El Sisi meets Mozambican president, Enppi signs USD 500 mn contract for Saudi project
The opening ceremony of Afcon 2019 dominated the airwaves on Saturday for the second night in a row (in case you haven’t heard yet, Egypt won 1-0 against Zimbabwe.)
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met with his Mozambican counterpart President Filipe Nyusi in Cairo yesterday to discuss strengthening economic ties, Al Hayah Al Youm’s Lobna Assal said(watch, runtime: 03:59). The president offered his condolences on Mozambique’s losses due to recent hurricanes and expressed Egypt’s full support. The countries signed three MoUs, including one to exempt VIP passport holders from visa applications (watch, runtime: 01:38 and runtime: 01:52).
Enppi winning a USD 500 mn contract for a project in Saudi Arabia also earned some airtime with Hona Al Asema’s Reham Ibrahim (watch, runtime: 05:53). We have more in this morning’s Energy section, below.
El Hekaya’s Amr Adib explained that a technical issue was responsible for the delay in El Sisi’s speech at the opening ceremony (watch, runtime: 01:05).