Sisi talks power projects, SMEs with gov’t

Talks between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his government about electricity and renewable energy projects dominated the front pages of the country’s three main state-owned dailies (Al Ahram| Al Akhbar | Al Gomhuria). El Sisi urged the government to move forward with projects to connect national power grids with neighboring countries amid government efforts to improve the country’s power industry and its infrastructure. In a separate meeting with Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly and relevant officials, El Sisi stressed the state’s keenness to support SMEs as a driving force of economic growth.