International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva is in Egypt to hear views on how the lender can further support the North African nation as it emerges from a grinding economic crisis, she told the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper.

The review, which could unlock more than $1.2 billion in financing, is the fourth under Egypt's latest 46-month IMF loan programme that was approved in 2022 and expanded to $8 billion this year after an economic crisis marked by high inflation and severe foreign currency shortages.