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Iraq is running Egypt’s 2000s banking reform playbook
Even as banks in Iraq take steps forward, private-sector lending remains far behind regional averages
Alabbar plans USD 20 bn Syria developments in Latakia and Damascus with Syrian majority ownership
Plus: TEDA wants to grow in Egypt + Saudi Arabia, Kuwait get approvals for US military purchases
Egypt widens its optional ins. policy coverage for citizens working abroad
Plus: Neom just rewrote its public pitch
Local money kept MENA venture funding steady in 1H as dealmaking hit a multi-year low
Two mega rounds also helped, accounting for 36% of the raised capital
UAE + Saudi drive MENA’s foreign investment boom
North Africa’s FDI figures dipped y-o-y as an inflated base year skewed the comparison
Suez Canal traffic recovers as Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd shift Asia-Europe service away from Cape route
Plus: Portugal eyes electricity interconnection with Morocco
China’s Zenith Steel to supply Egypt’s tire hub via new USD 300 mn facility
Plus: Algeria’s and Libya’s oil prices tailwinds is coming to an end
How the Hormuz crisis is dividing the MENA infrastructure market’s fortunes
BMI’s latest index exposes a regional divide: the UAE remains a global infrastructure powerhouse despite an equity retreat, while Egypt…
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