Egypt

On December 6, 2015, Egypt’s population officially reached 90m, according to a clock maintained by the government’s Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics. In a press release announcing the milestone, the statistics organisation’s president, Abu Bakr El Gendy, argued that the ever-expanding populace has exacerbated the many...

As one of the largest health care markets in the MENA region, Egypt is looking to meet rising demand for services driven by its growing population. While efforts are being made to extend care to all citizens, the health care system remains strained by a rising population and structural weaknesses such as fragmentation, low government...

As the economy recovers and consumer confidence picks up, so does advertising expenditure. However, it is also an industry undergoing a transformation. Spurred on by the revolution, the high-income young demographic in the country is beginning to consume media in new ways, migrating online and towards social networks. As such, advertisers are...

Following a series of new laws that were issued in recent year, Law No. 96 was issued in 2015 to modify some articles in the corporate income tax (CIT) law. The practical application of some of the new concepts in the tax law has been clarified with the issuance of a set of executive regulations.

The 2011 revolution in Egypt led to a flurry of new private entrants in the print media and TV markets, with many of them seeking to compete with public broadcasters and long-established traditional print titles for market share. The revolution was also a catalyst for changing viewing and reading habits. With a large youth population, an...

In mid-March 2015 Mostafa Madbouly, Egypt’s Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development (MHUUD), announced a plan to build a new capital city to replace the country’s current capital, Cairo. The project, which was introduced at an investment conference in the Red Sea resort town Sharm El Sheikh, is expected to be immense. The...