{"id":610401,"date":"2023-11-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/11\/20\/alhokair-unit-could-invest-up-to-usd-1-5-bn-here-next-year\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T00:00:00","slug":"alhokair-unit-could-invest-up-to-usd-1-5-bn-here-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/11\/20\/alhokair-unit-could-invest-up-to-usd-1-5-bn-here-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Alhokair unit could invest up to USD 1.5 bn here next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Units of Saudi Arabia\u2019s Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair Company (<\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alhokair.com\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Alhokair<\/a><\/strong><strong>) could invest as <\/strong><strong>much as <\/strong><strong>USD 1.5 bn<\/strong><strong> in Egypt<\/strong> in 2024, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3fr2ffc5\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Asharq Busi<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3fr2ffc5\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">ness<\/a> reported yesterday. Energy, real estate, and infrastructure are on the priority list, Turki Al Hokair, the company\u2019s CEO, told the news service, though he stopped short of offering further details.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Alhokair is no stranger to Egypt:<\/strong> FAS Finance, which is partly owned by Alhokair, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1c1b2e26-b114-4d61-b81d-cb0d118bfffd\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">bought a<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1c1b2e26-b114-4d61-b81d-cb0d118bfffd\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">5% stake<\/a> in the Egyptian fintech player valU last year, while FAS Energy has a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/10\/22\/fas-energy-reportedly-completed-usd-75-mn-50-mw-solar-power-plant-under-fit-phase-one-program-2\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">USD 75 mn solar park<\/a> in Benban and announced plans to build a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/495756fd-2671-4978-b10a-7f23f4bcea99\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">USD 450 mn solar park<\/a> in Egypt last year. Alhokair also owns <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marakez.net\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Marakez<\/a>, the real estate and mall developer and operator whose brands include District 5 and Cairo\u2019s largest shopping center, the Mall of Arabia, in addition to facilities in Mansoura and Tanta.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Other agreements are set to be signed today at a Egypt-Saudi business forum<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>A Saudi business delegation led by the Saudi Trade Minister, Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi, is in Egypt today for the Saudi-Egyptian Business Council. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Other participating companies could make announcements today. <\/strong>Watch out for sectors including energy, real estate, agriculture, and tourism, Alhokair <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/enterprise.news\/news\/story\/3c2d1c94-8eb4-4ce4-b265-d1d4659e1230\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The investment comes despite concerns about the repatriation <\/strong><strong>of <\/strong><strong>earnings:<\/strong>Central Bank of Egypt Governor Hassan Abdalla has reportedly promised a remedy for investors having problems repatriating dividends amid the ongoing FX crunch, Bandar Al Amiri, chairman of the Saudi-Egyptian Business Council, told <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/47FUSHz\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC Arabia<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other participating companies could make announcements today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":610402,"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":[1],"tags":[72,11793,2234,125,219,11794],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-610401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-enterpriseam","tag-fas","tag-foreign-exchange","tag-investment-watch","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-saudi-egyptian-business-council","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"69b8b91f-c578-46f3-be19-8ddb6345359a","order":"0","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/11\/1029.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"A unit of Saudi\u2019s Alhokair could invest up to USD 1.5 bn in Egypt in 2024","related_issue":[610396],"teaser":"Other participating companies could make announcements today","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2023\/11\/.c226ed04-423f-48ca-95fd-c953f7f63236.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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The Saudi retail giant is planning to sell about 65 mn existing shares and 30 mn new shares on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Speed Round&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":570489,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/04\/02\/alhokairs-marakez-seeks-usd-135-mn-from-ifc-to-build-malls-in-egypt-pay-off-debt\/","url_meta":{"origin":610401,"position":4},"title":"AlHokair\u2019s Marakez seeks USD 135 mn from IFC to build malls in Egypt, pay off debt","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"2 April 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"INVESTMENT WATCH- Marakez seeks USD 135 mn IFC loan to set up malls in Egypt, pay off debt: Marakez for Real Estate Investment is in talks with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for a USD 135 mn loan to finance expansion plans in Egypt, the IFC said. 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