Ali ElFakharany got hooked on sports data as a university student, and the blog he started to analyze the Egyptian Premier League blossomed into a company in 2017. But the local market was not ready for Arqam’s services, and so Ali turned to Europe. In 2019, Arqam was acquired by UK-based Statsbomb in a share swap agreement that retained Arqam’s team and Ali leading the data product. 

Today, Arqam’s data collection center in Egypt has become an essential service to 42 European and US clubs, including teams from the English Premier League, Germany’s Bundesliga, and the MLS, providing data analytics services to every level of a sports franchise. We discuss the ups and downs of going from a local luxury to a global essential service and how owning the value chain of data collection and analysis made Arqam FC a viable investment for Statsbomb.

 

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Making It is grateful for the generous support of:

CIB, Egypt’s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories.

The United States Agency for International Development, which has a 40 year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt.

You can check out Arqam FC here: arqamfc.com

Ali ElFakharany got hooked on sports data as a university student, and the blog he started to analyze the Egyptian Premier League blossomed into a company in 2017. But the local market was not ready for Arqam&rsquo;s services, and so Ali turned to Europe. In 2019, Arqam was acquired by UK-based Statsbomb in a share swap agreement that retained Arqam&rsquo;s team and Ali leading the data product.&nbsp;
Today, Arqam&rsquo;s data collection center in Egypt has become an essential service to 42 European and US clubs, including teams from the English Premier League, Germany&rsquo;s Bundesliga, and the MLS, providing data analytics services to every level of a sports franchise. We discuss the ups and downs of going from a local luxury to a global essential service and how owning the value chain of data collection and analysis made Arqam FC a viable investment for Statsbomb.
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Making It is grateful for the generous support of:
<a href="https://www.cibeg.com/English/Pages/default.aspx">CIB</a>, Egypt&rsquo;s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories.
<a href="https://www.usaid.gov/egypt">The United States Agency for International Development</a>, which has a 40 year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt.
You can check out Arqam FC here: <a href="https://www.arqamfc.com/">arqamfc.com</a>

Making It is a show about building great businesses in Egypt, produced by Enterprise, the daily brief on all matters business, finance, and economics. Each episode brings you a one-on-one sit-down with a CEO or founder at the top of their game. They are leaders at the helm of businesses going through different stages of growth and they discuss with us the issues they face, the challenges they have to overcome, and what it takes to “Make it.”

Making It is a show about building great businesses in Egypt, produced by Enterprise, the daily brief on all matters business, finance, and economics. Each episode brings you a one-on-one sit-down with a CEO or founder at the top of their game. They are leaders at the helm of businesses going through different stages of growth and they discuss with us the issues they face, the challenges they have to overcome, and what it takes to &ldquo;Make it.&rdquo;

Making It

Making It is a show about building great businesses in Egypt, produced by Enterprise, the daily brief on all matters business, finance, and economics. Each episode brings you a one-on-one sit-down with a CEO or founder at the top of their game. They are leaders at the helm of businesses going through different stages of growth and they discuss with us the issues they face, the challenges they have to overcome, and what it takes to “Make it.

Making It is a show about building great businesses in Egypt, produced by Enterprise, the daily brief on all matters business, finance, and economics. Each episode brings you a one-on-one sit-down with a CEO or founder at the top of their game. They are leaders at the helm of businesses going through different stages of growth and they discuss with us the issues they face, the challenges they have to overcome, and what it takes to &ldquo;Make it.

Playing moneyball with Arqam FC CEO Ali ElFakharany

In 20 years of working in private equity, Hossam Abou Moussa has seen the makings of great businesses across industries in Egypt and other emerging markets. At Actis, he is a partner in the private equity business, as well as chief operating officer of the unit. Actis is one of the leading investors in emerging markets, and currently operates roughly USD 10 bn under management. In Egypt, they have invested in some of Egypt’s biggest companies, including CIB, Edita, International Diagnostics Holding, and Fawry.

In our last episode of the season and the year, Abou Moussa outlines the three fundamental aspects investors look for in a business and how to leverage them for fundraising, as well as how to choose a business partner or investor, and when to choose private equity as an option.

 

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Making It is grateful for the generous support of:

CIB, Egypt’s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories.

The United States Agency for International Development, which has a 40 year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt.


You can learn about Actis here: https://www.act.is/

In 20 years of working in private equity, Hossam Abou Moussa has seen the makings of great businesses across industries in Egypt and other emerging markets. At Actis, he is a partner in the private equity business, as well as chief operating officer of the unit. Actis is one of the leading investors in emerging markets, and currently operates roughly USD 10 bn under management. In Egypt, they have invested in some of Egypt&rsquo;s biggest companies, including CIB, Edita, International Diagnostics Holding, and Fawry.
In our last episode of the season and the year, Abou Moussa outlines the three fundamental aspects investors look for in a business and how to leverage them for fundraising, as well as how to choose a business partner or investor, and when to choose private equity as an option.
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Making It is grateful for the generous support of:
<a href="https://www.cibeg.com/English/Pages/default.aspx">CIB</a>, Egypt&rsquo;s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories.
<a href="https://www.usaid.gov/egypt">The United States Agency for International Development</a>, which has a 40 year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt.
 You can learn about Actis here: <a href="https://www.act.is/">https://www.act.is/</a>

How to fundraise with Actis Partner Hossam Abou Moussa

Hend El Sherbini took over her mother’s testing facility MK Lab in Egypt and rebranded it to Al Mokhtabar in 2004, with the intention of providing affordable and quality testing beyond Cairo. 

