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The 92-year-old Béji Caïd Essebsi led the country’s post-Arab Spring transition to democracy. The speaker of the Parliament has been sworn in as interim president and elections have been moved ahead to September 15.
The value of announced merger and acquisition deals in the MENA region increased to USD 115.5 billion in H1, up 221%. Highlight is Uber’s acquisition of Careem Networks.
Fund allowed Egypt to draw USD 2 billion, the fifth part of the USD 12 billion agreement signed in 2016. IMF acting managing director praised the reforms made by the country.
Marcelo Della Nina convened with prince Saud Bin Naif Bin Abdulaziz, the governor of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, in Dammam.
Saudi Arabia is the frontrunner, comprising half of the total project announcement in the period. Contracts value jumped 33%.
KIPIC, a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, will implement technologies and processes to increase Al-Zour’s output capacity.
The emirate imported USD 2.1 billion worth of food and agricultural products in 2018. The sum is down marginally from 2017 numbers.
Purchases of chemical products from other countries came out to USD 20.4 billion in the first half of the year, up 6% year-on-year.
An event will address doing business with the region starting 9 am. Arab Brazilian Chamber secretary-general Tamer Mansour will discuss opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa at 9:50 am.
The new process will save the Brazilian food company USD 130,000 and 72,000 cubic meters of water a year.
Starting August, professor José Antonio Lima will cover subjects including the Arab spring, the political Islam, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the lives of women in the region, Muslims in the West. Enrolment is open.
After dropping to USD 11.5 billion late last year, foreign holdings in Egyptian treasuries increased again.
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