eWTPA: MENA on the rise with push and pull global economic drivers

eWTPA: MENA on the rise with push and pull global economic drivers

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - eWTP Arabia Capital (eWTPA), a leading Saudi Arabia and China based growth stage venture fund, is aggressively joining the global private equity (PE) universe, upon sensing the strong growth drivers in the region.

Although currently most PE and VC investments still originate from North America, the MENA is rapidly gaining traction. More start-ups and institutional investors and PEs choose to reside in the region. We are also seeing increasing inbound investment and activities from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds. Meanwhile, actions of governments and certain characteristics of the region have contributed to this rise.

The strong government supports

MENA-based start-ups attracted over US$1.2 billion in the first half of 2021, representing 64% year-on-year growth, among which 71% was invested in the Saudi Arabia, UAE (mainly through the various financial centre free zones, such as the Dubai International Finance Centre, and the ADGM) and Egypt.

The Saudi Arabia and UAE have implemented fiscal reforms and unleashed large-scale programmes to privatize assets, increase public-private partnerships, unlock value by monetising real assets and infrastructure, improve public benefits and services, develop social and human resources, and optimize government operations.

These initiatives, together with complementary legal and regulatory reforms and social changes, ultimately make these