Egypt plans to derive 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020

FACT No 7

Egypt plans to derive 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020
Women to form 11% of Egypt's next parliament

FACT No 22

Egypt is home to 30% of the Arab world's bloggers
Egypt's economy is expected to grow four percent in 2009, in the midst of the global recession

FACT No 3

Egypt's economy is expected to grow four percent in 2009, in the midst of the global recession
Cairo is home to Africa's only subway

FACT No 5

Cairo is home to Africa's only subway
The World Bank named Egypt 2008's top economic reformer in the Middle East for the third year in a row

FACT No 1

The World Bank named Egypt 2008's top economic reformer in the Middle East for the third year in a row

Goods manufactured in Egypt with Israeli materials enter the U.S. duty free

Goods manufactured in Egypt with Israeli materials enter the U.S. duty free

Goods manufactured in Egypt with Israeli materials enter the U.S. duty free
  • Egypt has 20 Qualifying Industrial Zones; free trade areas where goods manufactured with a designated percentage of Israeli materials can enter the U.S. without tariff or quota restrictions.
  • Egypt is one of only two Middle Eastern countries to have set up QIZs.
  • The number of QIZs in Egypt has doubled in the past four years.
  • The U.S. - Egypt Plan for a Strategic Partnership, signed in 2009, will expand the QIZ program.

Source: Reuters; Egyptian QIZ Office