16 years later, El Sherbini sits atop Integrated Diagnostics Holding, a merger of Al Mokhtabar and Al Borg. 

IDH is the first Egyptian company to list on the London Stock Exchange, and has since become a regional player with over 450 facilities across Egypt, Sudan, Nigeria and Jordan. El Sherbini speaks to the merits of institutionalizing her family business and highlights the role consolidation plays in enabling affordable healthcare.

 

** Subscribe to Making it here for https://bit.ly/35lugvb.

** Subscribe to Enterprise, our 6am briefing on business, finance and economics in Egypt (also free) at www.enterprise.press.

 

Making It is grateful for the generous support of:

CIB, Egypt’s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories.

The United States Agency for International Development, which has a 40 year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt.

You can check out IDH here: idhcorp.com

Hend El Sherbini took over her mother&rsquo;s testing facility MK Lab in Egypt and rebranded it to Al Mokhtabar in 2004, with the intention of providing affordable and quality testing beyond Cairo.&nbsp;
16 years later, El Sherbini sits atop Integrated Diagnostics Holding, a merger of Al Mokhtabar and Al Borg.&nbsp;
IDH is the first Egyptian company to list on the London Stock Exchange, and has since become a regional player with over 450 facilities across Egypt, Sudan, Nigeria and Jordan. El Sherbini speaks to the merits of institutionalizing her family business and highlights the role consolidation plays in enabling affordable healthcare.
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** Subscribe to Making it here for<a href="https://bit.ly/35lugvb"> https://bit.ly/35lugvb</a>.
** Subscribe to Enterprise, our 6am briefing on business, finance and economics in Egypt (also free) at<a href="http://www.enterprise.press/"> www.enterprise.press</a>.
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Making It is grateful for the generous support of:
<a href="https://www.cibeg.com/English/Pages/default.aspx">CIB</a>, Egypt&rsquo;s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories.
<a href="https://www.usaid.gov/egypt">The United States Agency for International Development</a>, which has a 40 year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt.
You can check out IDH here: <a href="https://www.idhcorp.com/">idhcorp.com</a>

Growing a diagnostics powerhouse with Integrated Diagnostics Holding CEO Hend El Sherbini

Hisham Shawki and Nancy Zayed launched MagicCube in 2014 with the intention of eliminating the redundancy of hardware-based security currently used in mobile and IoT devices. The primary target of their technology is the USD 48 bn POS hardware market, a strategy that attracted investments from Visa and CIB’s VC arm CVentures. Beyond financial services, the security platform has major applications in industrial machinery, medical devices, and autonomous vehicles.

The implications on emerging markets looking to improve financial inclusion are undeniable. By removing costly barriers to entry caused by manufacturing and deployment of hardware components, the technology can help bring a greater portion of the informal economy into the system. 

Hisham and Nancy take us back to how they went from building software in Egypt to working at tech companies that arguably changed the world, and share with us their favorite stories about meeting Steve Jobs.

** Subscribe to Making it here for free https://bit.ly/35lugvb.

** Subscribe to Enterprise, our 6am briefing on business, finance and economics in Egypt (also free) at www.enterprise.press.

 

Making It is grateful for the generous support of:

CIB, Egypt’s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories.

The United States Agency for International Development, which has a 40 year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt.

You can check out MagicCube here: magiccube.co

Hisham Shawki and Nancy Zayed launched MagicCube in 2014 with the intention of eliminating the redundancy of hardware-based security currently used in mobile and IoT devices. The primary target of their technology is the USD 48 bn POS hardware market, a strategy that attracted investments from Visa and CIB&rsquo;s VC arm CVentures. Beyond financial services, the security platform has major applications in industrial machinery, medical devices, and autonomous vehicles.
The implications on emerging markets looking to improve financial inclusion are undeniable. By removing costly barriers to entry caused by manufacturing and deployment of hardware components, the technology can help bring a greater portion of the informal economy into the system.&nbsp;
Hisham and Nancy take us back to how they&nbsp;went from building software in Egypt to working at tech companies that arguably changed the world, and share with us their favorite stories about meeting Steve Jobs.
** Subscribe to Making it here for free <a href="https://bit.ly/35lugvb" data-cke-saved-href="https://bit.ly/35lugvb">https://bit.ly/35lugvb</a>.
** Subscribe to Enterprise, our 6am briefing on business, finance and economics in Egypt (also free) at<a href="http://www.enterprise.press/" data-cke-saved-href="http://www.enterprise.press/"> www.enterprise.press</a>.
&nbsp;
Making It is grateful for the generous support of:
<a href="https://www.cibeg.com/English/Pages/default.aspx" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.cibeg.com/English/Pages/default.aspx">CIB</a>, Egypt&rsquo;s number-one private-sector bank and the partner of choice for CEOs and leaders of businesses at all stages of their growth stories.
<a href="https://www.usaid.gov/egypt" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.usaid.gov/egypt">The United States Agency for International Development</a>, which has a 40 year history of inspiring Egyptian success in partnership with the Government and people of Egypt.
You can check out MagicCube here: <a href="https://magiccube.co/" data-cke-saved-href="https://magiccube.co/">magiccube.co</a>

Playing moneyball with Arqam FC CEO Ali ElFakharany

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