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Jun 2024
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Episode 24-Bricks and Bytes: Iraq's Real...

Hassan Jivraj
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Real estate is becoming a major sector in Iraq's economy. According to Statista, a Germany-based market research and data company, it's the fourth largest among Arab countries and is expected to grow at a healthy rate of 6% over the next few years.

 In our 24th episode, we spoke to Mahdi Zewin, founder and managing director of Bayt Al Iraqi (BaytIraqi), a new Iraq-based proptech company. 

In this episode, we spoke about several topics including:

  • Why investors should consider investing in Iraq
  • The opportunities and challenges in Iraq's real estate sector
  • Iraq's emerging tech ecosystem

You can email your comments, feedback or suggestions to us: hassan@majlisandmarkets.com

Intro theme song-'Tales of the Arabian Nights' composed by StudioKolomna via Pixabay

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