EDEX 2018, which came to a close yesterday, remained the star of last night’s talk shows.

Several new products, including Egypt’s first radar, were unveiled at the expo, Military Production Minister Mohamed El Assar said on Al Hayah Al Youm. Preparations will be underway soon for next year’s edition of the event, he said (watch, runtime: 9:34). El Assar also recapped his meetings with officials during the expo with Masaa DMC’s Osama Kamal (watch, runtime: 9:07). Next year’s edition will likely run for five, instead of three, days due to the “overwhelming” positive feedback on this year’s event, head of the Armed Forces’ Arming Authority Tarek Saad Zaghloul told Yahduth fi Masr’s Sherif Amer (watch, runtime: 1:12).

Djibouti has granted Egypt a 1 mn sqm parcel of land on which to build a logistics zone to use as a hub for exports to the rest of Africa, Osama Kamal noted on Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 5:28).

The Religious Endowments Authority’s EGP 1.037 tn worth of assets were the main topic of conversation for the authority’s chairman, Said Mahrous, on Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 4:54).

Historian Ashraf Sabry talked about Egypt’s role in WWI with Masaa DMC’s Osama Kamal (watch, runtime: 7:20).