United Kingdom (UK) Export Finance and Hassan Allam Holding sign agreement to enhance cooperation across Africa

United Kingdom (UK) Export Finance and Hassan Allam Holding sign agreement to enhance cooperation across Africa

UK Export Finance (UKEF), the United Kingdom’s export credit agency, and Hassan Allam Holding, one of the largest engineering, construction, investment and development companies in Egypt and the MENA region, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to increase cooperation in a number of projects across Africa.

The agreement signed at the British Embassy in Cairo, aims to strengthen and enhance the cooperation between UK Export Finance and Hassan Allam Holding to further secure inward investment into the UK and to promote cooperation on financing projects and encourage trade between the UK and Africa as a whole.

Attending the signing ceremony were:

Gareth Bayley, British Ambassador to Egypt

Hassan Allam, CEO of Hassan Allam Holding

Merette Elsayed, Chief Commercial Officer of Hassan Allam Holding

Mohamed Saad, Head of Export Finance for UKEF Egypt

Alastair Long, His Majesty’s Acting Trade Commissioner (HMTC) for Africa

Anisah Dathi, Director of the Department of International Trade, British Embassy in Cairo

British Ambassador to Egypt Gareth Bayley said: It is a great pleasure to witness the signing of this Memorandum of Understanding between UK Export Finance and Hassan Allam Holding, which strengthens our two countries’ partnership across Africa. Hassan Allam Holding is one of Egypt’s leading firms, and we are proud of our partnership, which dates