CAIRO - Egypt posted economic growth at 4.4% in Q1 of the fiscal year 2022/23, a cabinet statement said on Monday.

The unemployment rate rose slightly to 7.4% in Q1 against 7.2% in the corresponding period of FY 2021/22, according to the statement.

(Reporting by Momen Saeed Atallah; Writing By Moaz Abd-Alaziz; Editing by Andrew Heavens)