CAIRO – The Egyptian Al Ahram Press
Establishment has organized a ceremony at its Panorama Hall to receive HE Dr.
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, the world-known economist, founder and chairman of Talal
Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global), for  signing a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between the two institutions.

During the event, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh
expressed his pleasure for visiting the Press Establishment, with which he
maintains no less than four decades of professional relations. He reminded that
several programs have been carried out by TAG.Global for Al Ahram Management
& Computer Center – (AMAC). He also referred to his special bonds of
friendship with the late  Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, who was the
editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram newspaper for 17 years.

Further, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh commended the
important role Al Ahram Establishment plays in advocating national issues,
expressing TAG.Global’s full readiness to cooperate with the Establishment in
protecting Al Ahram's intellectual rights, as well as in preserving its archive
by using modern e-archiving systems. Such collaboration is expected to be
conducted through a special agreement between the concerned teams in  a
mutually agreed  mechanism in accordance with the Establishment’s needs
and requirements.

Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh highly praised the
signing of MoU that will cover multiple areas such as training, education,
digital transformation and media. He also welcomed Al Ahram’s request for establishing
a branch of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University College for Innovation (TAGUCI) at
Al-Ahram Canadian University.

During the event, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh
reiterated his belief that the Egyptian economy will advance to the 6th place
globally by 2030.

For his part, Chairman of the Al-Ahram
Establishment, Mr. Abdul Mohsen Salama, welcomed Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh’s visit to Al
Ahram, saying; “We are very proud of Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh’s presence at Al Ahram’s
headquarters, recognized as one of the most influential business leaders
 and an Arab leader of vision.” He also expressed the Establishment’s
eagerness to build a partnership with TAG.Global especially in the field of
Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) protection and safeguarding the
Establishment’s historical archive.

Mr. Salama further affirmed Al Ahram’s
keenness on cooperating with TAG.Global, pointing out that ‘Al Ahram-Canadian
University includes nine faculties, and we welcome the establishment of a
TAGUCI branch at the premises of the University.’

Meanwhile, Al Ahram Economic Magazine
Editor in Chief, Mr. Sherif Abdel-Baki, expressed his admiration for Dr.
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh’s accomplishments, and he highly underlined the significance
of establishing  cooperation with TAG.Global in the areas of innovation
and digital transformation.

At the end of the meeting, a cooperation
protocol was signed by Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh and CEO of Al Ahram Mr. Salama in the
presence of representatives of senior management of Al Ahram Establishment and
TAG.Global.