{"id":681206,"date":"2026-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?p=681206"},"modified":"2026-01-14T03:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T03:46:11","slug":"we-cant-all-live-in-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2026\/01\/14\/we-cant-all-live-in-cairo\/","title":{"rendered":"We can\u2019t *all* live in Cairo\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Real estate developers could soon receive a 10-year tax break for launching projects in <\/strong><strong>remote areas<\/strong>, away from the country\u2019s current urban clusters, the Federation of Egyptian Industries\u2019 real estate division head, Osama Saad El Din, tells EnterpriseAM. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Part of a wider plan: <\/strong>The Finance Ministry has formed a joint committee with the division to resolve outstanding tax disputes and weigh a new incentive package for the sector, Saad El Din told us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Why it matters: Just about all of us live on the Nile, and most of us seem to want to live in <\/strong><strong>Cairo. <\/strong>Egypt\u2019s urban footprint is currently crammed into just 14% of its total land area. Saad El Din argues that tax breaks are the only way to offset the high risk of moving into unserved territory and to ease the overcrowding of investment in major cities. 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