A specialized committee tasked with reforming 59 state entities has reached a preliminary agreement to retain 39 organizations, liquidate four, and merge seven others. An additional nine entities will be reclassified as general administrative bodies.
A primary focus of the meeting was the National Media
Authority (NMA), the body overseeing Egypt's historic Maspero state
broadcaster. Madbouly emphasized the NMA’s role in "shaping national
character" and pledged full government support to help the institution
regain its regional leadership.
NMA Chairman Ahmed El-Moslemany announced several
modernization steps, including:
Digital Transformation: The imminent launch of a dedicated
digital platform to leverage Maspero's massive archival library.
Social Media: Contracting a specialized firm to manage the
authority’s social media presence for the first time.
Streamlining: Plans to merge underperforming television
channels and reform the "Sout al-Qahira" (Voice of Cairo) production
company and its advertising wing.
El-Moslemany is expected to present a comprehensive
development and restructuring plan by the end of January.
Minister of Planning and Economic Development Dr. Rania
Al-Mashat noted that structural reforms are a "government priority"
to increase the contribution of these entities to the national GDP.
The meeting also addressed long-standing financial
entanglements between the NMA and the National Investment Bank, aiming to clear
debts and bureaucratic hurdles that have previously stalled reform efforts.
Dr. Hussein Issa, head of the committee’s technical secretariat, stressed that while critical entities like the NMA will be preserved, they must adopt new operating models to achieve financial sustainability and maximize resources.