DNE News Brief: 01 january 2017

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Daily News Egypt

State Council to review lawsuit filed against cabinet’s approval of demarcation deal on 7 February

It is assumed that the agreement will be sent to the parliament on Sunday

Sarah El-Sheikh

Al-Azhar lawsuit against TV presenter Islam El-Beheiry postponed

The lawsuit was filed in 2015 accusing the TV presenter of “deliberately aiming to make people question their beliefs”

Daily News Egypt

ITIDA offers local electronics manufacturing incentives to foreign and Egyptian investors

The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) organised workshops, attended by more than 80 representatives of foreign and local companies, to offer packages and incentive programmes designed by the authority…

Mohamed Alaa El-Din

Ministry of Investment prepares executive regulations for draft investment law

The draft law includes incentives and guarantees aimed at attracting more investments

Mohamed Ayyad

Renowned TV presenter Ibrahim Eissa suspends his talk show due to ambiguous ‘pressures’ 

2016 witnessed a number of media gags and suspensions of talks shows in light of political criticism or restrictions

Toqa Ezzidin

Vezeeta secures $5m for regional expansion

Healthcare IT platform Vezeeta recently announced that it raised $5m from four regional and international investors. Emirati BECO Capital, Sweden’s Vostok New Ventures, Jordan’s Silicon Badia, and Egypt’s Technology Development…

Mohamed Alaa El-Din

Approval of fuel system’s 3rd phase after distributing cards to consumers

Smart cards currently monitoring distribution of petroleum products in the local market

Mohamed Adel