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AfricaSeptember 2 2007

Foreign bankers impressed with Egypt’s reform process

National Bank of Kuwait’s (NBK) winning tender bid last month to buy Egypt’s Al-Watany Bank for $516m reflects not only NBK’s regional expansion strategy but also growing confidence in the Egyptian banking system.

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