Last Night’s Talk Shows: The Egypt Petroleum Show edition
All eyes were on the Egypt Petroleum Show last night: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s call to prioritize support for Africa’s green transition ahead of COP27 was the highlight of the Egypt Petroleum Show’s (Egyps) first day for the talking heads. Two Amanis were on the line to break down El Sisi’s speech: Amani Abou Zeid, the African Union’s commissioner for infrastructure, energy, ICT and tourism, phoned in to Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 17:16) to dissect the green energy angle; and Amani El Tawil, an African affairs expert at thinktank Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. spoke with Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 8:47) on the pan-African relations side of things. Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 3:25; 3:29), El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 3:24; 13:53), and Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 7:05) also took note of El Sisi’s speech.
El Sisi talks investment + operations with BP, Apache bosses: Future investment plans in oil and gas exploration activities from were on the agenda during separate meetings El Sisi held with BP CEO Bernard Looney and Apache Corp CEO John Christmann. Ala Mas’ouleety took note of the sit-downs (watch, runtime: 0:04).
Public investments in infrastructure development projects in the past seven years has reached USD 400 bn, Al Kahera Wal Nas noted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi as saying at Egyps (watch, runtime: 3:31). The Decent Life initiative, which looks to improve living standards in rural areas, has a c.USD 40 bn price tag, El Sisi said. Planning Minister Hala El Said has previously put the project’s cost at USD 45-50 bn.