As the world’s largest wheat importer, Egypt is increasing its domestic grain production, in a bid to reduce its dependency on volatile international markets and to meet rising demand from its 85m...
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Economic Update | Egypt: Improving food security
21 Jun 2012
Economic Update | Egypt: Looking abroad
14 Jun 2012
Industrial firms in Egypt are beginning to focus their efforts on expanding further afield, as the domestic economy is still somewhat shaky on the back of local political instability and the...
Economic Update | Egypt: Added value in telecoms
31 May 2012
Limited scope for further increasing mobile penetration amongst Egypt’s massive 80m-person population has intensified competition in terms of both tariffs and products between Egypt’s three GSM...
Economic Update | Egypt: Promoting a crucial sector
3 May 2012
An ambitious growth plan for Egypt’s tourism industry, a major contributor to the wider economy, is under way to steer the sector forward after political revolution in 2011 put a damper on arrival...
Economic Update | Egypt: Foreign benefits
26 Apr 2012
Although a number of Egypt’s other major revenue earners may have suffered following the ouster of former President Mubarak, foreign remittance inflows have weathered the instability fairly well,...
Economic Update | Egypt: Regulating pharmaceuticals production
19 Apr 2012
The domestic pharmaceuticals sector has seen expansion in recent months on the back of a large and rising population, health promotion activities to reduce endemic disease and plans to revamp the...
