A government memorandum transfers Egypt’s 40,000 subsidized food outlets serving 60.8 million citizens to the “Carry On” brand under the Future of Egypt Authority, while outlet owners warn of crippling development costs, profit margins as low as 25 piasters per unit, and no official communication on how the transition will work
Egypt quietly issued asylum law executive regulations a year behind schedule, transferring refugee management from the UNHCR to the Interior Ministry amid warnings of an institutional vacuum and violations affecting over 1.1 million refugees.
In his first extended interview in years, Egyptian lawyer and former MP Zyad Elelaimy — jailed for 3.5 years over the Hope opposition coalition case — speaks to Zawia3 about Egypt’s structural crisis, $165 billion in foreign debt, a closed political space, and why transitional justice remains the only viable path forward
Egypt’s telecom regulator approved internet and mobile price hikes of 9–15% in May 2026, as Telecom Egypt’s profits surged 282% to 5.6 billion Egyptian pounds ($107.69 million) in a single quarter — while 139,000 service complaints were filed in just six months and 82 million users report no tangible improvement in quality
More than a year after Egypt’s Drug Authority launched the Wash Out initiative, pharmacists say companies are gaming the return system and some have received under 10% of the compensation they are owed
Egypt’s minimum wage for state workers is 8,000 Egyptian pounds while the minimum pension stands at 1,755 Egyptian pounds, as parliament approved amendments that critics say ignore 11.5 million retirees.
