6th of October, Sheikh Zayed Factories Out of Service amid Blackout

Factories in cities of Sixth of October and Sheikh Zayed closed today amid the major power outage gripped Cairo and other governorates early morning, said head of industrial investors syndicate Mohamed Geinedy.

Geinedy further stated that repetitive and lengthy power cuts will drive factories in Egypt to incur more losses triggered by lower production rates. The official has urged the Egyptian government to immediately solve the crisis that triggered factories to encounter losses exceeding EGP 10 million so far amid the power cut hit early morning.