Egypt’s new administrative capital will be center of Middle East, says official

Egypt’s new administrative capital will be center of Middle East, says official

Sun, 2020-09-06 22:12

CAIRO: The start of the second phase of Egypt's New Administrative Capital is underway, its chairman has said.

Maj. Gen. Ahmed Zaki Abdeen, chairman of the New Administrative Capital Company also said there are also plans to implement new proposals in an area of “‹“‹47,000 feddans (48,778 acres).

Abdeen said the focus is now on attracting international brands in fields such as electronics, computing and electronic services. Different sectors in the capital will be divided into smaller "cities.“

He said the capital is communicating with major international companies like Microsoft and Amazon for the project.

Abdeen said there will be fewer residential neighborhoods in this phase compared with the first phase. The third phase of the new capital will be built on an area of “‹“‹90,000 feddans (93,405 acres).

He said that the