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Thursday, 26 September 2019

El Sisi’s agenda in New York, Egypt’s bourse recovery on last night’s talk shows

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s visit to New York was again the top news item on last night’s talk shows. The president, who has been in the Big Apple for the UN General Assembly for a little under a week now, participated in the UN Sustainable Development Summit, Al Hayah Al Youm’s Lobna Assal noted (watch, runtime: 6:13). We have a rundown of the speech and the remainder of El Sisi’s activities in this morning’s Speed Round, below.

The EGX30’s recovery yesterday following a sustained sell-off was on the radar of Yahduth fi Masr’s Sherif Amer (watch, runtime: 1:23).

Naguib talks Beltone Access conference, Egypt’s EM darling status: Naguib Sawiris phoned into Yahduth fi Masr to give Amer a rundown of the Beltone Access conference, which gets underway next week, and give his take on Egypt being hailed as an emerging markets darling (watch, runtime: 3:59).

Elsewhere, the role of the Ikhwan in last weekend’s protests was the focal point for Masaa DMC’s Ramy Radwan. The host aired what he claimed were leaked telephone conversations between an unnamed senior Ikhwan member and former presidential candidate Ayman Nour’s Turkey-based office manager (watch, runtime: 4:39) and another allegedly between Ikhwan leader Aly Bateekh and an anonymous co-conspirator (watch, runtime: 5:52). The recordings suggest the Ikhwan is looking to increase its social media activity to encourage more demonstrations.

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