Back to the complete issue
Tuesday, 4 October 2016

No, Ahmed Shafik not running for president

SHAFIK ‘NOT RUNNING’ FOR OFFICE: Ahmed Shafik, the former presidential candidate and Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, publicly denied he is running for the presidency in 2018 through his Twitter account. His denial comes after ONTV talk show host Amr Adib claimed on Saturday that Shafik will run and has already set up a shadow cabinet (runtime: 1:51). While claiming that he had sources to confirm the report, had Adib done a little investigative journalism, he would have found Shafik is still embroiled in a case to get his name taken off of a travel ban in Egypt. Shafik’s PR consultant added call-in to a different program on LTC (runtime: 3:38) that Shafik had left the political scene. We can only imagine Shafik’s reaction when hearing the news.

Enterprise is a daily publication of Enterprise Ventures LLC, an Egyptian limited liability company (commercial register 83594), and a subsidiary of Inktank Communications. Summaries are intended for guidance only and are provided on an as-is basis; kindly refer to the source article in its original language prior to undertaking any action. Neither Enterprise Ventures nor its staff assume any responsibility or liability for the accuracy of the information contained in this publication, whether in the form of summaries or analysis. © 2022 Enterprise Ventures LLC.

Enterprise is available without charge thanks to the generous support of HSBC Egypt (tax ID: 204-901-715), the leading corporate and retail lender in Egypt; EFG Hermes (tax ID: 200-178-385), the leading financial services corporation in frontier emerging markets; SODIC (tax ID: 212-168-002), a leading Egyptian real estate developer; SomaBay (tax ID: 204-903-300), our Red Sea holiday partner; Infinity (tax ID: 474-939-359), the ultimate way to power cities, industries, and homes directly from nature right here in Egypt; CIRA (tax ID: 200-069-608), the leading providers of K-12 and higher level education in Egypt; Orascom Construction (tax ID: 229-988-806), the leading construction and engineering company building infrastructure in Egypt and abroad; Moharram & Partners (tax ID: 616-112-459), the leading public policy and government affairs partner; Palm Hills Developments (tax ID: 432-737-014), a leading developer of commercial and residential properties; Mashreq (tax ID: 204-898-862), the MENA region’s leading homegrown personal and digital bank; Industrial Development Group (IDG) (tax ID:266-965-253), the leading builder of industrial parks in Egypt; Hassan Allam Properties (tax ID:  553-096-567), one of Egypt’s most prominent and leading builders; and Saleh, Barsoum & Abdel Aziz (tax ID: 220-002-827), the leading audit, tax and accounting firm in Egypt.