How has the currency flotation affected Egypt’s economy?
Egypt has outlined a series of reforms aimed at expanding insurance penetration, with the expectation that regulatory measures, coupled with the rollout of universal health coverage, will lead to a doubling of premiums within the next five years.
Egypt’s microfinance segment is gaining new momentum thanks to central bank and government initiatives.
Egypt’s banks are seeing rising profits and robust capitalisation, as evidenced by a flurry of recent releases of FY 2015/16 results from the country’s major banks.
In a move that will boost the country’s capital markets, reduce state activity in the market and provide much-needed revenues for the government’s coffers, Egypt is laying the groundwork for the first potential sale of key state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in over a decade.
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