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The referendum on constitutional change dominated the conversation on on Egypt in the foreign press as voters headed to the polls yesterday for a third and final day. Pickups of wire stories from the Associated Press and AFP are getting wide play (see: News 24, Fox News, Washington Post and France 24. AFP cites criticism […]
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Posted inON THE FRONT PAGES
Final day of referendum, Libya, Sudan “high-level” meetings top gov’t dailies
Reports from the final day of the constitutional amendment referendum make the headlines in Al Akhbar and Al Gomhuria this morning. Al Ahram meanwhile focuses on the two summits being held in Cairo today between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and African leaders to discuss Libya and Sudan.
Posted inWorth reading
The emerging cars of the future — but will they actually save the planet?
The emerging trend in the auto industry is promising “electrification, automation, and connectivity,” with more and more players racing to reinvent the wheel, Nick Stockton writes for Wired. Rivian, founded in 2009 in Florida as Mainstream Motors, is attempting to combine elements from both the old and the new. It involves licensing an all-electric engine, […]
Posted inWorth watching
Our planet: 49 Earth Days later
Our planet: 49 Earth Days later. Yesterday was Earth Day and, courtesy of this cool video from the American Museum of Natural History, you can see how the planet and its inhabitants have changed since the first Earth Day in 1970 (watch, runtime 3:19). Some of our favorite facts: In almost 50 years, the population […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
El Sisi meets with Sudan’s intelligence chief
El Sisi meets with Sudan’s intelligence chief: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met yesterday with Sudan’s intelligence chief Abu Bakr Demblab, according to an Ittihadiya statement. Demblab delivered a letter from the head of Sudan’s transitional military council Abdel Fattah al Burhan welcoming Egypt’s support for the country. Protesters in Sudanese cities are continuing to […]
Posted inEnergy
Production at Shell’s Rashid and West Nile Delta Burullus fields continues to drop
Royal Dutch Shell’s natural gas output from the Rashid and West Nile Delta Burullus fields has declined in April to 240 mcf/d from 250 mcf/d the previous month as a result of decreasing well productivity, an EGAS source told the local press. Shell is planning to link the first phase of Phase 9B of the […]
Posted inManufacturing
ICT Ministry discusses expanding LG’s investments in Egypt
ICT Minister Amr Talaat met yesterday with representatives from LG to discuss expanding the company’s investments in Egypt, including manufacturing tablets in Egypt, according to a ministry statement.
Posted inHealth + Education
Gov’t signs agreements with private hospitals to train Port Said medical professionals
The Health Ministry signed last week agreements with Cleopatra Hospitals Group, As-Salam, Dar Al Fouad, and Magrabi hospitals to train medical and administrative staff at several Port Said hospitals, according to a cabinet statement. The focus on training up staff and renovating hospitals comes ahead of the rollout of phase one of the universal healthcare […]
Posted inReal Estate + Housing
Heliopolis Housing says presidential decree ends dispute on Shorouk plot
Real estate developer Heliopolis Housing said that a dispute over the payment it owes for its 22.71 sq-km plot in Shorouk has been resolved by a presidential decree ruling that the company should only pay the value of 0.71 sq-km to the New Urban Communities Authority, the company said in a bourse filing (pdf). The […]
Posted inReal Estate + Housing
Heliopolis Housing aims to reduce debt by 50% in coming fiscal year
Real estate developer Heliopolis Housing is looking to reduce its debt by 50%, grow revenues to more than EGP 3.1 bn and achieve a net profit of EGP 1.1 bn in the coming fiscal year, according to statements from CEO Sahar Damati reported by the local press.