An introduction to Making It, by one of our hosts Patrick, Enterprise's editor-in-chief and co-founder.

An introduction to Making It, by one of our hosts Patrick, Enterprise's editor-in-chief and co-founder.

Six days a week, we help top executives make sense of the Arab world’s companies and economies — and every Thursday, our editor-in-chief, Patrick, talks shop with the people who run them. 

Making It is an hour where the founders, CEOs, investors, and policymakers making the biggest decisions in our region show their work and talk about what’s next. 

From EnterpriseAM, the Arab world’s business daily.

Six days a week, we help top executives make sense of the Arab world&rsquo;s companies and economies &mdash; and every Thursday, our editor-in-chief, Patrick, talks shop with the people who run them.&nbsp;
Making It is an hour where the founders, CEOs, investors, and policymakers making the biggest decisions in our region show their work and talk about what&rsquo;s next.&nbsp;
From EnterpriseAM, the Arab world&rsquo;s business daily.

A show where we talk shop with the people who run the biggest companies in the Arab world.

Making It

Enterprise is venturing into new territory with our very first podcast, Making It, and we thought it was time to take you a little more in depth. Patrick, Enterprise’s editor-in-chief and co-founder, tells our origin story, how Enterprise came to be, and how it all led to Making It.

Making It: The Introduction

For a few months, alarms have sounded across the board cautioning of an impending credit bubble. Are they warranted? 

On this episode of Making It, Hazem Moussa joins Patrick to break down how a bubble in the credit industry actually forms, what regulators should watch out for, the risks on both sides, and the responsibility that lies on the client side — us, the consumers.   

Hazem is the co-founder of Contact Financial Holding. He’s often credited as the architect of Egypt’s consumer finance industry. 

In April, Hazem announced that he’s stepping down from Contact after a 25-year run. So we begin with him taking us through his final days at Contact, how he planned his exit all along, and the difficult choices he had to make along the way. 

In the second half of the episode, he weighs in on the rapid expansion of NBFIs. On the one hand, the central bank has been tightening the screws on how banks fund non-bank institutions. And on the other hand, the lending train doesn’t seem to be slowing down.

Hazem’s take is that there is no harm in being careful; as a community, we need to be cognizant of the risks, but regulators too need to respond by not “trying to control everything.” 

Hazem was a guest on Making It back in 2019. You can listen to the previous episode here. 

Sign up to our newsletter to get Making It in your inbox every Thursday.

For a few months, alarms have sounded across the board cautioning of an impending credit bubble. Are they warranted?&nbsp;
On this episode of Making It, Hazem Moussa joins Patrick to break down how a bubble in the credit industry actually forms, what regulators should watch out for, the risks on both sides, and the responsibility that lies on the client side &mdash; us, the consumers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Hazem is the co-founder of Contact Financial Holding. He&rsquo;s often credited as the architect of Egypt&rsquo;s consumer finance industry.&nbsp;
In April, Hazem announced that he&rsquo;s stepping down from Contact after a 25-year run. So we begin with him taking us through his final days at Contact, how he planned his exit all along, and the difficult choices he had to make along the way.&nbsp;
In the second half of the episode, he weighs in on the rapid expansion of NBFIs. On the one hand, the central bank has been tightening the screws on how banks fund non-bank institutions. And on the other hand, the lending train doesn&rsquo;t seem to be slowing down.
Hazem&rsquo;s take is that there is no harm in being careful; as a community, we need to be cognizant of the risks, but regulators too need to respond by not &ldquo;trying to control everything.&rdquo; 
Hazem was a guest on Making It back in 2019. You can listen to the previous episode <a href="https://enterpriseam.com/egypt/podcast/meet-sarwa-capital-the-20-year-old-startup-quietly-building-the-infrastructure-of-consumer-finance/">here</a>.&nbsp;
Sign up to our&nbsp;<a href="https://enterpriseam.com/egypt/makingit/">newsletter</a> to get Making It in your inbox every Thursday.

For a few months, alarms have sounded across the board cautioning of an impending credit bubble. Are they warranted? 

Inside the NBFI firestorm with Hazem Moussa

Is Egyptian food having a moment? And more importantly, is our cuisine finally claiming its seat at the global table? 

