{"id":623264,"date":"2018-10-25T04:15:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T04:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/10\/25\/what-were-tracking-on-25-october\/"},"modified":"2018-10-25T04:15:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T04:15:24","slug":"what-were-tracking-on-25-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/10\/25\/what-were-tracking-on-25-october\/","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re tracking on 25 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is in Khartoum today<\/strong> for talks with his Sudanese counterpart, Omar Al Bashir. Egypt and Sudan are expected to sign a final agreement for on a 630 km railway line connecting the two countries<\/a>, Sudan\u2019s Transport Minister Hatem Al Ser said, according to Al Mal<\/a>. Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry flew yesterday to the Sudanese capital to lay the groundwork for El Sisi\u2019s trip.<\/p>\n

Progress on GERD talks? <\/strong>The two countries, along with Ethiopia, have made \u201cprogress on reaching an agreement about the filling of the [Grand Ethiopian Renaissance] Dam (GERD),\u201d Sudanese Irrigation Minister Khader Mohamed tells Reuters<\/a>. No further details were provided, but all three countries have been trying to arrive at a \u201cjoint vision\u201d for the dam\u2019s construction that would cater to their varying interests, which for Egypt would require Ethiopia to reduce the pace at which plans to fill the dam\u2019s reservoir. Last we heard, the tripartite committee overseeing the issue had failed to reach a breakthrough<\/a> when it met last in Addis Ababa in September.<\/p>\n

The US trade and business delegation wraps up its visit to Egypt today<\/strong>. The business figures and government officials have had packed days of meetings in Cairo as they kick the tires on investment opportunities.<\/p>\n

AOI signs MoU with America\u2019s Armored Group to manufacture armored vehicles in Egypt:<\/strong> The Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) signed yesterday an MoU with American armored vehicle manufacturer the Armored Group<\/a> to manufacture armored vehicles in Egypt, according to Al Shorouk<\/a>. The two also agreed to set up a technical committee to increase cooperation and share know-how on combating terrorism and manufacturing defense equipment.<\/p>\n

Investment Minister Sahar Nasr is at <\/strong>Davos in the Desert<\/strong><\/a> in Riyadh<\/strong>, where she is pitching investment in Egypt, according to a ministry statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Conference season continues this weekend and into next week<\/strong>. The 57th ACI World Congress and the 43rd ICA Annual Conference 2018<\/a> get underway today at the Four Seasons Nile Plaza. The 2018 Narrative PR Summit<\/a> is happening on Sunday, 28 October, also at the Four Seasons Nile Plaza.<\/p>\n

In miscellany this morning:<\/p>\n

<\/a> ** #9 Do you employ people? Read this on your way to work, if you read nothing else: <\/strong>Once upon a time, companies grew because they treated workers on par with shareholders and management. That\u2019s the key takeaway from When Sears flourished, so did workers. At Amazon, it\u2019s more complicated<\/a> \u2014 a story that prompted us to let out our inner democratic socialists (yes, they live still inside us \u2026 deep, deep inside us) and ponder for a moment what might be wrong with capitalism as we practice it today. Don\u2019t be thrown off by the headline focusing on US companies: Every single word here applies to Egypt<\/strong>, even if only conceptually at privately-held companies. The fundamental questions we\u2019re asking ourselves this morning:<\/p>\n