Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities Assem El Gazzar has stated that the 6th of October City Development Authority will start handing over the most distinguished residential plots in the ninth district of the urban area,. El Gazzar further elaborated, in a recent ministerial statement, that the delivery date will start from October 10 until June 14, 2021. It is worth noting that New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) will offer 3,098 housing plots across 11 new cities, ranging between 209 and 287 square meters, through a land lottery system from September 15 to October 15.
2020-11-29 11:55:48
Dr. Mohamed Maait, Minister of Finance, affirmed that the Ministry of Finance, with its various institutions, supports the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities in implementing the strategy for establishing an integrated network of desalination plants during the coming years until 2050, to meet the citizens' increasing needs of drinking water in light of the expected population growth, and to manage the water needs necessary for urban development, explaining that, for the first time, the "partnership with the private sector" program includes desalination plants in the coastal governorates bordering the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. Maximizing the state's water capabilities ensures the implementation of development projects, in a sustainable manner, in all fields, in a way that contributes to improving citizens' living standards and the services provided to them. Water affects various sectors such as food, energy, infrastructure, industry, health, urban development, and all economic activities. The minister added that we are keen to stimulate investment in the field of sea water treatment and desalination, through a partnership system with the private sector, through which we aim to establish 19 desalination plants during the first five-year plan from 2020 to 2025; to maximize the utilization of available water resources and achieve sustainable development. He clarified that four desalination projects will be announced in partnership wi...
2020-11-19 16:10:00
El-Gazzar: The coalition of the "Arab Contractors" & "Elsewedi Electric" carry out the construction project of Julius Nyerere dam and hydroelectric power station A group of senior Egyptian officials attended a ceremony in Tanzania celebrating the diversion of the course of the Rufiji River in order to continue construction work on the country's awaited Julius Nyerere Hydropower Dam. The Egyptian delegation was led by Minister of Housing Assem El-Gazzar and Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker. The dam is part of Julius Nyerere Hydropower Station planned to have a capacity of 2,115 megawatts and produce 6,307 GWh per annum. The capacity of the dam's reservoir is 34 billion cubic meters. The ministers are accompanied by the deputy minister of foreign affairs, representatives of the Egyptian Armed Forces' Engineering Authority, and the coalition of Egyptian firms that are carrying out the project. Those are Elsewedi Electric and the Arab Contractors. That is in addition to officials from a number of Egyptian Banks. The representatives of the firms clarified the executive status of the project whose contract – worth $2.9 billion – was signed in 2018 by the prime ministers of both countries. The dam will secure the electricity needs of 17 million Tanzanian families, inhibit floods, provide water for irrigation, and preserve wild life and forests.
2020-11-26 14:20:49
Dr. Khaled Batal, Minister of Planning and Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, said that Iraq seeks to benefit from the Egyptian experience in several areas, including infrastructure projects, social housing, planning, capacity building, electricity, health and medicine. Batal added that Iraq is also seeking to benefit from the Egyptian experience in enhancing human resources in order to raise the skills of Iraqi youth and qualify them for the labor market, and also to launch databases, which are a pivotal factor for development plans, according to a statement from the Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation on Friday. This came during a session of bilateral talks between Batal and Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation, within the activities of the preparatory meeting at the ministerial level, for the joint Egyptian-Iraqi High Committee, today in Baghdad, in the presence of Alaa Moussa, the Egyptian ambassador to Iraq, Ahmed Nayef Al-Dulaimi, the Iraqi ambassador to Egypt, and a number of officials from both countries.
2020-11-29 09:18:33
Dr. Sayed Ismail, Deputy Minister of Housing for Infrastructure Affairs and Head of the Project Management Unit (PMU) at the Ministry, and Dr. Ghada Labib, Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technology, participated in the ceremony of handing over certificates for completing the Project Management Professional Course “PMP” as part of the Institutional Development and Capacity Building Program for the staff of the state's administrative body, which is a part of Egypt's digital strategy, carried out by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. At the beginning of the ceremony, Dr. Ghada Labib welcomed Dr. Sayed Ismail, and the trainees from the drinking water and sanitation facilities sector, and gave a presentation on Egypt's digital strategy and the various programs supported by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to build the capacity of workers in the state's administrative body. Dr. Ghada Labib, Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technology, praised the outstanding performance of the training group throughout the training period and confirmed that coordination is currently underway to train another group of workers in the drinking water and sanitation facilities sector, in order to complete the institutional development process. For his part, Dr. Sayed Ismail thanked Dr. Ghada Labib for her role in achieving fruitful and constructive cooperation between the Min...
