CAIRO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Egypt ... bread to people not enrolled in its bread subsidy programme as it battles accelerating inflation, the supply minister said on Monday. People will be able to buy ...

Subsidised bread will soon be accessible to non-ration card holders at cost price, reports Amira Hisham People who do not have ration cards in Egypt will soon be able to buy bread of the same ...

After more than three decades, Egypt has increased the fixed price of subsidized bread from 0.05 Egyptian pounds ($0.0010) a loaf to 0.20 Egyptian pounds ($0.0042). With record levels of inflation ...

Egypt's government will start selling discounted bread to citizens not enrolled in its ration card programme, through designated prepaid cards, as of January 2024, an official announced on Tuesday.

He said that the government costs around 120 billion pounds ($2.5 billion) in bread subsidies annually. “Egypt’s annual production of bread is estimated at around 100 billion loaves,” he added.

Egypt is the world's largest wheat importer, and bread is a highly sensitive issue for the country. Nearly five years ago, angry demonstrations erupted across Egypt after the government cut ...

CAIRO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Egypt ... bread to people not enrolled in its bread subsidy programme as it battles accelerating inflation, the supply minister said on Monday. People will be able to buy ...

An Egyptian worker removes loaves of bread from the oven at a bakery in Cairo's southeastern Mokattam district, as the prices of basic goods in Egypt have ... will be able to buy 90g loaves ...