
In this episode, Zawya speaks to Ahmed Shams, Managing Director and Head of Research at EFG Hermes on:
- Economic challenges and geopolitical risks
- Doing business in Egypt
- Egypt’s financial challenges
- Forecast for oil prices
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May 30, 2024
16 min

In this episode, Zawya speaks to Matt White, CEO of the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) on:
- Virtual asset businesses
- The key milestones of VARA
- What to expect this year
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Mar 7, 2024
28 min

In this episode, Zawya speaks to Zeinab Adel, Head of Knight Frank Cairo office
-Interest of GCC investors in Egypt real estate market
-Big opportunities for branded residences in Egypt
-The most attractive areas to foreign investors
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Jan 19, 2024
11 min

In this episode, Zawya speaks to James Swanston from Capital Economics on the following:
-Bringing presidential poll forward gives reassurances that currency devaluation is happening
-Inflation rates set to fall back to a single digit percentage end of 2024
- Delaying pound devaluation until after elections warns of sharper adjustment
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Oct 18, 2023
18 min

In this episode, Zawya speaks to Ethiopis Tafara, Vice President, Chief Risk, Legal & Sustainability Officer and Partnerships for the World Bank Group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) on the following:
- Projects in MENA region
- Projects with Islamic financing
- Challenges facing MIGA
- Raising finance in poorer countries
- Pricing climate risks
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Oct 4, 2023
19 min

In this episode, Zawya speaks to Hossam Heiba, President of Egypt's General Authority for Investments and Freezones on the following:
- Investments in Egypt
- How can Egypt attract more FDIs
- The value of the Egyptian pound
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Jun 16, 2023
14 min

In this episode, Zawya speaks to Faisal Durrani, head of Middle East Research, Knight Frank Middle East on the following:
- UAE commercial real estate
- Recession
- UAE residential property
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Jun 6, 2023
18 min

In this episode, Zawya speaks to Marina Wes, the World Bank Country Director for Egypt on the following:
- Egypt’s reform program
- The devaluation of the Egyptian pound
- Inflation
- Infrastructure projects
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May 23, 2023
13 min

In this episode, Zawya speaks to Liron Zaslansky, Israel's first ever Consul General in Dubai on the following:
- The Abraham Accords
- Bilateral trade
- Agricultural technologies
- Scope for R&D
- Tourism and travel
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May 18, 2023
10 min

In this episode, Zawya speaks to Dina El-Shenoufy, Flat6Labs Chief Investment Officer on the following:
- Recent bank failures
- The tech ecosystem in Africa
- The venture capital industry
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Apr 26, 2023
11 min
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