Egypt Today “According to the latest study, 254 babies are born every hour, which means at least 4 children are born every minute”, Khaled Maher, an Egyptian official at the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), said on Tuesday “18.2% of women are breadwinners. More than the half …
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Egypt Independent “The population of Egypt has reached 102,526,000, an increase of 26,000 during the past two days”, the advisor to the head of the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), Hussein Abdel-Aziz, told MBC Masr on Tuesday. “The average marriage age in rural areas is 20 years, …
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Egypt Today An advisor to the Grand Mufti of Egypt said that virtual wedding ceremonies and signing marriage contracts using video conference technology will be allowed in the country. “Men and women can make their marriage contract via video conference technology”, Magdy Ashour, the advisor to the Grand Mufti Shawqi …
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Doaa Moneim – Ahram Online The poverty rate in Egypt declined to 29.7% in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019/2020, down from 32.5% two years earlier, according to the poverty, consumption, and income research conducted by the Central Authority for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS). This is the first time Egypt sees a …
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Mira Maged – Egypt Independent The Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced on Tuesday 11 February that the country’s population has officially hit 100 million, excluding expatriates. Prime minister Mostafa Madbouly stated on Friday, that the government will launch a new program limiting population growth …
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Egyptianstreets Egypt’s annual inflation rate dropped to 2.4% in October 2019, marking the lowest annual inflation rate in recent records. According to Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), Egypt’s national statistics agency, the inflation rate plunged from 17.5% in October 2018 to 2.4 percent in October 2019. The …
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Ahram Online Egypt’s annual consumer price inflation rate decreased to 7.5% in August, the lowest rate in years. Analysts see the development as an opening for the way for further rate cuts by the central bank. The inflation rate reported by the official statistics agency CAMPAS on Tuesday, was …
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Ahram Online Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has instructed the Egyptian government to start a programme to replace tuk-tuks (auto rickshaws) operating in the country with minivans that run on natural gas, according to spokesman for the Egyptian cabinet Nader Saad. The PM tasked the Ministry of Finance with executing this …
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Egypt Today Egyptian foreign trade volume recorded $27 billion during the first quarter of 2019, according to the state’s statistics agency CAPMAS. The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) added that Egypt’s exports hit $7.4 billion, and imports reached $19.6 billion. The bulletin revealed that the volume …
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Egyptianstreets In the spirit of International Labour Day, a statement by Egypt’s national statistics agency Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed that Egypt’s manpower reached approximately 28 million with a whooping 90.1% employment rate by the end of 2018. According to CAPMAS the unemployment rate as …
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