In the last two years, the pioneering territories for international schools in the UAE and China have hit some problems. China is posing regulatory challenges from time to time, which impacts enrolment numbers and the predictability of any ramp-up. While the UAE has experienced an economic slowdown much like the rest of the world and […]
Mature, diversify, and open new ground Read More »
In the Middle East, we entered a new phase of maturity in the schools market a couple of years ago. Supply of private schools increased in many countries and demand softened for some market segments. That brought in an Age of Competition which is great for consumers and for quality. It also brought a new
Advice to Investors! Read More »
Marcel joined me in running a set of strategy workshops last week, in Cairo and Upper Egypt. We are finding that we are being asked to provide more and more help to investors at the point of ‘buy’ or ‘sell’. Marcel has probably been engaged in over half the big deals in education, worldwide, over
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