The Sovereign Fund eyes new Africa investment fund

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SouthMed gets a VAT answer

The Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA) has stepped in to resolve a VAT dispute at Talaat Moustafa Group’s SouthMed last year’s VAT amendments

Why it matters: cautioned about

SFE wants an Africa fund

The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (SFE) is eyeing its first-ever international expansion with a new Africa-focused sub-fund Arabic press

IN CONTEXT- in March More recently

IN OTHER SFE NEWS- We have an updated timeline on Misr Life’s IPO. earlier this year tapped EFG Hermes

The Oxford Handbook of the Egyptian Economy has been published

USD 22 mn — That’s the total value of M&As on the local market in 1Q 2026. report (pdf)

M&A transactions are still going through

It’s marginally cooler in Alexandria

You’ve spent decades building wealth, and the question now isn’t how to make money — it’s how to make sure it survives you, works across borders, and doesn’t quietly erode while you’re not looking. The rules have changed. Egyptian real estate, once a near-guaranteed store of value, is competing with markets in Greece, Spain, and Dubai.

Whether it’s art as an asset, crowd-funding, or the tax implications quietly stacking up behind that second passport, the toolkit for serious capital deployment has expanded faster than most conventional advice — or most advisors — have.

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The big story abroad

Geopolit ical updates lead today’s news cycle. reportedly considering

How are talks going? told CNN

It could be a while before we see SpaceX on the S&P 500: maintain a rule

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In the world of M&A: will take over

And crypto is in dire straits: is facing a “very hard”

Are wealth managers the latest victim of AI automation? Bloomberg