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

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is serving a two year term as co-president of the Union for the Mediterranean.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is serving a two year term as co-president of the Union for the Mediterranean.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is serving a two year term as co-president of the Union for the Mediterranean.
  • The Union for the Mediterranean began in 2008 as a way for EU members and their non-EU neighbors across the Mediterranean Sea to work together. Its main objectives are to promote peace, fight pollution in the Mediterranean, increase solar energy use, build land and sea highways and cooperate on higher education and research. 
  • The Union joins EU members with several non-EU countries that border the Mediterranean Sea. The headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean are located in Barcelona, Spain.

    Source: European Commission