\">Natural gas <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">(Nymex)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">USD 2.22<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">-4.2%<\/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 2,026.80<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"border-right-style:solid;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;border-bottom-border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-left-border-right-border-left-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1pt;width:139.2pt;border-top-border-bottom-style:solid\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">+1.7%<\/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 28,679<\/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;\">+2.8% (YTD: 73.8%)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\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 fell 0.1% at yesterday\u2019s c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">lose<\/span><span style=\"\"> on turnover of EGP <\/span><span style=\"\">1.51 bn (14% below the trailing 90-day average). Regional investors <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">were net buyers. 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In a bid to bring in more business \u2014 particularly in foreign currency \u2014 several players have begun to seek out contracts in regional markets, where our sources tell us there is plenty of demand for Egyptian companies\u2019 work. This push beyond our borders also coincides with a pickup in Egypt\u2019s infrastructure diplomacy drive, particularly in Iraq. <\/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\">Iraq is starting to tap Egyptian companies for infrastructure projects:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The Contractors<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Union has received offers from Iraq for Egyptian companies to work on 12 different projects under an infrastructure diplomacy mechanism the two countries set up in 2020, union member Shams Eldin Youssef told Enterprise. The offers include infrastructure and roadwork projects, Youssef said, noting that <\/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\">REFRESHER-<\/span><span style=\"\"> Back in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/8bd78d32-e156-46dd-9bb4-8cc773b033a6\" style=\"\">November 2020<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\">, Egypt and Iraq agreed to set up a mechanism that<\/span><span> would see Egyptian companies work on development projects in Iraq in return for importing Iraqi oil. Under the \u201coil-for-reconstruction\u201d agreement, Egyptian companies will be contracted by our government to both advise and execute some key projects for Iraq, with the agreements set to cover everything from oil and water resources to construction, housing, and transportation. Iraqi officials <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/6c3b7579-84c0-40af-9030-28d0eb72c87f\" style=\"\">had also said<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> they want Egyptian firms to work on rebuilding Iraq\u2019s electricity grid, as well as rebuilding the country\u2019s road network. <\/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\">Despite being a relatively well-thought out mechanism, we haven\u2019t seen much come out<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> of the infrastructure diplomacy agreement with Iraq.<\/span><span> Last we heard, officials were still working out the specifics of the mechanism, including how companies will be paid and which of the two countries would be responsible for payment. However, we haven\u2019t seen much development on that front, nor have there been any contracts offered to Egyptian firms to start working on infrastructure projects in Iraq. Orascom Construction, Arab Contractors, Petrojet, and local contractor Samco Egypt already operate in the country. Arab Contractors has for years worked on water infrastructure projects in Iraq, while Orascom Construction helped to rebuild a 1.6 GW power plant there <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orascom.com\/media\/cms_page_media\/2019\/9\/14\/OC%20and%20Siemens%20to%20Rebuild%201.6%20GW%20Power%20Plant%20in%20Iraq_EN_R8F8yTD.pdf\" style=\"\">in 2019<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> alongside Siemens. <\/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\">Industry players are looking at several other markets in the region beyond Iraq:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Elsewedy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Electricity subsidiary Rowad Modern Engineering, for one, is eyeing expansion in Gulf markets, after successfully expanding its operations to Africa, CEO Mohamed Mahlab told Enterprise. The company plans to expand in Saudi, where it is looking to lock down a portfolio worth somewhere between SAR 500 mn and SAR 1 bn this year, Mahlab said. Several Egyptian contracting firms have also signed contracts for projects in Libya but have yet to begin work, head of the Egyptian Federation of Construction and Building Contractors Mohamed Sami Saad told Enterprise.<\/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\">There\u2019s also significant potential in Africa<\/span><span style=\"\">, Youssef said, with a large number of Egyptian<\/span><span> firms landing contracts to work on infrastructure projects in different countries across the continent. Our friends at Elsewedy Electric, for example, built the Julius Nyerere Dam in Tanzania under a USD 2.9 bn contract with Arab Contractors, with Tanzanian officials kicking off the first filling for the dam <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/850205fa-f25d-4230-9f82-a397f4f474cb\" style=\"\">late last year<\/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 there are risks that come with these expansions \u2014 and some regulatory tweaks that<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\"> need to be made to truly create momentum:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> Some markets where there is real potential for Egyptian firms to land business and generate foreign currency income also come with sizeable risk, making it crucial for there to be a risk mitigation framework in place, Sami Saad tells us. This includes hedging against security risks in countries where there is political turbulence, such as Libya and Iraq, as well as risks related to payments and arrears, he said. In Iraq specifically, the two countries must agree on and announce a clear mechanism for how participating Egyptian firms would be paid under the oil-for-reconstruction agreements, which Sami Saad said could be the key for contractors here at home entering the promising Iraqi market.