We invite you to read as we look beyond the pandemic with the updated issue of “MENA Post-COVID: Green Shoots & Recovery”. While the high level of...

The MENA region will start to post robust recovery in 2021, but this will not be all-encompassing. The uncertainty regarding the length of the pandemic, new...

As we enter 2021, we are cautiously optimistic. The new virus mutation underscores the precarious nature of the crisis, but promising news on the development...

While the COVID-19 pandemic has not passed Egypt by, the country has managed to weather the storm relatively well. Egypt is set to be the only country in MENA...

Optimism over vaccines against COVID-19 has rallied oil prices this month, with Brent crude up 14% in November to USD 46 pb as we go to press today. While this...

The UAE, like its GCC neighbours, saw its 2020 economic forecast cut sharply by a 6.6% contraction as a result of low oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic....

External headwinds and an extended period of low oil prices have prompted a strong wave of debt issuance across MENA in 2020. This week, we analyse the debt...

Healthcare: Growth behind the mask

The gloomy demand outlook is clouding chances of a strong oil market recovery this year, a bleak outlook backed up by OPEC+ members recently warning that...

The pandemic, coupled with the oil crisis have inevitably forced MENA countries to slash their budgets.