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What we’re tracking this week and beyond
As many as 16 of the nation’s 27 governors will be replaced in a shuffle expected to take place this week. The announcement of the shuffle has been postponed multiple times since since June. The Euromoney conference kicks off on 4 September, with ministers Sahar Nasr, Mohamed Maait, Tarek Shawki, and Amr Talaat scheduled to […]
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Chinese company to acquire a USD 50 mn gemstone
A 12.5 kg sapphire hidden from the public eye since 2004 is going on tour — thanks a Chinese brick manufacturer. The Millennium Sapphire, which was discovered in Madagascar in 1984, will be snapped up by China’s Yulong Eco-Materials for USD 50 mn in restricted stock in a transaction expected to close within three weeks, […]
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Egypt in the news on 29 August 2018
The Atlantic Council would very much like you to know that it believes Egypt Leads the Pack in Internet Censorship Across the Middle East. Otherwise, all quiet on the foreign front. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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We’ve been listening to the same song on repeat for the past two decades
We’ve been listening to the same song on repeat for the past two decades. It appears that popular taste in music forced producers down a narrow single track after the 1990s. A shift in popular demand from rock and R’n’B in the 1980s and 90s toward the more “bombastic sounds” of pop in the 2000s […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
Shoukry, Kamel meet Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed to discuss GERD, kicking off development projects
Shoukry, Kamel meet Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed to discuss GERD, kicking off development projects: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and intelligence chief Abbas Kamel met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa yesterday to discuss the latest developments in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), according to a ministry statement. The statement does not delve […]
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Egyptian-Sudanese ministerial council meets for talks on agri ban, joint railway project
Egyptian-Sudanese ministerial council meets for talks on agri ban, joint railway project: Egypt and Sudan’s agriculture ministers Ezzedin Abu Steit and Abdallah Soliman met yesterday to look into lifting Sudan’s ban on imports of Egyptian agricultural products, Al Masry Al Youm reports. The ban, which has been in place since May 2017, was not a […]
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Vietnamese ministers, business delegation discuss potential SCZone investments with Mamish
Vietnamese ministers, business delegation discuss potential SCZone investments with Mamish: Vietnamese Planning and Investment Minister Nguyen Chi Dung, Agriculture Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong and their accompanying business delegation met yesterday with Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) Chairman Mohab Mamish to look into potential investments in the SCZone, Al Mal reports.
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Egypt looking to export agricultural products to China
Egypt is looking to export dates, pomegranates, mangoes, and potatoes to China, head of the Agricultural Quarantine Authority Ahmed El Attar tells Al Mal. The authority is in talks with its Chinese counterpart and has submitted the necessary documents for review. The Chinese had previously accepted Egyptian date and grape imports, and are still reviewing […]
Posted inEnergy
Eni said to be in talks with Shell to connect Western Desert well with processing plant in Obayed
Italian oil and gas giant Eni is reportedly in talks with Royal Dutch Shell to begin pumping a daily 23 mcf of gas a well in its Western Desert concession to the company’s processing plant in Obayed, unnamed EGAS officials said yesterday. The Faramit well will be closed until the two sides agree on the […]