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THIS MORNING: Our analyst poll rings in interest rate week + Afcon quarter-final tonight
Good morning, friends, and welcome to the last workweek of January. Hard to believe the year is 8.2% finished as…
The US’s inventory of chips will barely get them through the week + Pablo Picasso’s art to be sold as NFTs
The median inventory of chips at chip-reliant US companies fell to less than five days in 2021 as stocks fell…
Last Night’s Talk Shows: El Sisi talks GERD, Libya crisis with Algeria prez
El Sisi, Tebboune talks dominate the talk shows: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s discussions with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in…
Record high daily official covid cases
Daily covid cases reach record high as omicron strikes: The Health Ministry reported a record 1,809 new covid infections yesterday,…
Egypt bucks the trend as IMF downgrades global growth
The IMF downgraded its projection for global growth in 2022 to 4.4% in its World Economic Outlook update, down 0.5…
Last Night’s Talk Shows: Merck covid pill approved for use in Egypt + El Sisi holds talks with Algerian prez
Our meds regulator’s decision to approve Merck’s antiviral covid-19 pill Molnupiravir for emergency use was the talk of the talk…
Egyptian Drug Authority approves Merck antiviral pill
The Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) has approved Merck’s antiviral covid-19 pill Molnupiravir for emergency use, making Egypt the first country…
We’re spending a whole lot more on wheat — and events in Ukraine could bump up spending even more
Spiraling wheat prices land us with an EGP 12 bn check: The rise in global wheat prices will cost us…
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