Sean Brownlee is a representative of the Monterey Institute of International Studies and the American University of Cairo working as a Frontier Market Scout in Egypt. He is partnered with a team of dedicated Virtual Scouts that are providing up to the minute, detailed information in support of our Cairo venture.
Frontier Market Scouts are multi-cultural businessmen and women with very strong linguistic, cultural and regional experiences necessary to operate in the markets they work in. Sean Brownlee and his teammates not only speak Arabic, but also have extensive experience working and traveling throughout the region. Focusing on an MBA in International Policy and Management has made him particularly effective at understanding the current climate in Egypt. This understanding will be put to use matching investors and venture capitalists with the appropriate investments.
Egypt is a market that has been stifled for decades by a short-term horizon that has been governed by a lack of certainty around political succession. Now, we have a country with a population of 80 million people that have proven themselves to be very internet savvy and participants in the modern world facing a democratic process that was previously unheard of. We will begin seeing venture capitalists take heed of a market they had not thought much about. Looking at Egypt’s ability to be a tech hub is something that people are definitely looking at. If you end up having a functioning political system that has good rule of law and private equity investors have the comfort to make longer-term bets, they could look at consumer discretionary, oil services and other sectors.
As Frontier Market Scouts we will be there at the forefront to connect the world with Egypt.
Fantastic!