2020-11-26 14:31:27
Dr. Rania Hedeya, Country Program Director at UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Program) in Egypt, praised the recently launched housing strategy in Egypt, which is the first in the Arab world. Hedeya said in her statements that the Egyptian Ministry of Housing had a pioneering role in defining policy frameworks in a way that addresses and handles the problems. The strategy, which is the first in the Arab world, represents an integrated vision of the housing sector trends over the next twenty years, which has been started since 2016 after a complete analysis of the Egyptian housing sector. Hedeya added that the ministry was very supportive of the idea of involving many sectors in the strategy. The launch of the strategy coincided with complex challenges as the world struggles to confront the Corona pandemic. The strategy comes in line with global and regional requirements. It is also characterized by a great deal of flexibility with regard to practical implementation on the ground. Moreover, she said, "We are very proud of this integrated document, as it is the first in the Arab world and lives up to the level of international documents." Hedeya emphasized, "In coordination with the Egyptian government, we began to focus on the challenges facing urban development which were included in the development plans in Egypt Vision 2030, pointing out that there is a very important document in Egypt, which is the National Strategic Plan for Urban Deve...
2020-11-26 14:32:12
Development of a number of squares in Islamic Cairo is underway, similar to what was done in Tahrir Square The head of the advisory office of the Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces presented a report on the studies for the start of development of El-Imam El-Hussein Mosque and the surrounding area in old Cairo, similar to what was done in the El-Sayeda Zeinab meadow project, where he explained that the necessary measures are being taken to develop residential areas before starting the development of archaeological and heritage buildings. He pointed out that proposals have been prepared for each area that is required to be rehabilitated and restored in the El-Hussein area, such as Kafr El-Tameen, which includes Umm El-Ghulam Street, Qasr El-Shouq Street, and Kafr El-Zaghary Street, from the entrance to Al-Azhar Street leading to Sayed El-Dakhli lane, and from there north to the rest of the region. In addition to Khan El-Hussein for handicrafts, this in addition to developing Darb El-Labbana area, and this project includes creating an educational and cultural path in this area, as well as recreational and commercial activities, housing, tourism, and community services, as well as the urban rehabilitation of Bab Zuweila and Al-Hakim bi Amr Allah and Bab El-Wazir Street. He also presented a report on the position of the area before the development, the proposals that are currently being discussed regarding the development of this prominent...
2020-12-17 12:55:05
Egypt achieved a remarkable achievement with a global certification. Implementation of 165 thousand units and development of 298 areas at a cost of 41 billion pounds... Asmarat, Bashir Al-Khair and the ahalinna project and Tal al-aqarab achievements on the ground The Egyptian state placed the elimination of unplanned areas as its top priority, where Egypt was able in a record time to achieve an achievement, in a report broadcast by the channel "Afrika News" stated, that the Egyptian government announced an ambitious project to transfer its citizens living in unplanned areas There are an estimated 351 unplanned areas in the Egyptian capital, which officials consider unsafe for its residents, and as a result, more than 800,000 unplanned residents will eventually be relocated, in high-rise buildings such as those found in the "Long Live Egypt" project in Cairo. 165,958 housing units were implemented, 298 dangerous areas were developed, at a cost of EGP 41 billion, Tel al-aqarab area, ahalina project, Bashayer Al-Khobar project, Asmarat project, and 74,927 other units were implemented in 59 areas are being developed at a cost of EGP 22 billion. The Egyptian experience in eliminating unplanned areas drew the attention of the international community; there are a number of foreign and Chinese sites that shed light on Egyptian efforts in this regard, where cgtn reported that Egypt is steadily eliminating unplanned and unsafe areas. Almashareq s...
2020-12-31 12:10:50
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with General Amir Sayed Ahmed, advisor to the president of the Republic for urban planning, where the meeting addressed the follow-up to the “implementation plan of the national project to develop 1000 villages at the republic level.” The meeting witnessed a review of the details of the national project outline to raise the efficiency of 1000 villages spread over most geographical area of approximately 22 counties at the republic level Includes 50 centers in those governorates، In integration with the national program "dignified life" to develop rural communities، This is done in 3 stages and through several axes aimed at improving the standard of living of citizens, alleviating poverty rates and developing basic infrastructure and services ،Especially in a number of fields such as education, schools, housing, electricity, sewage system, drinking water, natural gas, waste recycling and the establishment of industrial areas
2020-12-31 12:42:01
The Egyptian Ambassador to China: The project represents a vivid example of fruitful Egyptian-Chinese cooperation ... and reflects the strong Egyptian-Chinese relations. A Chinese bank official expresses her aspiration for more cooperation in the future in various fields between Egypt and China Dr. Assem El Gazzar, Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, and Dr. Mohamed El Badri, the Egyptian Ambassador to China, witnessed the signing of an agreement with officials of a number of Chinese banks, to obtain the third and final tranche of the contract for financing the implementation of the central business district, in the New Administrative Capital (NAC). This was done through video conference technology, as Chinese banks officials attended at the headquarters of the Egyptian embassy in Beijing. Dr. Assem El Gazzar thanked the work teams from the Egyptian and Chinese sides who are in charge of implementing this important national project, the Central Business District in the New Administrative Capital, which is being implemented for the first time in Egypt and includes the highest tower in Africa, i.e. the iconic tower with a height of about 400 meters. This is a clear evidence of the strength of the Chinese-Egyptian relations and the joint cooperation in the field of construction, stressing that this successful model is a source of pride and an honor for the professional management of projects. An official of the Chinese banks that financed the pr...
