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Benefitting from rising disposable incomes, a large, young consumer base, and a gradual return to political and economic stability, Egypt’s retail real estate market showed impressive expansion in 2015, with rental rates rising and vacancy rates falling even as the supply of formal, high-end retail supply increases. Foreign investors have...

With unemployment remaining high – the IMF has predicted the unemployment rate to rise from 13.6% in 2014 to 13.9% in 2015 – there is a pressing need to tackle the issue and address Egypt’s skills gap. Developed under the Ministry of Education (MoE), the Technical Education Strategy 2011/12 to 2016/17 recognises the need to improve technical...

With economic growth steadily picking up, real estate developers in Egypt are looking to opportunities at opposite ends of the real estate spectrum, with a range of both affordable and luxury housing projects in the pipeline.

With a looming demographic bulge and a need for higher youth employment, Egypt’s education sector is the focus point of much attention. Egypt’s public education system is the largest in terms of student populations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), yet its levels of public spending have only seen nominal increases in the last five...

Egypt’s basic building materials producers are expected to benefit from a transition to coal-fired energy going forwards, as well as government efforts to import more liquefied natural gas. However, all materials producers, including the steel and cement industries, have faced significant challenges over the past 24 months in terms of fuel...

Egypt has been living with the azmit al iskan (housing crisis) for more than 30 years. Inadequate stock, overcrowding and a lack of affordability have become the norm, and while successive administrations have paid lip service to reform and solutions, the housing deficit has continued to grow and the existing housing stock has degraded...