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NBE ranked 1st in Bloomberg’s 2022 Africa syndicated loans league table

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The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) secured first place in Bloomberg’s Africa syndicated loans league table as the continent’s and Egypt’s top financing agent, main arranger, and marketer of syndicated loans in 2022.

According to a statement by the bank, the NBE managed 24 financing deals worth more than EGP 148bn in 202w, which is the largest number of deals arranged and managed in the MENA region.

Within the Middle East and North Africa region, NBE ranked as the sixth top financing agent and main arranger, and placed fourth as a marketer of syndicated loans.

Chairperson of NBE, Hisham Okasha, explained that the evaluation results were a testimony from an international institution of great credibility of the bank’s leadership in the field of syndicated loans in Egypt and MENA.

The success reflected the bank’s continuous endeavor to provide the financing needs of major projects, especially national ones, by arranging, managing and marketing syndicated loan deals with creditworthiness and high economic feasibility, which lead to an increase in added value in the Egyptian economy, Okasha added.

This supported Egypt’s development plans in various economic sectors, including transportation, agriculture, industry, infrastructure, education, petrochemicals and real estate development, as well as creating new jobs.