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CAIRO — In a Feb. 24 speech at the Egypt Vision 2030 conference — a speech that lasted more than an hour and a half — President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pointed to a series of indicators showing the difficult economic conditions in the country in light of poor revenues and Egypt’s need for imported food and petroleum products.
To describe the gravity of the situation, Sisi said, “I will use the expression 'very, very difficult.' … If it were possible for me to be sold, I would sell myself." Sisi then called on every Egyptian who has a mobile phone to donate one Egyptian pound (13 cents) every day by sending a text message to the Long Live Egypt Fund.
