On the horizon
EFG Hermes will hold its 7th Annual London Conference on 6-9 November. The conference will see C-suite execs from top listed companies in MENA as well as frontier markets (among them Pakistan, Kenya, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka) meet face-to-face with top global investors with mandates to invest in emerging and frontier markets. The event will take place at Emirates Arsenal Stadium in London.
US Vice President Mike Pence will be visiting Egypt and Israel in late December, and you can look for the region’s Christian minority to be squarely in the spotlight. “The United States will work hand-in-hand with faith-based groups and private organizations to help those who are persecuted for their faith… From this day forward, America will provide support directly to persecuted communities through USAID,” he said according to the Associated Press.
The Investment Ministry’s investment map of some 600 projects will reportedly be ready by December and be out for bid by January.