<\/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 upside remains significant:<\/span><span style=\"\"> With plenty of potential business for our companies in<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> regional markets, these players can secure liquidity that would help them finance further expansions, as well as their existing operations here in Egypt, Sami Saad noted. Securing income in FX would also help these companies hedge against future currency fluctuations. <\/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 infrastru<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">cture stories for the week:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">47 firms will be able to bid in upcoming PPP desalination tenders:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The Sovereign <\/span><span>Fund of Egypt has <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/f776d860-3854-414f-b89b-c8755dae0862\" style=\"\">prequalified 17 consortiums<\/a><\/span><span> to bid in its upcoming tenders for <\/span><span>renewables-powered desalination projects<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Egypt + JICA sign funding agreement for Metro Line 4:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The Japanese International <\/span><span>Corporation Agency (JICA) will <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/dbf1a575-7088-4942-9f30-c778533dba54\" style=\"\">lend JPY 100 bn<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> (c. USD 733 mn) to Egypt to finance the construction of Cairo Metro Line 4.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:700\">AWID is looking at Egypt\u2019s desalination program:<\/span><span style=\"\"> The water infrastructure <\/span><span>investment platform established by Metito and British International Investment earlier this year could be interested in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/b76ec80b-bf18-47d1-bf53-07b5b9cefb8f\" style=\"\">building two desalination plants<\/a><\/span><span>.<\/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\/construction\/\">construction<\/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;\">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 style=\"font-weight:400;\">7 May (Sunday): Senate back in session. <\/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;\">7-11 May (Sunday-Thursday): First round of applications for sixth phase of export subsidy program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span>9 May (Tuesday): House 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>14 May (Sunday): EgyptAir to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid02oUmEzhqGdeFuGWdMo9HQXbVTNpLc5fcDmTUPrxnb6RUdTLcwjRi2nkjFPzxaKA88l\" style=\"\">launch<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> a new route to Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/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) Egytrans\u2019 shareholders to vote on NOSCO acquisition. <\/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;\">17-31 May (Wednesday - Wednesday): Second round of applications for sixth phase of export subsidy 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;\">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 style=\"font-weight:400;\">19-21 May (Friday-Sunday): G7 summit, Hiroshima, Japan.<\/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>29 May (Monday): <\/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=\"font-weight:400;\">30 May (Tuesday): Listed companies have until this date to report and publish their 1Q results.<\/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>19-20 June (Monday-Tuesday): The <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/pfbid02CGDhTGDSXLWXh385bFqBYLAz3Ls4XPgr2ULByxjv4rZiAJCdh7s7UfsKH7c1FwLil\" style=\"\">forum<\/a><\/span><span> for insolvency reforms and corporate restructuring in the Middle East and North Africa.<\/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;\">5 - 6 July (Monday - Tuesday): Gov\u2019t to pay out subsidies to first wave of applicants under its sixth export subsidy 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;\">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;\">19 - 20 July (Wednesday - Thursday): Gov\u2019t to pay out subsidies to second wave of applicants under its sixth export subsidy 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;\">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;\">2 - 3 August (Wednesday - Thursday): Gov\u2019t to pay out subsidies to second wave of applicants under its sixth export subsidy 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;\">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=\"\">September: Susta<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">inable Debt Coalition Initiative agreed at COP27 to launch. <\/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=\"\">25 September (Monday): Nasdaq <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">deadline for Swvl Holdings Corp to increase its market value of publicly held shares to a minimum of USD 15 mn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight: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 style=\"\">October: <\/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=\"\">Deadline<\/a><\/span><span style=\"\"> for ins<\/span><span>. providers to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/edition\/am\/e4d8d8da-b406-4776-ab2a-fa796e247eab\" style=\"\">link their databases<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> with the FRA.<\/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 style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">2Q 2025: Safaga Terminal 2 to initiate operations.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\n\t\n<\/article><!-- #post-${ID} -->\n\n\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div> <!-- \/.story -->\r\n    \n    \n\n    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