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Jul 2023
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How do you identify and pitch foreign pa...

The Enterprise Company
About this episode

The Enterprise Podcast now brings you recordings of our on-stage and live panels that took place at the Enterprise Exports and FDI Forum.

Panel 2: How do you identify and pitch foreign partners — and how can they identify you?

Whether they’re investors, technology providers, potential JV partners, or would-be acquirers, they all want to know what’s in it for them. How do you figure out what they’re looking for — and whether that dovetails with what you want or need?

Participants:

Hossam Abou Moussa (Linkedin), Partner, Apis

Hassan Massoud (Linkedin), associate director and head of private equity (Southern Mediterranean), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Cheick-Oumar Sylla (Linkedin), Director for North Africa and Horn of Africa, International Finance Corporation

Interviewed by: Moustafa Bassiouny. Partner, The Enterprise Company

You can read our coverage of the panel here:

https://enterprise.news/news/story?storyId=6756c86f-f7e5-4cbd-9445-8e941a356641

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