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Our friends at AmCham will be hosting ICT Minister Amr Talaat for its monthly luncheon on Sunday, 20 January<\/b>. You can register for the event here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

French President Emmanuel Macron will be in town in the coming weeks<\/b>, France\u2019s ambassador in Cairo, St\u00e9phane Romatet said last week, according to Al Ahram<\/a>. We had previously reported<\/a> that security cooperation (including the situation in Libya) as well as economic ties will feature high on the agenda.<\/p>\n

The Social Solidarity Ministry should be presenting a draft of the new Social Welfare Act to the House of Representatives sometime soon, <\/b>according to previous statements by Minister Ghada Wali last week, according to Al Mal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Egypt, Sudan begin trial runs on electricity grid connection project in two weeks:<\/b> Egypt and Sudan will begin trial runs for the first phase of a USD 60-70 mn electricity interconnection project in a week at a capacity of 100 MW, local news reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A government committee mandated with defining Egypt\u2019s informal economy is set to meet for the first time this month<\/b>. The committee\u2019s work comes in light of the Madbouly government\u2019s bid to convince the World Bank and the IMF to agree to include the informal economy<\/a> in calculations of Egypt\u2019s GDP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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