Across the developing world, telecom companies battle to provide populations with the most efficient services. Combining price, service, and convenience, mobile telecom firms and fixed-line businesses are looking for new…
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With a geographic size that dwarfs its neighbors in the Gulf in particular, and the Middle East in general, Saudi Arabia is in the sights of private equity firms who…
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Most businesses in the region are owned and operated by families. The level of trust between members has also been offered to the extended family. This process is hardly the…
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Regional financial markets have shown their correlation in responding favorably to private equity firms and the efficiency they provide to businesses over a diverse range of sectors. Many firms claim…
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Many investors around the globe are familiar with ethical funds, and even more so in the Muslim world where Islamic funds, compliant with shari’a rules are common. Among these funds…
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Toward the end of February 2008, stocks dipped and oil prices closed at an all-time high, over $100. Consumer price indices rose and investors worried about their positions following the…
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Private equity’s microeconomic outlook fuses numerous ideas of industry practice to focus on the quintessential benefit of the industry: value-creation. The re-structuring of firms by private equity players to bring…
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The macroeconomic changes of the past five years have opened up possibilities for private equity firms to operate in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on both a fundraising…
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Like most other industries, the private equity industry follows a typical cycle consisting of several phases that exhibit typical characteristics. Each phase, however, may vary across markets and over time…
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With the exception of the recent internet disruption caused by the damage to an underwater cable in the region, telecommunications services to the Middle East and Africa have been continually…