It was a rather quiet night on the airwaves yesterday: Getting coverage almost across the board was the funeral of former prime minister Sherif Ismail. Ismail, who served as the country’s premier during 2015 to mid 2018, passed away on Saturday at age 67 after a battle with illness. Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 6:11), Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 3:01) and Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 1:47) all covered yesterday’s military funeral, which was led by President El Sisi and top state officials.

The mechanism in which the state will facilitate obtaining industrial licenses for investors will be announced soon, Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) head Mohamed El Sewedy told El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 18:20). He described obtaining industrial licenses for factories as time-consuming, estimating it at three to six months. “Yet the past period … saw the process accelerating if requirements are met,” he said. His statements came following a meeting with the government where Prime Minister Madbouly expressed keenness to accelerate approvals related to the industrial sector and investment promotion.

Zamalek FC’s ongoing heat with the Egyptian FA received attention: The football club has been blocked by the Egyptian FA from registering new signings due to having unpaid debts. In an interview on Ala Mas’ouleety, former sports minister Khaled Abdel Aziz speculated that there is a “missing link that no one knows” in the conflict but rejected the conspiratorial claims made by the club’s pugnacious head Mortada Mansour (watch, runtime: 3:23). Zamalek is reportedly considering submitting a complaint to FIFA, which could forecast the EFA to register the players, sports pundit Ahmed Darwish told Kelma Akhira. (watch, runtime: 9:57)