{"id":590014,"date":"2023-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/07\/12\/privatization-dominates-the-airwaves\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T00:00:00","slug":"privatization-dominates-the-airwaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/07\/12\/privatization-dominates-the-airwaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Privatization dominates the airwaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Privatization stations: <\/span><span>The nation\u2019s talking heads were laser-focused on the latest on<\/span><span> privatization, courtesy of Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly\u2019s big presser. 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=TnHVCg-RrZc\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 4:26<\/a><\/span><span>) dissected the PM\u2019s comments, w<\/span><span>hile Ala Maso\u2019uleety\u2019s Ahmed Moussa held a 40-minute phone call with Cabinet Spokesperson Nader Saad (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ttSC7V9Kzys\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 40:58<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">) to understand the ins and outs of Madbouly\u2019s announcements. We have our own coverage in this morning\u2019s Privatization Watch, 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\">Could credit rating agencies have a change of heart? <\/span><span>\u201cA lot of international p<\/span><span>ublications were saying that we had an exchange rate crisis on the back of high demand for FX but with the implementation of the privatization program, I believe that their outlooks will change in future reports,\u201d EGX board member Rania Yacoub 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=IBj_xVwP2u8\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 6:21<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">). She is expecting to see a major change in how international firms view the Egyptian economy by 1Q 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\">Yes, but\u2026 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">It\u2019s going to take a lot more than (not quite) USD 2 bn in proceeds to move the needle \u2014 and frankly, asset sales are no substitute for lasting inflows of FDI into export-oriented industries.<\/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>Over the past few months, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/39706d92-c6c9-4a7b-97e9-d3db6864c218\" style=\"\">Fitch Ratings<\/a><\/span><span>, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/6410f1ca-48c0-44a5-bb82-331386644ca4\" style=\"\">Moody\u2019s<\/a><\/span><span>, and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1180e838-be2d-4297-ac4d-4f179c21b3c1\" style=\"\">S&P Global<\/a><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1180e838-be2d-4297-ac4d-4f179c21b3c1\" style=\"\">Ratings<\/a><\/span><span> all<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> cut or downgraded their outlook on Egypt\u2019s credit rating, citing strained external financing conditions. <\/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\">This is not the end:<\/span><span> We still have a long way to go to boost foreign reserves and rebalance <\/span><span>the books, Yacoub said. \u201cWe have a lot of obligations, between debt payments and purchases of basic needs,\u201d Yacoub said. Our foreign reserves <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/5f7810d3-395f-4460-a59b-1f888ae45fb3\" style=\"\">inched up to USD 34.81 bn<\/a><\/span><span> in June from <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/e027faa2-bf84-471a-b2e2-39c99b63ac5a\" style=\"\">USD 34.66 bn<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> in May, marking the ninth consecutive month that foreign reserves have increased, albeit very modestly each time.<\/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\">Checking in on our IMF program: <\/span><span>Negotiations are still ongoing with the IMF to set up a date <\/span><span>for the first review of our USD 3 bn loan program, Saad told Ala Mas\u2019ouleety (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pshX3CaDgwY\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 3:58<\/a><\/span><span>). \u201cThe second we agree on a date, an IMF delegation will head to Egypt to carry out the review,\u201d he added. A first review of the program has been on hold since mid-March after we fell short on meeting several key conditions of the loan agreement. <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/5ad4a99f-deb2-4803-b601-ad806b96f074\" style=\"\">Some economists<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> are expecting the review to come in September. <\/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\">Why is the state selling stakes in hotels as we sit on the verge of a tourism boom? <\/span><span>Some <\/span><span>of these hotels have not been renovated since 2007 and the government doesn't have the resources to carry out the renovations, Saad told Yahduth Fi Masr (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b3qpJjz1Tgk\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 6:00<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">). \u201cWe have other priorities that are more pressing than spending great sums renovating these hotels,\u201d he said, adding that the new shareholders will inject the capital to revamp and manage the hotels. The state remains the majority shareholder, he added. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could news of state asset sales improve our reputation among credit rating firms?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":590015,"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":[7232],"tags":[72,106,1350,281,81,587],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-590014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-last-nights-talk-shows","tag-enterpriseam","tag-last-nights-talk-shows","tag-madbouly-cabinet","tag-moustafa-madbouly","tag-privatization-watch","tag-state-privatization-program","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"c51de7db-730c-483e-9fde-b25e398f70cd","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/7\/452.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Talk shows cover PM Madbouly\u2019s privatization presser","related_issue":[589996],"teaser":"Could news of state asset sales improve our reputation among credit rating firms?","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/7\/.d2c79c9f-64b3-4a7e-9376-9cf4d5b4a2ca.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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