Insights for owners and executives in Egypt and the GCC
Practical writing on the decisions we help clients make, by the consultants who do the work. Plain language, assumptions stated, nothing here is a sales page.
Thirty minutes. No deck. A senior consultant replies.
How to write a business plan a bank or investor will read
Banks and investors in Egypt and the Gulf read for the market evidence, the model, the funding structure and the risks, and they stop when a section is missing. What to include, in what order, and what to leave out. Business plans and financial models
What a feasibility study must contain
Free templates give you the headings, not the market evidence or the model a bank will test. The seven sections of a study that gets accepted, and where the templates stop short. Feasibility studies
Preparing a feasibility study, in Arabic
A step-by-step guide in Arabic to preparing a study for a project in Saudi Arabia or Egypt: the seven parts, the data each needs, and the mistakes that get a study sent back. دراسة جدوى
What digital transformation means at 50 to 500 people
Most definitions are written for governments. At this size it means fixing the processes, choosing the systems, and changing the habits that stop the company running on data. Digital transformation
Market research methods that work here, and what they cost
Surveys, interviews, mystery shopping, retail audits and desk research each answer a different question at a different cost. Which method fits which decision, and how to judge the research a firm proposes. Market research and market entry
Business continuity planning for regional companies
Currency moves, import restrictions, supply interruptions and the loss of a key person. The risks to name, the decisions to pre-agree, and the changes that reduce the damage. Operations consulting
Family business governance and the Saudi CMA rules
The CMA regulations bind listed companies. Private family groups are not bound, but many rules fit a group preparing for the next generation. Which to adopt, which to adapt. Governance and family business
How business valuation works in the region
Why two valuers reach different numbers for the same company, what moves the number, and how to prepare before the other side sends theirs. Financial advisory
Choosing a consulting firm in Egypt
The websites look alike. The questions that separate them: who does the work, where the data comes from, whether the study can say no, and what is in the written scope. Consulting in Egypt
Entering the Saudi market
The licences in the order they are obtained, the choice between distributor, joint venture and wholly owned entity, the realistic timeline for each, and the cost of the first year. Consulting in Saudi Arabia
Tell us the decision you are facing
If one of these describes the decision in front of you, the next step is a thirty-minute call.
Thirty minutes. No deck. A senior consultant replies.