The 30th of June-2014 Revolution

Egypt’s celebrated its 6^th National Revolution of June 30, 2014 which led to the removal of the late president Morsi.

This Revolution let to the creation of a new agenda of economic growth and development.

I will be very difficult to provide a complete survey of what has been accomplished since 2014, under President El Sessi.

I would like to begin this post by saying that President El Sessi is “God Gift to Egypt.” This statement might  be sarcastically viewed by some.

But, no one can deny the President’s accomplishment during the past five years. It is a fact recognized world-wide.

I will summarize such achievements;

1.   Development of the infrastructure, where more hat 5000KM of new paved roads, and more than 1100 new bridges were constructed. The new road network connects all governorates with each other which allows transportation, especially for the construction of new industries.

2.   Construction of a new sewage system in villages and cities as the old ones were renovated.

3.   Recycling of sewer water to be used for drinking and irrigation.

4.   Desalination of sea water for drinking in communities along the Red Sea as well as the Mediterranean Sea.

5.   Reclaiming 1.5 million feddans that have been added to the cultivated land.

6.   Production of electrical power which doubled in three years from 15,000KW to 29,000 KW. The German government stated publicly that no country in the world could double the productivity of its electrical power like  Egypt in three years. Furthermore, massive sun generating power construction as well as winds mils were built. The two sources generate 20% of the electrical power in Egypt. The Egyptian government has begun building lines to transfer electrical power to Cypress and in the future,  it will be transferring to other part of Europe as well.

7.   Converting the Suez Canal into two ways traffic instead the one-way traffic as it used to be. This huge project was completed in one year. The revenue per year exceeded $5 billion per year.

8.   Wide expansion of new towns, and construction of new homes, especially homes for middle- and low-income families. One fourth of the Egyptian labor is unemployed in this sector of the economy. The majority of slums housing projects around big cities has been removed and where more than 10 million people live.

9.   New discovery of Gaz and petroleum led Egypt to become self-sufficient in natural Gaz as of 2019. This led to the expansion of petro-chemical industries. Now, Egypt is an exporter of natural Gaz.

10. Egypt’s economy has been growing from 2% per year prior to 2014 to 6% per year by the end of 2019.

11. Last but not least the government is focusing on the population health condition. It began a national exam of the population to check on virus C which has been spread among Egyptians. More than 60 million Egyptian were checked and those infected by virus C have been treated freely.
In addition to the health program, the government has initiated a National Health Program which has already started in five governorates.

The above accomplishment is impressive in light of Egypt population growth which has been increasing at the rate of 2.5 million people per year. Its total population now exceeds 100 million people. It has been projected by international organization that if the rate of economic growth will continue, Egypt will be the 7^th economic power by the year 2030.

I would like to conclude by saying that the 30th of June Revolution saved Egypt from a total destruction.