IPA

A Game-Changing Project; Agriculture Business

Challenge: Amid the challenges posed by climate change and water scarcity in Egypt's agricultural sector, which has significantly impacted the country's food security, IPA experts “during their previous positions in vital government agencies” conducted a comprehensive due diligence of foreign best practices to find strategic solutions.

Solution: IPA experts played a crucial role in establishing partnerships between the European side, led by the Spanish association Tecnova, and the Egyptian government, led by the Ministry of Agriculture and AOI. Our experts not only facilitated the transfer of the required technology to Egypt but were also actively involved in the entire cooperation process. This involvement proved to be instrumental in addressing the agricultural sector's issues, such as improving food security and irrigation water.

Result: Thanks to our experts' efforts, Egypt was able to undertake the Middle East's most extensive project of its kind, constructing 100,000 Feddan with greenhouses in Mohamed Naguib Base. This project was a game-changer for Egypt, enabling the country to adopt cutting-edge European technologies and expertise in this essential field.

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Africa CEO Forum (2016-2018)

Challenge: Over the years, IPA has been progressively expanding its influence in Africa by partnering with Jeune Afrique Group to serve as the sole representative in Egypt. In pursuit of this objective, IPA has motivated Egyptian private sector businessmen to participate in The Africa CEO Forum held in its fourth, fifth, and sixth iterations in Cote d'Ivoire and Switzerland.

Solution: IPA worked on a strategic stakeholders mapping of the Egyptian business Community including CEOs of Banks and large Corporates with a minimum turnover of 10 million Euros, who possess interest in penetrating the African Market through attending such active platforms.

Results: IPA managed to engage high profile Egyptian businessmen including Naguib Sawiris, Hossam Farid, Basil El-Baz, Dr. Okey Oramah, Sherif El-Gabaly. IPA’s noteworthy approach to raise the awareness of the African & European Business Community by making ends meet between the Egyptian Delegation from Various Business Sectors & their African & European Counterparts.

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Distinctive Financial Swap

Challenge: One of the leading Multinational Industrial Companies in Egypt had a delay in reimbursing its export dues from the government. This situation was very critical to the extent that the company was considering exiting the market.

Solution: IPA communicated with the related stakeholders to conduct condensed solid negotiations with Ministry of Finance and Export Development Fund, aiming at accelerating the reimbursement of total amount of dues. IPA proposed that the win-win situation would be created if the reimbursement was cleared against taxes.

Results: IPA successfully reimbursed 100% of the company’s dues in a very short time cleared against tax dues. In fact, this was a very welcoming and satisfying solution for the Industrial Company that resulted in continuing their operations in the Egyptian market and started re-exporting with a total export volume of LE 1 billion.

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Egypt’s Largest Livestock Deal

Challenge: Stabilizing meat supplies and ensuring food security in Egypt from 2015 to 2018

Solution: IPA provided consultancy services and mediation to manage the largest imported livestock deal in the Egyptian market.
800,000 heads of livestock were supplied during the period 2015-2018, with a value of up to 1.3 billion Egyptian pounds.

Outcome: Reinforcing the stability in one of the major food commodities in the Egyptian market
The deal was considered to be the largest of its kind in the history of trade between the two countries.
The agreement emphasized the importance of international trade in achieving economic and social development in the region.

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Setting A New Precedent In Taxation

Challenge: A large German cement investor in the Egyptian market, received a claim to pay EGP 63 million of undue taxes.

Solution: IPA built a case based on scientific approach through different resources obtaining reports from credible entities. IPA worked on creating a win-win situation between related parties.

Results: Obtaining the approval from government to waive the 100% of the amount 63M EGP undue taxes in critical time. IPA was able to set forward a new regulation that will be implemented later on by the tax authorities in Egypt.

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Huawei’s Innovation Day

Challenge: Huawei faced the challenge of promoting its smart city solutions in the Egyptian industry, leveraging the country's progress in real estate and harnessing its technology wealth for construction purposes. The goal was to open new markets and generate interest among stakeholders in Huawei's technology for urban development.

Solution: IPA strategically consulted Huawei utilizing different public affairs tactics that led to a very important event "Innovation for Technological Urban Development" to showcase Huawei's smart city solutions. They conducted interactive sessions on topics like financial technology and the digital economy, engaging stakeholders from various sectors including finance, housing, and communications. The event highlighted the smart cities revolution in Egypt, particularly in the New Administrative Capital.

Results: IPA's efforts contributed to opening new markets for Huawei in Egypt by highlighting their technology in the context of smart cities and urban development. Such efforts successfully and sustainably engaged around 250 different stakeholders ranging from government officials to business community and international organizations.

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International Oil & GAS Companies Debts

Challenge: The government owed debts to the oil and gas companies operating in Egypt amounted for $6 billion, which would have caused the exit of many companies from the Egyptian market, in addition to the international arbitration endeavors.

Solution: A direct government decision influencing case carried out jointly by IPA and our PR firm. Private talks were held with the government to communicate a clear message about the increasing risk of these debts.

Result: Gaining the presidential and prime minister’s attention to the issue and
taking the necessary actions to settling and rescheduling those debts.

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