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THIS MORNING: It’s Fed decision day; Swvl on course to hit the Nasdaq on 31 March; AfDB in town for COP 27 talks
Good morning, wonderful people, and welcome to almost-THURSDAY, which longtime readers know is how we prefer to think of the…
Can China be Egypt’s wheat provider of last resort?
Bread prices continue to get attention in the foreign press this morning: In a Bloomberg opinion piece, David Fickling suggests…
Food prices were still the topic du jour on the airwaves last night
The Sisi administration’s bid to tamp down rising food prices dominated the airwaves last night after Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly…
Gov’t to up local wheat prices and cut fertilizer costs — and appears to be considering price caps for unsubsidized bread
A raft of new wheat-related measures announced by the Madbouly government yesterday aim to bolster the country’s food security in…
The commodity price shock is still front and center in the foreign press
The commodity price shock and its effect on Egypt’s food supply is still dominating coverage in the foreign press: The…
Gov’t steps in to lower flour prices + calls for metal export ban
Rising food price inflation continued to dominate the airwaves last night, with most of the talking heads dedicating sizable portions…
We’re getting wheat from Ukraine, Russia and Romania within days — and local farmers are pushing the state to pay more for the domestic harvest
Shipments of Black Sea wheat are on their way to Egypt: Several cargoes totaling 189k tonnes of Ukrainian, Russian and…
Gov’t imposes ban on some food exports to conserve local supply
The Trade Ministry has banned the export of staple food commodities for three months as it looks to shore up…
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