Rising food prices continue to dominate the conversation on the airwaves

Rising food prices and the wheat supply crisis were once again the main topics of discussion on our airwaves last night. Supply Minister Ali El Moselhy and Deputy Supply Minister Ibrahim Ashmawy did the rounds on the talk shows to reassure viewers about rising food prices and the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the nation’s wheat supplies, around 80% of which comes from the two countries alone. El Moselhy talked to El Hekaya’s Amr Adib (watch, runtime 3:24) while Ashmawy was on with Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 6:44 | 3:28).

The price of homes in the state’s middle-income housing projects will not increase even as construction companies face pressure from the rising cost of raw materials on the back of the Ukraine war, Mai Abdelhamid, head of the Social Housing and Mortgage Finance Fund, told Al Hayah Al Youm in a phone-in (watch, runtime 4:32).