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LEGISLATION WATCH- House splits part two of Press and Media Act into three separate bills, general assembly vote expected today: The House of Representatives’ Culture and Media Committee has decided to split the second part of the Press and Media Act into three separate pieces of legislation, Al Shorouk reports. The first bill will regulate […]
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GASC cancels wheat shipment from Dubai-based AOS
GASC cancels wheat shipment from Dubai-based AOS: The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) has cancelled a 60k tonne order of Russian wheat from Dubai-based trader AOS on Thursday after repeated delays in delivery, traders told Reuters Arabic. “There were severe delays and state grain buyer GASC officially cancelled the deal today,” one Cairo-based source […]
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India’s Larsen & Toubro wins contract for Egypt-Sudan interconnection project
Next on the march to becoming a regional energy hub: Hiring a contractor for grid interconnectivity project with Sudan: Indian engineering firm Larsen & Toubro reportedly won last week’s tender to link the electricity grids of Sudan and Egypt, Al Mal reports. The contracts with the firm will be signed in September, at which time […]
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Nasr, German Ambassador sign EUR 1.6 bn memos for development projects
Egypt, Germany sign EUR 1.6 bn development aid framework: Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr and German Ambassador to Cairo Julius Georg Luy inked on Thursday memorandums establishing the framework for doling out development aid by the KFW development Bank and the German international development agency (GIZ), according to a statement from the German […]
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Smart people wanted
SMART PEOPLE WANTED. We’re hiring at both Enterprise and at our parent company, Inktank. We’re looking for critical thinkers who have outstanding English-language writing skills. Don’t apply if you are not (at an absolute minimum) unafraid of numbers. We offer a great, casual work environment, the opportunity to work with smart people who care about […]
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The superheroes fighting corruption, injustice in Egypt
Eat your heart out Marvel. Egypt’s superheroes are more direct and much less subtle. You don’t need to be a comic book geek to know that plenty of our favorite comic titles look to metaphorically address social issues, including racism (X-Men), colonialism (Black Panther), and the military industrial complex (Iron Man). Egypt’s superheroes are much […]
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Can one be optimistic about investing in DPRK?
The giant fail that is Koryolink was highlighted by Bloomberg as one of the foreign investments in North Korea that have tanked, begging the question why would anyone put in money there? The piece notes Orascom Telecom Media and Technology’s (OTMT) inability to repatriate profits, Kim Jong Un’s elevation of a rival telecommunication network, and […]
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January 2011 uprising from the eyes of female activists
“Women and the Egyptian Revolution” opens WaPo’s Africa politics summer reading list: Rutgers University political science professor Nermin Allam’s book the “Women and the Egyptian Revolution: Engagement and Activism during the 2011 Arab Uprisings,” was selected by the Washington Post as the first on their 2018 African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular series. Allam’s book “makes […]
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New cabinet lineup and priorities was the topic du jour for the nation’s columnists
The lineup and priorities of the incoming Madbouly Cabinet was the topic du jour for the nation’s columnists. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi might be pushing to change a large number of ministers to give the citizenry the feeling that his second presidential term will bring with it a sea-change in conditions and that the […]