British Airways’ suspension of flights to Cairo for a week was in the spotlight on a busy night for the country’s airwaves yesterday, with El Hekaya’s Amr Adib (watch, runtime: 10:26) and Hona Al Asema’s Reham Ibrahim (watch, runtime: 2:50) both taking note. We recap the aftermath in this morning’s Speed Round, below.

Bloomberg data says EGP outperformed (almost) every other currency in 2019: Al Hayah Al Youm’s Lobna Assal was beaming with pride as she discussed Bloomberg figures listing the EGP as the year’s best performing currency (watch, runtime: 1:16). The EGP gained 6.5% in the first half of 2019, trailing only behind the Russian RUB, which gained 9.5% and outperformed the Thai baht (5.3%) and the Philippine peso (2.8%), according to Bloomberg indicators cited by the cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center.

SMEs and small and medium factories got some airtime on Al Hayah Al Youm, whereSMEs Authority head Nevine Gamea gave a brief rundown of services offered by her authority to encourage youth-led SMEs (watch, runtime: 4:49). Gamea also had a similar chat with Amr Adib (watch, runtime: 5:13).

The recently-passed Social Insurance and Pensions Act was the topic du jour on Hona Al Asema, with host Reham Ibrahim dedicating a large segment of the show to break down the recently passed legislation with the head of the social insurance fund for public sector workers Mohamed Seoudi (watch, runtime: 32:21).

Egypt’s population hits 99 mn: The Capmas tracker showed yesterday that the population of Egyptians living in the country has reached 99 mn, Masaa DMC’s Eman El Hossary reported (watch, runtime: 2:00). The population figure grew by a mn in about seven months, a slower growth rate when compared to the previous 1 mn increase, Cairo University professor Hussein Abdel Aziz told El Hossary over the phone (watch, runtime: 7:50).