{"id":634137,"date":"2018-01-08T04:06:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T04:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/01\/08\/investors-optimistic-about-egypts-2018-prospects-but-fdi-may-not-surge-until-second-half\/"},"modified":"2018-01-08T04:06:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T04:06:13","slug":"investors-optimistic-about-egypts-2018-prospects-but-fdi-may-not-surge-until-second-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/01\/08\/investors-optimistic-about-egypts-2018-prospects-but-fdi-may-not-surge-until-second-half\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors optimistic about Egypt\u2019s 2018 prospects, but FDI may not surge until second half"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-02\"><\/a> <strong>Investors are \u201cincreasingly optimistic about prospects\u201d for Egypt in 2018 <\/strong>\u201cafter years of political turmoil,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-economy-investment\/mideast-money-surge-in-foreign-fund-inflows-sets-stage-for-egyptian-boom-idUSKBN1EW05X\">according to Reuters<\/a>. With foreign holdings of T-bills growing 3x over 2010 levels, foreign investment in the capital market reaching its highest since 2010, and \u2014 most importantly \u2014 FDI inflows rising, the Egyptian economy is definitely looking like it\u2019s on its way to further stability. <strong>The discovery of new natural gas fields, such as Zohr, is also \u201ckey for many long-term investors,\u201d<\/strong> the newswire notes, as its expected to help Egypt achieve sufficiency and become an energy hub as it begins to export. \u201cBesides the gas, private equity firms say reforms launched since the end of 2016 that secured a USD 12 bn loan program from the IMF\u201d have \u201cshifted sentiment enough to spur investment, despite the risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Private equity firms are expecting a boom in energy investments, <\/strong>\u201cpartly because of the improving outlook for gas supplies and a growing solar power industry.\u201d Other investors are looking at \u201csectors likely to benefit as the economy expands, and exporters helped by the weaker currency.\u201d Those include <strong>education, water, food, healthcare, and other consumer and export-focused industries<\/strong>. \u201c\u2018We believe sectors related to consumer \u2014 retail, real estate, healthcare and education \u2014 and export manufacturing industries like textiles, agri-processing, and many other manufactured products are attractive,\u2019\u201d said Iyad Malas, a partner in the Dubai-based private equity outfit Gateway Partners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Just don\u2019t expect significant inflows of FDI in 1H2018, <\/strong>Pharos Holding head of research Radwa El Swaify <a href=\"https:\/\/ara.reuters.com\/article\/businessNews\/idARAKBN1ET0RF\">tells Reuters<\/a>. No investor will be willing to inject funds into a country with a presidential elections scheduled, she says, expecting investment to rebound in 2H2018, particularly in 4Q2018. CI Capital economist Noaman Khaled expects 2018 to be a rebound year for investment in Egypt due to the more predictable nature of the FX regime, the interest rates, tax regime, and energy prices. He says this reduced ambiguity compared to previous years makes feasibility studies easier. Khaled expects inflows of USD 7.9 bn during the year. Beltone\u2019s Alia Mamdouh is more optimistic, saying investments could hit USD 10.5 bn, of which 80% are set to go into the energy sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investors are \u201cincreasingly optimistic about prospects\u201d for Egypt in 2018 \u201cafter years of political turmoil,\u201d according to Reuters. 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