North Africa

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly held a meeting Wednesday with Head of the National Center for Planning State Land Uses, Nasser Fawzy, and Deputy Chairperson of the Holding Company for Drinking Water and Sanitation, Assam Shoukr.

The meeting was held in order to follow up on the position of the lands to be offered to the private sector for the establishment of seawater desalination plants.

At the beginning of the meeting, Madbouly stressed the need to exert maximum efforts to provide ready-made lands for the establishment of seawater desalination plants, […]

Egypt has already established 82 desalination plants with a combined capacity of 917,000 cubic metres per day.

Saad made his remarks following a meeting Thursday between Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and a number of ministers.

Madbouly stressed the importance of setting up more plants in coastal cities, given the importance of fulfilling local water needs for development purposes.

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EIB is eyeing desalination projects in Egypt, water sector expert at the EIB Walid Salem said this week.

Coastal protection in Egypt is an area in which the EIB closely collaborates with the national authorities to identify potential investments in line with Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles, Salem told Al-Ahram Weekly.

These guide the use and sustainable conservation of oceans, seas, and marine resources.

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