The Cairo-Aswan-Abu Simbel corridor is a strategic, multi-modal, export, transit and logistics corridor. It is the North-South corridor that runs through the underserved cities of Upper Egypt with the aim of supporting the new logistics zones and developing agricultural areas.
The corridor was announced as part of the 7 corridors project and builds on the government’s revival of investment in the Upper Egypt region. Historically, the region has suffered from under-investment by the state with most regions being agricultural lands around the Nile, and desert villages to the West and East of the river. The 10 Upper Egypt governorates were continuously ranked as some of the poorest in the country, and since 2015 there have been national state programs and large aid projects that aim to developing different sectors including the state-led Hayah Karima rural infrastructure program and the World Bank’s Upper Egypt Local Development Program. These include Beni Suef, Fayoum, Minya, Asyut, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan and New Valley.
The corridor follows the Nile and historic transport lines to connect the south of the country to its northern counterparts using safer and faster routes. The main investment is the expansion of logistics zones in several governorates, a high speed train, an electric train, renewable energy projects, new urban cities, and logistics zones.
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