It has been six months since popular uprisings toppled the presidents of Tunisia and Egypt, and set off a chain of events that brought civil war to Libya, and Syria and Yemen to the brink of collapse. In today’s podcast, Jean-Paul Pigat, Head of Middle East and North Africa Analysis, discusses where the region stands,… [Read more]
A proposed bridge project to span the Gulf of Aqaba has the potential to change not only Egyptian and Saudi Arabian freight patterns but also those of the wider region and even the global liquid-bulk shipping sector. An official from the Saudi-Egyptian Business Council, Abdulah Dahlan, has been quoted as saying that fresh discussions are… [Read more]
On February 21, 2011, BMI published an article stating that as well as possible downside pressures on pharmaceutical sales from the MENA political upheaval, there may be benefits for companies in the region’s healthcare industry. This view was based on the supposition that public healthcare expenditure would be increased by incumbent governments attempting to appease… [Read more]
As the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) experiences its biggest shake-up in at least a generation, Business Monitor International (BMI) has just published a special report, MENA Crisis: The Key Risk To Global Recovery And Stability. The report analyses the following topics: The long-term consequences of upheaval for the Middle East and North Africa… [Read more]
Business Monitor International (BMI)’s Head of Middle East and North Africa Analysis, Jean-Paul Pigat, has just returned from a trip to the region, where he met top-level policymakers and investors. Earlier today, he spoke to the BBC’s World Business Report and discussed the implications of the crisis on investment into the region. Meanwhile, BMI will… [Read more]
With Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Qadhafi’s position looking increasingly untenable, and Bahrain rocked by unrest, so soon after popular protests toppled the Tunisian and Egyptian presidents, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been shaken like never before. Crucially, the uprisings have also overthrown the conventional wisdom. Until recently, it was generally assumed… [Read more]
Hosni Mubarak’s resignation from the Egyptian presidency on Friday marked just the beginning of Egypt’s transition to democracy. Certainly, Mubarak’s departure after 30 years in office was a tremendous victory for Egyptian ‘people power’, and it will have sent a loud message to authoritarian rulers throughout the region – and beyond – that public unrest… [Read more]
