Banking
East Africa’s Banking Race Fuels Wider Expansion
Pan-African banks like Nedbank expand into East Africa for scale, but entrenched domestic lenders in Kenya stand ready to defend their turf.
Egypt
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Middle East Banks Grow African Presence
Africa’s position as a corridor for capital, trade, and investment is capturing the attention of Middle Eastern banks. For decades, the continent...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Egypt’s IPO Pipeline Grows as Cairo Courts Private Capital
Egypt, Africa’s second-largest economy after South Africa, plans to list up to four state-owned companies on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX),...
Sponsored Content
Egypt’s CIB Eyes Another 50 Years of Leadership
Commercial International Bank (CIB) has built a legacy of shaping Egypt’s banking industry. Hisham Ezz Al-Arab, chief executive officer, reflects on how the past 50 years have positioned CIB to lead the banking sector for the next 50 years through innovation, sustainability and financial inclusion.
Features
Gulf Investors Fill Africa’s Infrastructure Gap
Gulf investors are rapidly reshaping Africa’s investment landscape, committing billions of dollars to ports, transport corridors, logistics, renewable energy, and...
Executive Interviews
Hisham Ezz Al-Arab: Period Of Transition
Hisham Ezz Al-Arab is CEO of Commercial International Bank (CIB), Egypt’s largest private sector bank. He discusses Egypt’s efforts to boost private-sector investment and how CIB helps clients navigate a changing global economy.
Transaction Banking
Shaping New Trade Corridors
War in Iran and US tariffs are destabilizing global trade. But commerce hasn’t slowed; it’s simply rerouting.
Executive Interviews
Iran Conflict Sparks Risk, And Opportunity, For Egypt: CIB CEO Hisham Ezz Al-Arab
As the regional conflict involving Iran escalates, business leaders across the Middle East are weighing both the risks and the unexpected opportunities.
Sponsored Content
Expanding In Africa: How Egypt’s CIB Is Pursuing Cross-Border Growth
Looking beyond its home market in Egypt, Commercial International Bank’s (CIB’s) Islam Zekry, Group Chief Financial Officer and Executive Board Member, reveals the bank’s vision to be a key financial partner for African economic expansion. To do this, it is leveraging Kenya as a strategic hub, while prioritising high-growth sectors and supporting SMEs, corporates and Egyptian exporters.
Executive Interviews
Beltone’s Khalil El Bawab On Challenges And Growth In MENA Financial Services
Beltone is a financial services group with 24 diversified funds and more than 100,000 clients. Khalil El Bawab, CEO of the Local & Regional Markets Division, shares the firm’s growth plans and challenges with Global Finance.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
North Africa: On The Rise
North Africa is emerging as a growth engine, led by Egypt and Morocco. But structural challenges persist.
Banking
CIB Reflects On 50 Years Of Transformative Growth
At a roundtable at the bank’s headquarters in Cairo, CIB’s leadership team discusses expansion in Africa, commitment to sustainable finance, growing digital banking tools, and the future for the bank.
Executive Interviews
Governor Hassan Abdalla: At A Turning Point, Stability Restored
Hassan Abdalla, governor of the Central Bank of Egypt, speaks to Global Finance about attracting more investors and about the bank’s next steps.
Banking
Egypt’s Cautious Comeback: IMF Support and Rising FDI Fuel Growth
One year after an eleventh-hour bailout, Egypt’s economy is brightening. Reforms are being implemented, inflation is declining, and FDI is up.