Archive of Theme: Trade and Investment

Assessing the Impact of the Benefits of Accreditation in the Arab Region

Assessing the Impact of the Benefits of Accreditation in the Arab Region

Assessing the Impact of the Benefits of Accreditation in the Arab Region

In recent years, the Arab region has experienced drastic changes, with a heightened focus on economic development, trade, and the growth of the private sector. The Arab Accreditation Cooperation (ARAC) was created in order to encourage the harmonisation and mutual recognition of accreditation in the Arab region, as accreditation is considered to be a major factor in these goals. Within the broader context of a Read More

Providing Comprehensive Investment Support to the Government of Tunisia

Providing Comprehensive Investment Support to the Government of Tunisia

As part of national efforts to change and improve Tunisia's investment landscape and its global implications, Expectation State, funded by the UK Government, delivered a multi-year programme to enhance and facilitate foreign investment into the country. The programme provided support Read More

Establishing a Private Sector Support Unit in Tunisia

Establishing a Private Sector Support Unit in Tunisia

In collaboration with the UK-government, we spearheaded the development of a Tunisian Private Sector Support Unit to support the engagement of investors and the private sector in Tunisia in the face of Covid-19. This platform allowed both local and foreign Read More

Supporting Digital-Focused Investment into Emerging Markets

Supporting Digital-Focused Investment into Emerging Markets

The investment gap for internet connectivity alone is over $428 billion globally and there is a need to ensure investments are directed toward building open, inclusive, and secure digital infrastructure and services. In April 2022, USAID’s Innovation, Technology, and Research Read More

Profiling and Engaging Impact Investors for Jordan

Profiling and Engaging Impact Investors for Jordan

As an asset class and idea, impact investing is growing. Mainstream fund managers have entered the arena, raising awareness about the issues associated with the core tenets of impact investing. While this is great for the industry, it is less Read More

Conducting an Agri-sector Market Study in Libya

Conducting an Agri-sector Market Study in Libya

We were engaged by a US-headquartered organisation to conduct an agriculture market study in Libya to identify the expansion potential of the country’s wheat market. We looked into the business potential of the Wheat and Flour industries, and developed a Read More

Coaching Export Promotion and Trade Agencies in Tunisia

Coaching Export Promotion and Trade Agencies in Tunisia

The project PEMA II, is mandated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), in cooperation with the Tunisian Ministry of Commerce and Export Development and CEPEX. Read More

Delivering Jordan’s investment strategy with the Ministry of Investment

Delivering Jordan’s investment strategy with the Ministry of Investment

The Government of Jordan’s Economic Modernisation vision, launched in June 2022, sets an ambitious direction for achieving sustainable growth and creating job opportunities over the next decade. It requires $30 billion of investment and financing to meet the expected demand Read More

Surveying private markets investment allocation strategies

Surveying private markets investment allocation strategies

We spent nine months speaking with 70+ C-Suite institutional investors and investment managers to increase their awareness of our focus states as investment destinations.  Following discussions with investors from our network in London, Edinburgh, New York, Washington DC, Zurich, Geneva, Read More