Egypt aims to increase 4G cities to 34 – ministry

Egypt has started creating a number of 4G cities, bringing the total number of new cities to 34 according to Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala el Saeed.

In a new report, Saeed talked about the the “sustainable cities and communities”  which is 11th goal of sustainable development and state’s efforts to achieve it.

She noted that new cities in Egypt went through different time periods; the first-generation cities during 1977-1982, the 2G and 3G cities between 1995 and 2010, and then the 4G cities as of 2014 till now.

The report mentioned some of the new cities, such as the New Administrative Capital, the New Alamein City, Salam Misr City, East Port Said city, New Nasser city, West Assiut city, Toushka city and the Damietta Furniture City.