Thinking & Perspective

Insights

Perspectives on enterprise performance, financial management, BI, and intelligent automation — for organizations operating in Egypt and the Arab world.

Thinking on performance,
technology, and the region.

Consultancy June 14, 2026

The finance function transformation roadmap for Gulf enterprises: where to start, what sequence to follow, and what to avoid.

Finance transformation is on the agenda of virtually every large enterprise in the Gulf. The mandates are real — Vision 2030 participation, ZATCA compliance, IFRS…

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Consultancy July 11, 2026

How to evaluate an Oracle EPM implementation partner in the Gulf — the questions that separate depth from presentation.

The Oracle EPM partner market in the Middle East has grown significantly as demand from Vision 2030 programes, regulatory compliance requirements, and enterprise transformation agendas…

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EPM June 9, 2026

Migrating from Hyperion Planning to Oracle Cloud EPM: what the Middle East experience actually looks like.

Oracle's on-premises Hyperion Planning product is in extended support. The migration to Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service — or the broader Oracle Cloud EPM…

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Intelligent Automation April 18, 2026

The finance processes that should have been automated two years ago — and what it is costing you to run them manually today.

Automation is often discussed as a future capability. In most finance functions, the processes that should be automated already exist and are consuming senior time…

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EPM January 9, 2026

Why most Oracle EPM implementations stall — and how to rescue them before the damage is permanent.

The problem is rarely the technology. It is the gap between IT ownership and finance expectation that causes implementations to deliver systems nobody trusts. Here…

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Business Intelligence February 15, 2026

The CFO’s reporting problem is not a data problem. It is a design problem.

Organizations in the GCC have more data than ever. The gap is in how that data is structured, presented, and connected to the decisions executives…

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Strategy March 18, 2026

What enterprise finance teams in Egypt and the Gulf should prioritize in 2026.

The investment environment has changed The scale of enterprise technology investment across the Arab world has shifted materially in the past three years. Saudi Vision…

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