- Last year the Egyptian government announced a raft of rules to reduce government and commercial energy use so that the country could export more natural gas.
- Egypt is experiencing an economic crisis after the fallout from the Ukraine conflict aggravated a foreign currency shortage.
Last year the Egyptian government announced a raft of rules to reduce government and commercial energy use so that the country could export more natural gas, a key foreign currency earner. This year, The cabinet announced that Egypt would again use daylight saving time this summer after a seven-year gap. Changing the clocks “comes in light of global circumstances and economic shifts, as the government strives to rationalise energy usage,” the cabinet said while announcing the draft law expected to be approved by the country’s parliament.
The practice, introduced and abolished at varying points in Egypt’s history, was last used in 2014 and is seen by some as a relic of the country’s previous regimes. Clocks will be brought forward one hour beginning on the last Friday of April, with the change ending on the last Thursday in October every year, according to the cabinet.
Egypt is experiencing an economic crisis after the fallout from the Ukraine conflict aggravated a foreign currency shortage