The Egyptian government decided to enforce a mandatory work-from-home day, import additional shipments of diesel and rationalize public lighting among other measures to address the country’s power cuts while sparing the manufacturing sector.

In meetings in Saudi Arabia, Brazil’s Agriculture minister Carlos Fávaro saw a local willingness to take part in the program that plans on doubling Brazil’s food output without deforestation. Businesspeople participating in the delegation had parallel meetings supported by the Arab Brazilian Chamber and ApexBrasil.

Egyptian prime minister met with investors to discuss the country’s tourism policy for the long term. The goal is to speed up the industry’s growth by making available some 50,000 new rooms a year and a partnership with the public sector to build hotels.