Cash-strapped Egypt sells state assets to Gulf nations
Published on: Tuesday 14 February 2023
Egypt, sapped dry of dollars despite a $3 billion International Monetary Fund bailout loan, is seeking to boost its coffers by selling state assets to wealthy Gulf nations.Of the $34.2 billion in Cairo's foreign reserves -– a 20 percent drop from February 2022 –- some $28 billion are deposits from wealthy Gulf allies.