There are now 104 mn of us — which got the talking heads going: The country’s population surpassed 104 mn yesterday, according to Capmas figures (pdf). We passed the 103-mn mark in February, meaning that in the interim, one baby was born on average every 19 seconds, the national statistics agency pointed out.

The country has succeeded in bringing the birth rate down from 3.5 children per woman on average to 2.8 children per woman — and we’re aiming to get it down to 1.6 children per woman, “like in developed countries,” Hussein Abdel Aziz, advisor to the head of Capmas, told Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 8:53). El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 1:33) and Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 2:59) also had the story.

New year, new unis: The new academic year marks the kickoff of operations at 12 new national universities, including 10 tech universities and two private universities, Higher Education Minister Mohamed Ashour told Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 5:36). Masaa DMC also covered the start of the 2022/2023 academic year (watch, runtime: 4:12).

Thin fino, thick fino: Since the lapse of government controls on the price of unsubsidized bread that were brought in for three months starting in March, it’s up to each bakery to determine the price and weight of its fino bread loaves, Attia Hamad, head of the bakeries division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce, told El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 18:04). That said, Attia’s idea of a reasonable fino ranges between EGP 0.50-0.75 per 40-gram loaf, he added.