Cairo’s population set to grow the most in the world in 2017

The population of Greater Cairo is set to grow by 500,000 in 2017, more than any other major city in the world, Reuters’ Arwa Gaballa reports, citing a Euromonitor International report. Greater Cairo, a metropolitan area including Cairo and parts of the Giza and Qalyubia provinces, is home to some 22.8 mn currently, Gaballa notes. A top Housing Ministry official says the government is building 17,000-18,000 homes in the New Administrative Capital and will put them on sale in April to help absorb the flow, adding that the government is also “working on developing areas in northern and southern Egypt.”