The Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority has opened a training program to prepare government-owned companies for stock market offerings on the Egyptian Exchange. The program is aimed at companies that have been granted temporary listing and other state-owned companies targeted for future offerings, with the goal of helping their executives meet listing, offering, governance, disclosure and post-listing compliance requirements under the applicable regulatory framework. It is designed as a practical readiness exercise rather than a purely theoretical course. Prepared by the Financial Services Institute and the Egyptian Directors Center, the authority's training arms, the program combines workshops, case studies and a full simulation of a company's path from temporary listing to the start of trading. The seven training modules cover the capital market legal and regulatory framework, temporary and final listing mechanisms, financial and accounting readiness, governance and sustainability requirements, disclosure and prospectuses, public offering execution, and obligations after listing. The program targets board chairs and members, chief executives, chief financial officers, governance, disclosure and investor relations officers, and other executives involved in offering projects. The first course runs for seven intensive training days and includes executives and financial officials from companies temporarily listed on the Egyptian Exchange. The authority said the program will not be limited to the 20 companies temporarily listed so far. Further training rounds are expected to cover other government-owned companies targeted for offerings in sectors including petroleum, mining, pharmaceuticals, tourism, contracting, education and industry.

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