{"id":565338,"date":"2021-04-04T13:56:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T13:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/04\/04\/e-finance-making-progress-to-revive-egypts-state-privatization-program\/"},"modified":"2021-04-04T13:56:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T13:56:12","slug":"e-finance-making-progress-to-revive-egypts-state-privatization-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/04\/04\/e-finance-making-progress-to-revive-egypts-state-privatization-program\/","title":{"rendered":"e-Finance making progress to revive Egypt\u2019s state privatization program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-01\"><\/a> <strong>State-owned e-payments firm e-Finance could pull the trigger on its IPO sometime<\/strong><strong> during the second half of the year<\/strong>, Chairman Ibrahim Sarhan <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3dyZXqB\">told Hapi Journal<\/a>. The company has wrapped up a final valuation study and completed other necessary procedures and is now waiting for the government committee managing the state privatization program to review the paperwork, Sarhan said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-Finance was earlier expected to complete the listing in the <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/12\/09\/egypt-gears-up-to-bring-e-finance-ipo-bdc-stake-sale-to-market-in-1q2020-8002\/\">first<\/a><\/strong><strong> or <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/d12f629a-4a0c-47e0-8286-84e15c079439\">second<\/a><\/strong><strong> quarters of the year,<\/strong> but a hold-up in a fair value report scheduled to be completed <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/50a64c3c-0ce1-414e-9c1a-fda33b245132\">at the end of January<\/a> delayed that plan. The IPO was originally slated for the end of 2019, before the government kicked <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/09\/01\/wave-two-of-egypts-state-privatization-program-kicked-to-early-2020\/\">all upcoming<\/a> state IPOs into 2021, citing unexpected delays, and then further into 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The time is right: The dust is now settling after \u201cunfavorable conditions\u201d (read: covid-19) in public markets set back the listing<\/strong>, Sarhan told the newspaper today. The company has been waiting for signs of a recovery, he says.<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-Finance\u2019s EGX debut would piggyback on momentum from several listings that are coming up after a long period of inactivity.<\/strong> Another state-owned company expected to make a hotly-anticipated debut on the exchange is Banque du Caire, but we\u2019re yet to hear more on the offering, which could take place <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a415199c-879d-44cc-9c9d-2db535e12dac\">by the end of 2021<\/a>. As for the private sector, higher education management company Taaleem is set to begin trading on Wednesday, after seeing <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/9b4f4fd0-2ce2-44d7-9de4-e0cb71aabbba\">high demand from retail investors<\/a> last week, and leading cosmeceutical and nutraceutical player Macro Pharma <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/e7b185ef-8845-4573-9b36-31998bb84ee7\">will start trading on 19 April<\/a> as it wraps up another IPO. Those IPOs are among a total of <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/da9fe7d5-87d0-47a8-862e-64973f50d038\">five or six<\/a> that could hit the exchange this year, EGX boss Mohamed Farid expects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the meantime, e-Finance is ramping up investments in three core projects:<\/strong> The first is a plan to set up <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/87b20875-6cf8-4b69-a510-f299a67fe936\">E-Tax<\/a>, a EGP 100 mn JV with the Finance Ministry to provide services and tech solutions to companies and authorities as Egypt transitions toward an electronic tax system. 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