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Thursday, 21 March 2019

Benban solar power park announced top World Bank project

It was a quiet night on the airwaves. The World Bank has announced Egypt’s 1.8 GW Benban solar power park as its most successful project the world over for this year, Al Hayah Al Youm’s Khaled Abu Bakr highlighted (watch, runtime: 00:31). This is the first time Egypt has won the nod. We have more on the massive solar park in this morning’s Worth Reading, below.

Fix state-owned enterprises: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi urged Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly and Public Enterprises Minister Hisham Tawfik at a meeting yesterday to push ahead with efforts to improve the condition of public sector companies, Al Hayah Al Youm’s Lobna Assal said (watch, runtime: 01:18). El Sisi said the initiative comes amid plans to safeguard public funds and support the economy.

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