2020-12-31 12:54:40
Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, held a meeting two weeks ago to follow up the work performance of the spatial variables system, in the presence of Major General Mahmoud Shaarawy, Minister of Local Development, Major General Mahmoud Tawfik, Minister of Interior, Dr. Assem El Gazzar, Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, Major General (Staff) Sherief Saleh, Director of the Military Survey Department. During the meeting, the Prime Minister praised the system’s performance, stressing the importance of establishing a spatial data unit in every governorate. The project works to provide real-time geographical data for all spatial variables and monitor them that occur all over Egypt in any place, whether legal or illegal construction work, and the system can follow the progress of work in all projects that are built in any inch of the state lands and prepare reports on building violations or encroachments and send them to the competent authorities. Since the beginning of the project at the Military Survey Authority, the system has monitored about 334,000 reports on construction work that took place during the past two years and sent reports to the concerned authorities via high-resolution satellite images. The Prime Minister ordered the establishment of a spatial unit in each governorate and stressed the necessity of providing cadres to operate these units, and seeking help from universities in the absence of cadres in the governorates or c...
2021-01-21 15:02:20
The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and Banque Misr have announced the launch of their new real estate project, Gardenia City, which has received investments amounting to EGP 26bn. Al Ahly "Sabbour" in alliance with "Founders", a subsidiary of Hyde Park Development, is responsible for sales operations and the development of marketing plans for the project. Hisham Okasha, Chairperson of the NBE, said that in launching the project, the bank aims to provide high-quality housing complexes, including units that meet the needs of a large segment of customers. Ahmed Sabour, CEO of Al Ahly for Real Estate Development Company, said that the consortium between Al Ahly "Sabbour" and Hyde Park Real Estate Development will represent a momentum or rather a major boost to the real estate market. He added that the project is one of the largest real estate projects in Egypt. It includes fully finished units ready for delivery for the first time in the domestic real estate market. NBE Vice-Chairperson, Yehia Aboul Fotouh, said that the total investment in the project exceeds EGP 26bn. He noted that the project meets all the conditions set out by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) initiative for real estate financing, which provides citizens with comfortable payment methods of up to 20 years. Akef Al-Maghreby, Banque Misr (BM) Vice- Chairperson, said that the project is built on an area of 513 feddans, and the buildings occupy only 20% of the t...
2021-02-02 14:59:26
The New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) Board of Directors, in its meeting chaired by Dr. Assem El-Gazzar, Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, approved the allocation of 29 plots of land in 11 new cities to establish integrated urban projects and factories as part of the authority’s efforts to increase development rates, accelerate investment in new cities, as well as provide many job opportunities from these projects. Dr. Assem El-Gazzar added that in Badr City, 4 plots of land with an area of 7980.25 square meters were allocated for the establishment of commercial and administrative activities, and in Sadat City, 3 plots of land with an area of 302.93 acres were allocated for the establishment of a factory and agricultural activities, and in the city of Obour, 5 Plots of land with an area of 39.96 acres were allocated for the establishment of integrated urban projects. In the New 6th of October City, two plots of land with an area of 5.12 acres were allocated for the establishment of two factories, and in New Cairo, 3 plots of land with an area of 1.62 acres were allocated for the establishment of a commercial and administrative activities, educational and health services. In 6th of October City, two plots of land with an area of 12.79 acres have been allocated to establish an integrated urban activity, as well as two plots of land for the Ministry of Youth and Sports to establish a covered hall and a social club. ...
2021-03-03 09:49:08
Giza General Contracting and Real Estate Investment Company (GGCC) has been assigned by the New Damietta Development Authority (NDDA) to construct 55 luxurious residential buildings in New Mansoura City, according to the company’s statement. The buildings will be established in the second phase of Janna luxury housing project at an estimated cost of EGP 600 million, the statement highlighted. NDDA is the governmental authority that supervises on New Mansoura City. The company has announced the financial statements for the period from 01/01/2019 to 31/12/2019, where the results showed that the company has achieved a net profit of 53,460,647 pounds, down from 62,807,948 pounds in the corresponding period a year earlier.
2021-03-03 11:49:53
Ali Dagher, Housing is an urgent life necessity and a human right for every citizen guaranteed by all constitutions. Emphasizing the right to good housing and in accordance with appropriate health conditions ensures a minimum level of urban justice and at the same time contributes to enhancing the sense of belonging and the values of citizenship. It is capable of producing healthy citizens who can bear the burdens of life, i.e. improving the quality of the human output by improving the quality of life through raising the efficiency of construction and improving its quality. In this framework comes the presidential initiative, which was announced at the end of March 2021, according to which 100 billion Egyptian pounds will be allocated to real estate financing for the middle and low-income housing categories with an annual interest not exceeding 3%, which is generally good in terms of timing, as the initiative carries several advantages. The first is that the initiative does not cover real estate financing for the real estate product in the country, but also includes the possibility of financing and covering the units of private real estate investment companies or private construction, provided that the general conditions apply to them, which include that the unit is fully finished and ready for housing and that the property is not in violation of the building requirements in force and that the entire unit price does not exceed 350,000 pounds for low-income...
2021-05-05 14:28:20
