What we’re tracking on 28 February 2017: Egypt food exporters shine in Gulfood 2017, surveillance cameras at Cairo shops
131 Egyptian food producers are participating in this year’s Gulfood expo in Dubai’s World Trade Centre. The event, generally considered the world’s largest annual food event, runs from this past Sunday through next Sunday. Edita boss Hani Berzi, wearing his hat as chairman of the Food Export Council (FEC), said 106 food manufacturers and 25 agrifood producers from Egypt are participating in the event. He added that the FEC has partnered with the Egyptian Commercial Service to promote the Egyptian section of the expo. Egypt’s ambassador to the UAE, Wael Gad, told Al Mal that having more than 130 Egyptian companies participate in the exhibition shows how developed and competitive the sector is becoming, explaining that the UAE market in particular continues to be a very attractive one for Egyptian producers.
Do you own a shop, mall or restaurant in Cairo? You’re going to be installing security cameras inside and outside your property under a decree handed down by the Cairo Governorate. The decision applies only to businesses in Cairo (not Giza or the GCA, just Cairo governorate). The nice folks at Sharkawy & Sarhan have a great explainer on what this means for business owners — and for your expectation of privacy when you’re visiting and shop. Want to read the decree for yourself in Arabic? Tap here for a look (pdf).
It’s a big day today for: US President Donald Trump, who is going to try to re-set the narrative on his presidency in an address to both houses of Congress. The Donald is also going to propose a 10% increase in defense spending — and pay for it by stripping bns from the budgets of the State Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others. There are no words.
On a rather lighter note: The “new” Nokia 3310 is out. The re-imagining of the classic early 2000s feature phone does include a web browser. Meanwhile, the latest Samsung Galaxy S8 leaks are here, and the folks at Google have outed Microsoft for failing to patch a significant vulnerability in its Edge and Internet Exploder browsers.