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Upper Egypt will become poorer due to corruption: expert

Corruption creates poverty with Upper Egypt being the most affected

Hisham Salah

Poverty rate rises while solutions are lacking, low-income citizens in Upper Egypt, Sinai most affected: experts

The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced that the…

Daily News Egypt

Rise in electricity prices not related to IMF loan: Shaker

Electricity budget is marked at EGP 52bn for the fiscal year 2016/2017,…

Mohamed Farag

Egypt pays $2.25bn of external debt in July: CBE

Foreign exchange reserves dropped $2bn in July, reaching lowest point since January…

Hossam Mounir

The Economist’s biased reports will not affect IMF deal: economists

Al-Sisi has gone “beret in hand” to the IMF for a $12bn…

Shaimaa Al-Aees

Egypt seeks to boost foreign direct investment

The government’s drive to boost foreign capital flows has moved forward with…

Oxford Business Group

Egypt’s external debt to climb to 21.8% of GDP in 2020: FocusEconomics

US dollar exchange rate expected to increase to EGP 10.19 by the…

Shaimaa Al-Aees

Egypt begins economic recovery

Despite the number of layoffs increasing, Egypt’s private sector experiences its smallest…

Nicholas Mehling

International pressure builds on Egypt to liberalise exchange rate

A floating exchange rate is likely in Egypt’s future due to pressure…

Nicholas Mehling