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<\/a> Egypt has the capacity to drum up enough interest to sell stakes from four major public companies on the EGX this year, but time is running short<\/strong>, Renaissance Capital MENA CEO Ahmed Badr tells Bloomberg in an interview (watch, runtime: 5:16<\/a>). \u201cI\u2019m a bit skeptical on the public side whether they\u2019re actually going to have enough time to do it now or not.\u201d Finance Minister Mohamed Maait had told us earlier this week<\/a> that the first wave of the government\u2019s privatization program will include stake sales by five companies and that a detailed timeline would be published this week or the next.<\/p>\n

Liquidity is \u201cquite low\u201d in the Egyptian equities market<\/strong>, according to Badr, who said that the solution is for new players to enter the playing field \u201cbecause you need more depth. Egypt is still lacking a bit of depth and that\u2019s why you still reflect in liquidity.\u201d He noted that Egypt has been attracting EM investors, as well as frontier and Africa investors, but not global EM investors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As for Renaissance Capital,<\/strong> the firm is currently working on \u201cone of the largest infrastructure and construction plays in Egypt,\u201d <\/strong>which Badr expects to see resolution towards the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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