Kamal El Ganzouri

Time for Egypt's economic revolution

It is hard to believe it has almost been a year since Egypt’s uprising began. 

In the last 12 months, the concentration has been on the politics; the governments that have come and gone, the actions of the military rulers and violence on the streets.

But some analysts predict it is the economic, and not the political, situation in Egypt that may end up being the biggest problem and destabilizing factor in years to come.

The Egyptian prime minister, Kamal El Ganzouri, seems to speak about little else these days. He’s described the economy as a disaster and said people don’t realize the scale of the problem.

So, what is the problem and how does Egypt fix it? The data speaks for itself, and bear in mind 40 per cent of Egyptians are already living on $2 a day or less. 

'Ash, horreya, adela'

Fatma is a street vegetable seller.