Hoda El-Sherif says, “It’s coming.”

Hoda is the co-founder and CEO of Flavor Republic, and the force behind Cairo Food Week.

On this episode of Making It, Hoda argues that Egyptian food belongs on the same table as the great cuisines of the world. That’s the thesis behind Cairo Food Week, whose fourth edition runs between 24 September and 4 October. 

Hoda and Patrick dive into our burgeoning food industry and how it’s changed over the last few years, chefs who are carving their spot on the global map, the gaps that still exist in the market, and the lessons Egypt can learn from countries that have championed their culinary narratives, making gastronomy tourism a matter of state policy. With a sprinkle of AI and its impact on the making and marketing of food, in true Making It fashion. 

Check out Cairo Food Week’s full calendar of events.

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Is Egyptian food having a moment? And more importantly, is our cuisine finally claiming its seat at the global table?&nbsp;
Hoda El-Sherif says, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s coming.&rdquo;
Hoda is the co-founder and CEO of Flavor Republic, and the force behind Cairo Food Week.
On this episode of Making It, Hoda argues that Egyptian food belongs on the same table as the great cuisines of the world. That&rsquo;s the thesis behind Cairo Food Week, whose fourth edition runs between 24 September and 4 October.&nbsp;
Hoda and Patrick dive into our burgeoning food industry and how it&rsquo;s changed over the last few years, chefs who are carving their spot on the global map, the gaps that still exist in the market, and the lessons Egypt can learn from countries that have championed their culinary narratives, making gastronomy tourism a matter of state policy. With a sprinkle of AI and its impact on the making and marketing of food, in true Making It fashion.&nbsp;
Check out Cairo Food Week&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.cairofoodweek.com/">full calendar</a> of events.
<a href="https://enterpriseam.com/egypt/morning-drive/">Listen</a> to Morning Drive from Sunday to Thursday.&nbsp;
Sign up to our <a href="https://enterpriseam.com/egypt/makingit/">newsletter</a> to get Making It in your inbox every Thursday.

Is Egyptian food having a moment? And more importantly, is our cuisine finally claiming its seat at the global table? 

Cairo Food Week’s Hoda El-Sherif on stories, flavors, and community 

After almost 50 years of competition, why would two companies choose to merge? Is it as simple as the big entity buying the smaller one, or is there more to the story? 

On this episode of Making It, Ahmed Ragab joins Patrick to share how things actually played out for him.  

Ragab is the CEO and Partner at Baraka Retail Group. This past May, Ragab sold control of Baraka Optics to Maghrabi, via a merger through acquisition, where Maghrabi bought 51% of his company. He chose not to walk away, even though he could have. 

Baraka launched in 1979 as a wholesale business focusing on optics. Today, they operate in a number of industries: optics, fashion and e-commerce.

Ragab explains the why behind the decision, and then breaks down the projected outcomes. He also shares his ethos as a manager, how he keeps up with trends “in a classic industry,” and how he thinks about the question of succession.

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After almost 50 years of competition, why would two companies choose to merge? Is it as simple as the big entity buying the smaller one, or is there more to the story?&nbsp;
On this episode of Making It, Ahmed Ragab joins Patrick to share how things actually played out for him.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Ragab is the CEO and Partner at Baraka Retail Group. This past May, Ragab sold control of Baraka Optics to Maghrabi, via a merger through acquisition, where Maghrabi bought 51% of his company. He chose not to walk away, even though he could have.&nbsp;
Baraka launched in 1979 as a wholesale business focusing on optics. Today, they operate in a number of industries: optics, fashion and e-commerce.
Ragab explains the why behind the decision, and then breaks down the projected outcomes. He also shares his ethos as a manager, how he keeps up with trends &ldquo;in a classic industry,&rdquo; and how he thinks about the question of succession.
Sign up to our <a href="https://enterpriseam.com/egypt/makingit/">newsletter</a> to get Making It in your inbox every Thursday.

After almost 50 years of competition, why would two companies choose to merge? Is it as simple as the big entity buying the smaller one, or is there more to the story?  On this episode of Making It, Ahmed Ragab joins Patrick to share how things actually played out for him. 

Making It: The Introduction

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