What we’re tracking this week
The Finance Ministry will hold a meeting on Tuesday with advisors BNP Paribas, JPMorgan, Citi and Natixis to finalize strategy for its USD 3 bn eurobond issuance, government sources tell Al Borsa. Finance Minister Amr El Garhy had previously told the newspaper that they had not yet settled on date for the sale, but that it should take place in October.
The first debate of the US presidential election is on Monday. NBC News’ Lester Holt will moderate the first of three debates, which is set to run for about an hour and a half starting at 8pm Eastern (2am CLT on Tuesday). Politico, the Wall Street Journal, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube are all due to livestream the debate. We’ll poke into this a bit more and see if we can’t find links for you by tomorrow morning’s edition. Oh, and don’t sweat it if The Donald wins: Egyptian MPs apparently think he’s a great guy.
Citi’s two-day Frontier Markets Symposium will take place in London starting Tuesday.
Cairo Angels is hosting an introduction to angel investing in Egypt on Tuesday, 27 September from 6:30-9pm at the Nile Kempinski Hotel. Among the presenters:” guru Con O’Donnell, Endeavor Egypt’s Mohamed Rahmy, Flat6Labs’ Dina El Shenoufy, Cairo Angels founder Hossam Allam, Delta Shield Chair Neveen El Tahri and KI Angels founder Khaled Ismail.
The Narrative PR Summitwill take place on Wednesday, 28 September at the Four Seasons Nile Plaza, Cairo.