{"id":586591,"date":"2023-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/14\/this-evening-telecom-egypts-secondary-stake-sale-closes-were-looking-forward-to-meeting-you-at-the-exports-and-fdi-forum-tomorrow\/"},"modified":"2023-05-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T00:00:00","slug":"this-evening-telecom-egypts-secondary-stake-sale-closes-were-looking-forward-to-meeting-you-at-the-exports-and-fdi-forum-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/14\/this-evening-telecom-egypts-secondary-stake-sale-closes-were-looking-forward-to-meeting-you-at-the-exports-and-fdi-forum-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS EVENING: Telecom Egypt\u2019s secondary stake sale closes + We\u2019re looking forward to meeting you at the Exports and FDI Forum tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good afternoon, wonderful people<\/span>, and welcome to a brisk start to the week here in Omm El<\/span> Donia. <\/span><\/p>\n

Did you feel the quake? A 3.85 magnitude earthquake hit South Sinai this morning<\/span>,<\/span> according to a <\/span>statement (pdf)<\/a><\/span> from<\/span> the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics. No damages or casualties have been reported so far. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The Enterprise Exports and FDI Forum is<\/span>taking place tomorrow at the Four Seasons Nile <\/span>Plaza. <\/span>The event will see CEOs, top execs, bankers, and development finance folks attempt to solve the biggest economic issue of our time: How do we get out of our FX crunch by boosting exports and raising foreign direct investment.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are very grateful for the interest we\u2019ve seen from many of you<\/span> and we cannot wait to meet those attending. <\/span><\/p>\n

** Attendees who have confirmed and RSVP'd to their personal invitations do not need a QR code to enter the venue, <\/span>but please do bring a business card you can give us in exchange for your name tag and lanyard.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

We sent out the invitations to the event earlier today.<\/span> These invitations were extended on<\/span> an individual basis, and cannot be shared or substituted. Due to the incredible interest (for which we\u2019re very grateful) we are unable to accommodate anyone who did not receive an invitation. <\/span><\/p>\n

The event kicks off with an 8am networking breakfast<\/span>, with the opening panels starting at 9am. <\/span><\/p>\n

Who can you expect to see there? Our friend Tarek Hosny, head of investments and projects at Fertiglobe.<\/span> As head of projects and investments at one of the nation\u2019s most valuable exporters, Tarek Hosny is going to be speaking at the forum about how we can continue to increase our non-oil exports. He is joined on stage for that discussion by <\/span>Mohamed Talaat Khalifa, <\/span>CEO of Concrete, and <\/span>Shams Eweis,<\/span> corporate affairs manager, Egypt, North Africa and Levant at Mars about how they succeeded in entering the international market and what they are doing to stay there.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who else is speaking (in no particular order)?<\/span>Hossam Abou Moussa<\/span>, partner at Apis, <\/span>Hassan Massoud,<\/span> associate director and head of private equity (Southern Mediterranean) at the EBRD, <\/span>Tarek Kamel,<\/span> CEO of Nestle Egypt;<\/span> Omar Elsahy,<\/span> general manager of Amazon Egypt; <\/span>Khaled Morsy,<\/span> CEO of DB Schenker; <\/span>Shady William,<\/span> managing director of IDG; <\/span>Mark Wyllie,<\/span> CEO of Beyti;<\/span> Kareem Abou Ghaly<\/span>, chairman and CEO of Pasta Regina; <\/span>Yasmine Khamis,<\/span> chair of the Orientals Group, <\/span>Cheick-Oumar Sylla, <\/span>director for North Africa and Horn of Africa at the IFC;<\/span> Hossam Sallab,<\/span> CEO and vice-chairman of Sallab Group and Royal Ceramica; <\/span>Helmy Ghazi,<\/span> deputy CEO of HSBC Egypt; <\/span>Nada El Ahwal,<\/span> CSO of Transmar; <\/span>Nadia El-Tawil,<\/span> investment officer at AfricInvest, <\/span>Mostafa Bedeir,<\/span> CEO of Giza Seeds and Herbs, <\/span>Abdallah Sallam<\/span>, CEO at Madinet Masr, <\/span>Yassir Zouaoui, <\/span>partner at McKinsey; and <\/span>Mohamed ElGebely,<\/span> team leader at USAID Trade.<\/span><\/p>\n

Topics and live interviews will include:
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