{"id":586281,"date":"2023-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/09\/sfe-buys-49-of-el-ezaby-launches-pharma-logistics-firm-with-b-investments\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T00:00:00","slug":"sfe-buys-49-of-el-ezaby-launches-pharma-logistics-firm-with-b-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/09\/sfe-buys-49-of-el-ezaby-launches-pharma-logistics-firm-with-b-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"SFE buys 49% of El Ezaby, launches pharma logistics firm with B Investments"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\">The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (SFE) has acquired a 49% stake in leading pharma chain El <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Ezaby Pharmacy<\/span><span>, El Ezaby Chairman Ahmed El Ezaby said in a televised interview last night. The investment will enable the company to roughly double its branch count to 600, he told El Hekaya\u2019s Amr Adib (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Elhekayashow\/status\/1655662964156801042\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 7:28<\/a><\/span><span>), <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">without disclosing the size of the SFE\u2019s investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">The company turned down several offers from other sovereign wealth funds, he added.<\/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\">Meet EZ International<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">: <\/span><span style=\"\">The<\/span><span style=\"\"> SFE\u2019s healthcare sub fund and <\/span><span>private equity firm B Investments are setting up a pharma logistics and distribution firm in partnership with El Ezaby, according to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/429.pdf\" style=\"\">a joint press release (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 one-stop shop for the pharma industry:<\/span><span style=\"\"> EZ International will offer everything from logistics <\/span><span>and administrative support to trade and distribution services to local pharma companies, according to the statement<\/span><span>.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> It will first roll out to El Ezaby\u2019s 250+ branches nationwide before expanding to another 250 local pharmacies. <\/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\">Financial + ownership details TBC:<\/span><span style=\"\">The statement didn\u2019t disclose the size of the partners\u2019 <\/span><span>initial investments and <\/span><span>respective stakes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> in the new venture, but said that the two \u201care moving ahead with a two-year capital increase plan\u201d to support the new company. Representatives from SFE and B Investments didn\u2019t respond to our inquiries 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\">What they said: <\/span><span style=\"\">\u201cWe look forward to working together closely [with El Ezaby] to expand locally <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">and regionally. Through this partnership, we offer independent pharmacies a new business model that supports their growth and business development.\u201d said SFE head Ayman Soliman.<\/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 SFE and B Investments are a public-private pharma power couple: <\/span><span style=\"\">The sovereign fund <\/span><span>and B Investments in January agreed to together channel more than EGP 2 bn into local healthcare and pharma businesses. The PE firm\u2019s board in March signed off on investing up to <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/14df0f62-b573-4629-8bef-d23f826e508c\" style=\"\">EGP 500 mn<\/a><\/span><span> in the SFE\u2019s sub-fund as part of the two <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a9c41d46-7d0c-4f6e-af88-675213a72da1\" style=\"\">agreements<\/a><\/span><span>. The SFE is looking to draw an initial EGP 1.2 bn for the sub-fund, and hopes to raise additional capital down the line. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Ezaby wants to double its branch count to 600<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":586282,"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":[7363],"tags":[140,6704,72,145,7128,427,758,370],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-586281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ma-watch","tag-b-investments","tag-el-ezaby-pharmacy","tag-enterpriseam","tag-logistics","tag-ma-watch","tag-pharma","tag-private-equity","tag-sovereign-fund-of-egypt","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"2ad67365-7042-4cae-9df3-343bf0877aaf","order":"0","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/5\/442.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Egypt\u2019s sovereign fund buys 49% of El Ezaby, launches pharma logistics firm with B Investments","related_issue":[586276],"teaser":"El Ezaby wants to double its branch count to 600","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/5\/.721fa5df-615b-4708-a87d-607f70de39aa.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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