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Monday, 14 January 2019

CI Capital Conference, Egypt-Jordan meeting lead TV talks

No particular issue dominated the airwaves last night. Al Hayah Al Youm featured a segment on the CI Capital MENA Investors Conference, highlighting comments from Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on GDP and inflation (watch, runtime: 01:13). The segment also highlighted a call by Investment Minister Sahar Nasr for investors to take another look at potential investments here in light of the country’s incentives (watch, runtime: 00:42).

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan also got some attention on the airwaves, with Hona Al Asema pointing out that discussions focused on the Israel-Palestine peace process and the Egypt-Jordan natural gas export agreement (watch, runtime: 03:06). The LNG export pact was also a point of discussion on Masaa DMC(watch, runtime: 00:59). We have more on this in Diplomacy, below.

Egypt is looking to Europe as the prime market for energy exports as it continues its drive to become a regional energy hub, Oil Minister Tarek El Molla told Al Hayah Al Youm’s Lobna Assal (watch, runtime: 06:55).

Meanwhile, El Hekaya’s Amr Adib was still hung up on US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit, which he simultaneously dissected and offered no valuable insight on (watch, runtime: 06:19).

Nth attempt to keep heavy-duty trucks off Egypt’s highways: A 2014 decision barring heavy-duty trucks from driving on the Alex Desert Road from 6 am until midnight will be enforced as of Friday night, New Urban Communities Authority deputy head Abdel Moteleb Mamdouh said on Hona Al Asema (watch, runtime: 04:44).

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