Logistics
- There were 83 airports in Egypt in 2013, 72 of them have paved runways, 11 do not. 7 heliports were also available [1].
- The roadways represent a total of 137 430 km, with 126 742 km paved and 10 688 km unpaved [1].
- The ports of Alexandira, Port Saïd and Gulf of Suez are the major seaports for merchant marine. There is a total of 67 merchant marine ports in Egypt.
- The pipelines network is quite important in Libya with 3 743km for gas, 7 005 for oil and 882 condensate[1]. The most important oil terminal is Az Zawiyah, Ra's Lanuf.
source: Nations Online Project
Communication
[2] Internet World Stats
- Egypt is a major regional media player. Its press is one of the most influential and widely-read in the region, and its TV and film industry supplies much of the Arab-speaking world with shows from its Media Production City.
- Former President Hosni Mubarak's departure in early 2011 precipitated an editorial U-turn among state media that had served for decades as government mouthpieces. But despite the freedoms ushered in by the uprising, state and private news outlets have struggled to provide genuinely independent coverage.
- Political polarization runs through the media. Non-state outlets have tended to favor the liberal and secular position, while Islamist media have rallied behind ousted president, Mohammed Morsi. News media that support the Muslim Brotherhood have been the target of "harsh measures" by the security forces, while supporters of Morsi "are quick to attack media and journalists", says Reporters Without Borders.
- Television is the most popular source for news. There are two state-run national TVs, the biggest one is Egypt Radio Television Union (ERTU). There is also six regional channels. Around 20 new private networks have emerged in the post-Mubarak era like Dream TV, Al-Mihwar and Al-Nahar. Egypt is a big force in satellite TV. Most leading Arab pay TV networks have a presence at Media Production City in Cairo. Egypt was the first Arab nation to have its own satellite, Nilesat.The number of privately-owned newspaper titles has soared since the 2011 uprising. Al-Ahram is a state-owned daily, it is also the oldest newspaper in the Arab world. The Daily News Egypt is a private newspaper in English and The Egyptian Gazette is as state-owned daily written in English.
- Some 29.8 million Egyptians were online by June 2012 and 43 million in 2014 [5]. There were just under 14 million Facebook users by May 2013, comprising more than 25% of all users in the Middle East. The platform was used to garner support for the 2011 uprising. Prominent politicians, Islamist groups and the military run Facebook and Twitter accounts.
- There is a large number of mobile phone in Egypt, indeed, in 2014, there was a total of 95.4 million of mobile subscriptions in the country. Fixed lines are only 6.3 million and are not very used nowadays[2].
[2] Internet World Stats
