President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s meetings with visiting foreign delegations was the number one topic on the nation’s airwaves last night.

El Sisi invited South Korean businesses to invest in Egypt during a meeting with an investor delegation yesterday, Al Hayah Al Youm’s Khaled Abu Bakr reported. The president then held talks with Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov, and a US congressional delegation from South Carolina (watch, runtime: 5:15). We have a rundown in this morning’s Diplomacy + Foreign Trade, below.

Egypt’s ranking on the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index improved a single notch to 93rd out of 140 countries, Masaa DMC’s Ramy Radwan noted (watch, runtime: 7:37). We have a breakdown of our performance in Speed Round, below.

Shawki talks education reform amid shuffle speculation: Radwan interviewed Education Minister Tarek Shawki about his education policies, a day after Deputy House Speaker Soliman Wahdan suggested that the ministry could soon get a new minister (watch, runtime: 7:20). “What we are trying to do is extremely hard, there’s a time aspect,” he said, adding that his “radical changes” will take time to yield results. Shawki’s K-12 reform program aims to move away from grade-focused education towards building skills.

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