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Good morning, wonderful people, and welcome to your final workday of the week. <\/strong>The nation is off tomorrow in observance of Armed Forces Day, which is formally today.<\/p>\n

Enjoy your last \u201cgood\u201d commute until the end-of-year slowdown: <\/strong>Public schools and universities are both back in session for fall term as of Saturday, meaning rush hour is about to become a bit more ugly.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a fairly busy news day here at home<\/strong>, including the latest on the PMI (confidence is at a record level), progress on the Egypt-Saudi grid interconnection project, and the launch of the country\u2019s latest venture capital fund. On the covid front, there\u2019s the prospect that Egypt may soon be jabbing 12-year-olds. We have more on all of this below.<\/strong><\/p>\n

MEANWHILE- <\/strong>Stay tuned for an imminent Mogamma announcement:<\/strong> The company chosen to redevelop the Mogamma building<\/a> in Tahrir will be announced within days, Sovereign Wealth Fund CEO Ayman Soliman told Reuters<\/a> on Monday. Planning Minister Hala El Said previously said<\/a> that the announcement would be made before the end of September.<\/p>\n

SMART POLICY- <\/strong>CBE instructs banks to improve access for people with disabilities: <\/strong>The Central Bank of Egypt has instructed banks to make their services more accessible to people with disabilities in a circular (pdf)<\/a> earlier this week. Among the list of requirements: banks will need to ensure that at least 10% of their branches and ATMs are physically accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n

THE BIG STORY ABROAD is still Facebook.<\/strong> US lawmakers accused the company of prioritizing growth of its business over user safety and urged regulators to step up their scrutiny of the social media giant as they listened keenly to former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen. Haugen exposed Facebook\u2019s continued efforts to boost user engagement at any cost during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing, and said that Facebook operates \u201cin the shadows,\u201d hiding its research practices away from public eyes. \u201cThe company\u2019s leadership knows how to make Facebook and Instagram safer, but won\u2019t make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical [income] before people,\u201d she said. Lawmakers on both sides of the political spectrum could finally be moved by Haugen\u2019s testimony to take action on a raft of long-idling legislation, including a bill banning data collection on under-13s. The story is all over the international press: Reuters<\/a> | Financial Times<\/a> | NYT<\/a> | CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

** IN CASE YOU MISSED IT-<\/strong> Stories from yesterday\u2019s edition of EnterprisePM<\/strong>:<\/p>\n