{"id":586023,"date":"2023-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/03\/al-kharafi-samcrete-awarded-eur-60-mn-in-contracts-for-new-water-infrastructure-in-fayoum-plus-cheaper-wheat-better-mobile-networks-o-west-deliveries\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T00:00:00","slug":"al-kharafi-samcrete-awarded-eur-60-mn-in-contracts-for-new-water-infrastructure-in-fayoum-plus-cheaper-wheat-better-mobile-networks-o-west-deliveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/03\/al-kharafi-samcrete-awarded-eur-60-mn-in-contracts-for-new-water-infrastructure-in-fayoum-plus-cheaper-wheat-better-mobile-networks-o-west-deliveries\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Kharafi + Samcrete awarded EUR 60 mn in contracts for new water infrastructure in Fayoum. PLUS: Cheaper wheat, better mobile networks, O West deliveries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">INFRASTRUCTURE-<\/span><\/p>\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\">Al Kharafi + Samcrete to build new water infrastructure in Fayoum:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Al Kharafi & <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Sons and Samcrete have been awarded several contracts under the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development-backed (EBRD) Fayoum wastewater treatment project, according to the lender\u2019s website. <\/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\">Al Kharafi<\/span><span style=\"\"> has been chosen to design and build a <\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-weight:700;text-decoration-skip-ink:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ecepp.ebrd.com\/delta\/viewNotice.html?displayNoticeId=25893142\" style=\"\">new wastewater treatment plant<\/a><\/span><span>with a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">35k cbm\/d capacity<\/span><span> under a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">EUR 23.9 mn<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> contract. 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The companies will build a new wastewater treatment plant and sewage networks under EBRD-backed program<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":586024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7209],"tags":[7035,111,271,214,317,571,72,183,550,7111,2054,145,865,1838,256,83,997],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-586023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-also-on-our-radar","tag-al-kharafi-sons","tag-also-on-our-radar","tag-central-bank-of-egypt","tag-cit","tag-commodities","tag-ebrd","tag-enterpriseam","tag-fintech","tag-gasc","tag-infrastructure","tag-khazenly","tag-logistics","tag-mastercard","tag-o-west","tag-orascom-development-egypt","tag-real-estate","tag-samcrete","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"2d3ce9ba-f9f8-423a-b9d5-16ec92079068","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/171.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Al Kharafi + Samcrete awarded EUR 60 mn in contracts for new water infrastructure in Fayoum. 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