Egypt’s first presenter with Down syndrome is front and center on TV screens around the country: 22-year-old Rahma Khaled made her TV debut (watch, runtime 3:41) on Tuesday, becoming the nation’s first TV presenter with Down syndrome, according to Ahram Online. Khaled, who is also a professional athlete, will be co-hosting DMC’s 8:00am morning show each Tuesday. “This can open the door to people with special abilities, to prove we can work,” Khaled told the newspaper. In Egypt, there are an estimated 100,000 people with Down syndrome.

Khaled is not the first presenter with a disability to hit the smalls screen: visually impaired Radwa Hassan also made her first appearance on DMC’s El-Safira Aziza earlier this year (watch, runtime: 3:21).

Also in the spotlight last night: The contract Arab Contractors and Elsewedy Electric signed yesterday to build a 2.1 GW dam in Tanzania. We have the full story in Speed Round, below.

The JV was awarded the contract despite other countries putting Tanzania under political pressure to reject the Egyptian offer, Elsewedy Electric CEO Ahmed El Sewedy told Masaa DMC’s Osama Kamal. Other companies in the running hailed from Turkey and India, Arab Contractors CEO Mohsen Salah said (watch, runtime: 11:19). Al Hayah Al Youm linked the project with Egypt’s increased investments in Africa through a chat with journalist Kamal Rayan (watch, runtime: 04:02).

Egypt is again considering hosting the 2019 African Cup of Nations after Morocco announced it would not bid to host the championship, Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhy told Yahduth fi Masr’s Sherif Amer. Egyptian Football Association Magdy Abdel Ghany, however, said it’s a bit late in the game for Egypt to throw its hat in the ring, since the hosting gig would need more preparation than we have time for (watch, runtime: 05:07).

The lack of sanitation systems in Fayoum should be resolved within 4-6 years at a cost of EGP 35 mn, Fayoum Governor Essam Saad told Al Hayah Al Youm’s Khaled Abu Bakr (watch, runtime: 02:28).

Meanwhile, on Planet Parliament: Rep. Khaled Hanafy wants to make smoking shisha an actual punishable offense by introducing legislation that subjects shisha smokers to a fine that increases with every offense, according to Al Shorouk. We’re not even going to get into a rant about prioritizing legislation about other, more pressing, social issues…