Making headlines on the airwaves last night: Yesterday’s expansion of social protection measures announced got coverage from Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 8:42) and Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 3:12). The increase in allocations to subsidy cards will cost the government an additional EGP 12 bn annually, Essam Khalil, head of the Free Egyptians Party, told Masaa DMC. Social Solidarity Minister Nevine El Qabbaj also phoned into Salet El Tahrir (watch, runtime: 3:47 | 3:51) to give a rundown of the social security measures coming into effect as of today, as well as some stats on the Takaful and Karama social security program. We have more on the new measures in this morning’s What We’re Tracking Today section, above.

Also getting attention: The government’s improved offer for local wheat next year got a lot of praise from agriculture players. Salet El Tahrir (watch, runtime: 4:15), Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 6:23) and Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 6:27) all had coverage. We have the details in Also on our Radar, below.