• Sunday, 24 October 2021

    GERD + Feathers lead an otherwise bland night on the nation’s airwaves

    Talk shows were quieter than usual last night: Ahmed Moussa’s interview with Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aty to talk GERD and Amr Adib’s phone call with Feathers director Omar El Zohairy were among the highlights.Still no news on GERD: Egypt’s...
  • Sunday, 24 October 2021

    THIS MORNING: Cairo Water Week + inflationary pressure isn’t going to be so transient

    Good morning, friends, and welcome to a packed issue to start this last full week of October. You can expect lots more newsflow this week: Market watchers are digesting e-Finance’s IPO (and hoping for others to declare their 2022 IPO...
  • Tuesday, 19 October 2021

    Sisi and Merkel talk trade + transport on the agenda for UK ME Minister visit

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi talked trade, tourism, and GERD in a phone call yesterday with outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ittihadiya said in a statement. The two leaders also touched on cooperation in education and renewable energy, as well...
  • Sunday, 17 October 2021

    We’re not holding our breaths (just our taps)

    Ethiopia is ready to once again resume talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a spokesperson for Sudan’s foreign ministry, Dina Mufti, told Sky News Arabia (watch, runtime: 00:20). “We are expecting the current African Union head to send...
  • Tuesday, 12 October 2021

    GERD negotiations at standstill – Irrigation Minister

    Egypt’s negotiations with Ethiopia over GERD are now “all but frozen,” even as talks remain sponsored by the international community and the African Union, Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aty told journalists yesterday. Authorities are ready to engage in serious negotiations...
  • Thursday, 30 September 2021

    Last Night’s Talk Shows on the Jake Sullivan visit, kids on e-bikes, and Nafeza

    It was another quiet night on the airwaves yesterday, with the talk shows focusing on US national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s meeting with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi yesterday.Sullivan’s visit gives a kind of reassurance, especially in light of the...
  • Monday, 27 September 2021

    Last Night’s Talk Shows: More on the blogger tax, and the Ethiopian embassy shuts its doors

    The introduction of income tax and VAT for YouTubers and other content creators continued to capture the attention of the talk shows last night. According to a Tax Authority directive released last week, all online content creators will need to...
  • Sunday, 26 September 2021

    UN Sec-Gen talks GERD with Egyptian, Ethiopian FMs

    UN Sec-Gen talks GERD with Egyptian, Ethiopian FMs: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday, according to statements from Guterres’ office and the Egyptian foreign ministry. The two discussed Libya and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, among...
  • Sunday, 26 September 2021

    Last Night’s Talk Shows on the blogger tax + GERD

    Newly announced taxes on online content creators headlined last night’s talk shows. YouTubers, Instagrammers, bloggers, vloggers and other online content creators will have to start paying income tax under a directive from the Tax Authority over the weekend designed to...

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