On November 24, 2020, “ECG Engineering Consultants Group” signed an agreement with “Benya Cables” for the design and construction supervision of Benya New Headquarters and Cable Factory; worth EGP 1bn in investments and which will be constructed in the Suez Canal economic zone.

“This comes within the framework of the final steps to establish the largest fiber optic cable factory in Egypt, Africa, and the Middle East; and in line with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s directives to transfer and localize modern technology whilst working to reduce imports, thus contributing to increasing the added value of Egyptian products and achieving smart digitization in giant digital projects”, as AOI Arab Organization for Industrialization’s President Abdel Moneim El-Terras said.

The signature of the contract was announced in Benya’s booth in Cairo ICT 2020.

ECG Executive Director, Omar Elsayed, stated that ECG devotes its expertise to provide the consultancy services in accordance with the international quality standards and fourth industrial revolution criteria; aiming at establishing an integrated factory with smart digital production lines that meets local market needs for optical fiber cables and exports to the MENA region.

Benya CEO, Essam Khafaji, expressed his happiness to cooperate with ECG in launching digital transformation projects in Egypt, especially in light of the major national projects carried out in the fields of new cities, technological infrastructure, and smart applications.