Politics
Egypt Government Moves to Extend Social Insurance to Informal Workers and New Categories
July 14, 2026 at 03:55 PM
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(opens the publisher’s site)Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly chaired a meeting to discuss incentives for informal workers, freelancers, and Egyptians abroad to join social insurance.
- Madbouly convened the meeting on July 14, 2026, with the ministers of finance, social solidarity, and labor, and the head of the National Social Insurance Authority.
- National Social Insurance Authority head Gamal Awad said the authority is coordinating with the Ministry of Labor to provide full insurance coverage for delivery workers, possibly classifying them as contractors.
- Awad stated new categories will be added, including members of the Cinema and Journalists syndicates, holders of seafarer passports, and traditional handicraft workers.
- Madbouly directed the formation of a working group to prepare a final proposal for incentive initiatives, to be submitted to the Cabinet for approval.