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Why Are North Coast Property Prices So High? The Real Story
Illustration of a North Coast Development School's back, summer's definitely over — but one beach conversation lingers: why are Real Estate prices so high, particularly in the North Coast? The 230 km stretch from Marina/Alamein to Marsa Matrouh, nicknamed "El Sahel El Sherir," the wicked coast, because of its high prices, is now among Egypt's priciest real estate markets. It captured a third of Egypt's top ten developers' sales, with $10.4 Billion in 2025 — nearly 6 times the
Nadim Samna
16 minutes ago19 min read


The IPO Gold Rush: Why Egypt’s Private Giants Are Storming the Stock Market
The private sector drought on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) is officially over, and Africa’s newest fintech giant is leading the charge. On September 8, MNT Tech Holding—the Egyptian arm of fintech unicorn MNT-Halan—officially filed to list its shares on the main market of the EGX. This move signals the start of a regulatory review process that could yield one of the most explosive tech IPOs in the exchange's history. The application covers the company’s entire issued capital o
Nadim Samna
1 day ago5 min read


Egypt’s Strategic Leap: Becoming the World’s Next Logistics Hub
Egypt is capitalizing on its strategic geographic location by moving beyond maritime transit to build a fully integrated, multi-industry logistics powerhouse. This article explores how aggressive investments in port infrastructure, modern rail corridors, and energy hubs are positioning Egypt as a global center for trade, manufacturing, and export.
Nadim Samna
Aug 252 min read


Boosting Fertilizers Exports: Egypt's Strategic Pillar for Trade & Growth
Egypt's fertilizer industry is undergoing a period of profound transformation — one that carries implications well beyond the sector itself. As industry leaders gathered for the 32nd Conference of the Arab Fertilizers Association, the discussions underscored just how central this industry has become to Egypt's export strategy, its industrial employment base, and its broader economic diplomacy across Africa. An Export Engine with Growing Momentum Egypt's fertilizer exports are
Nadim Samna
Jul 113 min read


The B-READY Index: The New Compass for Foreign Investment — Will Egypt Be Present in the 2026 Edition?
The B-READY Index: The New Compass for Foreign Investment Egypt was absent from the 2025 edition of the World Bank's Business Ready (B-READY) Index, a benchmark covering 101 economies worldwide. In a world where foreign investors — sovereign funds, institutional investors, and multinational corporations alike — increasingly base their decisions on comparative indicators of this kind, that absence is far more than a statistical footnote. It represents a real gap in how Egypt's
Nadim Samna
Jul 84 min read


30 reasons to invest in Egypt
Egypt is today becoming one of the hottest investment destinations and growth engines, +3.5% in 2020!!
Nadim Samna
Nov 10, 20205 min read


Transformation: Success factors
This publication describes the root causes of transformation failures and the solutions to avoid them.
Nadim Samna
Sep 16, 20196 min read


Transformation: The human side
This publication describes the human side of a business transformation and how stakeholders live this experience.
Nadim Samna
Sep 10, 20196 min read


Transformation: The standard framework
This article presents the standard framework of Stratexis to conduct a transformation program
Nadim Samna
Aug 28, 20195 min read


Transformation: What are the triggers?
In our series about "Transformation", this first publication describes what is transformation and what are its main triggers.
Nadim Samna
Aug 12, 20195 min read


The most comprehensive analysis of banking distribution in KSA Part 2
In our previous article, we plotted the general overview of the banking distribution in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We found out that...
Nadim Samna
Dec 30, 20187 min read


Digital banking: 6 key success factors and 3 main barriers
Egypt is going through a digital revolution in banking. Authorities are multiplying initiatives to promote digital banking and...
Nadim Samna
Dec 26, 20184 min read


The most comprehensive analysis of banking distribution in KSA part 1
Building an efficient distribution strategy for a bank in KSA is challenging The kingdom of Saudi Arabia stretches along 2.2 km² where a...
Nadim Samna
Dec 16, 20184 min read


What are the main benefits that clients should expect from professional management consulting assist
In previous articles we have discussed that management consulting can create a lot of jobs, generate hard-currency revenues, and increase...
Nadim Samna
Dec 12, 20184 min read


Main barriers preventing the engagement of management consultants
In our previous article we discussed the multiple benefits delivered by a strong management consulting industry for the Egyptian economy:...
Nadim Samna
Dec 4, 20184 min read


Egypt needs strong management consulting services
Management consulting background goes back to the nineteenth century An extract from this article was published in Al-Ahram online, and...
Nadim Samna
Nov 26, 20185 min read


Digital banking: How to leverage design thinking?
Once, branches were the only channel to distribute banking services and products, but it was a very long time ago. Since then, technology...
Nadim Samna
Oct 29, 20184 min read


Crypto Monitors Regulate Blockchain To Pull Your Assets From the Fire
This article was originally posted on coin central. Crypto monitors function as regulatory czars to establish cryptocurrency...
Nadim Samna
Sep 2, 20185 min read


How to develop Digital payments? or maybe how to reduce the use of Cash?
One of the most striking differences between banking in Europe and in Egypt is cash management. Withdrawals and deposits of cash are the...
Nadim Samna
Apr 2, 201810 min read


Growth versus profitability, what's best?
I remember few years ago, I was arguing with a friend about Amazon’s strategy and whether it was wise to invest all its available cash...
Nadim Samna
Feb 12, 20188 min read
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