Once considered the breadbasket of the Roman and Byzantine Empires, Egypt today is an agricultural powerhouse. Rising domestic demand supports local producers, and it has also led to the country becoming a net food importer. Efforts to increase supply, particularly through enhancing productivity and developing major desert projects, are under way....
By most accounts, Egypt has made remarkable progress in improving the health and welfare of its people over the past 30 years. The country’s disease profile resembles that of more developed countries. Immunisation rates, life expectancy and infant mortality have all improved markedly, with much of this progress being brought about by a concerted...
With the highest newspaper circulation in the Arab world, at 5.36m issues, Egypt accounts for 43% of the total. Each newspaper is read by several people, meaning that readership is considerably higher – 45% of the population read a newspaper every day, according to the Dubai Press Club (DPC). There are 21 daily newspaper titles. Readership grew in...
For more than 40 years now, Egypt has been pumping natural gas, with its first discoveries coming in the still-rich Delta region, but over the past 15 years, the country’s prominence as a major producer has risen significantly. Gas reserves were equivalent to more than 77trn cu feet (tcf) by the middle of 2011, an increase of about 50% from the...
According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Egypt produced 2.9m litres of fresh cow milk worth $905m and 2.28m litres of fresh buffalo milk ($1.09bn) in 2010. Milk consumption is relatively low by North African standards, and dairy products do not feature as heavily in the Egyptian diet as they do in the Maghreb. Floris Wesseling...
Large-scale demand and a shortage of supply in most segments has been the recent story of Egypt’s real estate sector. However, the disruptive impacts of the revolution in early 2011 led to delayed projects, cancelled bookings for off-plan purchases and quashed or downsized expansion plans.
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