The largest single urban programme in Africa; fiscal sustainability is contested.
Value
$58bn
Target
2030
Bankability
67
North Africa · Capital Cairo
Egypt
The continent's deepest project pipeline: Suez corridor logistics, 1.1GW+ of contracted renewables and a sovereign asset-recycling programme under IMF conditionality.
AIDI rank 1 of 54114.5m people$396bn GDP14 tracked projects
AIDI composite
0
Continental average 37.13
Explain figure
Continental average 37.13
Electricity access
0%
59.5 GW installed
Explain figure
59.5 GW installed
Tracked pipeline
$0bn
107 registry projects
Explain figure
107 registry projects
Annual gap
$0bn
Estimated investment requirement
Explain figure
Estimated investment requirement
AIDI trajectory 2015—2025
Commitments vs disbursement, $bn
— committed--- disbursed
Infrastructure sub-indices
Project register · 14 tracked (loading)
| Project | Sector | Value | Status | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Egypt New Administrative Capital The largest single urban programme in Africa; fiscal sustainability is contested. | New city | $58bn | Construction | 2030 |
Suez Canal Economic Zone Hydrogen Cluster Announced totals across SCZone MoUs exceed $80bn; only a fraction has reached FEED. | Hydrogen | $12bn | Feasibility | 2033 |
Cairo Monorail The longest driverless monorail in the world, connecting the New Capital to Giza. | Mass transit | $4.5bn | Construction | 2026 |
Suez Gulf Wind Complex One of the largest onshore wind farms under construction anywhere. | Wind | $4bn | Construction | 2027 |
Cairo Metro Line 4 Phase 1 Japan's single largest infrastructure exposure in Africa. | Mass transit | $3.5bn | Construction | 2028 |
Benban Solar Park Proof that a feed-in tariff plus a single land bank can mobilise 40+ sponsors in one location. | Solar PV | $2.1bn | Operational | 2019 |
Egypt-Saudi Arabia Interconnection Peak-shifting across time zones; the largest cross-continental interconnector in the region. | HVDC | $1.8bn | Construction | 2026 |
2Africa Subsea Cable The longest subsea cable ever built; encircles the continent with 46 landings. | Subsea | $1bn | Operational | 2024 |
Suez Canal Second Channel Extension Built for volumes that Red Sea security has since removed; transit revenue fell by more than half in 2024. | Waterways | $1bn | Construction | 2026 |
New Delta Wastewater Treatment The largest agricultural drainage reuse facility in the world. | Treatment | $0.8bn | Operational | 2023 |
Cassava / Nvidia AI Factory The first serious attempt at sovereign African AI compute capacity. | Compute | $0.7bn | Construction | 2026 |
Medusa Submarine Cable The Mediterranean rim's first open-access cable independent of the big carrier consortia. | Subsea | $0.4bn | Construction | 2026 |
Telecom Egypt Regional Data Hub Cable landings plus cheap land make Egypt the natural North African interconnection point. | Data centres | $0.4bn | Construction | 2027 |
Africa-1 Cable Gulf-anchored capacity into East Africa; diversifies away from the Suez chokepoint only partially. | Subsea | $0.3bn | Construction | 2026 |
Announced totals across SCZone MoUs exceed $80bn; only a fraction has reached FEED.
Value
$12bn
Target
2033
Bankability
37
The longest driverless monorail in the world, connecting the New Capital to Giza.
Value
$4.5bn
Target
2026
Bankability
81
One of the largest onshore wind farms under construction anywhere.
Value
$4bn
Target
2027
Bankability
75
Japan's single largest infrastructure exposure in Africa.
Value
$3.5bn
Target
2028
Bankability
79
Proof that a feed-in tariff plus a single land bank can mobilise 40+ sponsors in one location.
Value
$2.1bn
Target
2019
Bankability
94
Peak-shifting across time zones; the largest cross-continental interconnector in the region.
Value
$1.8bn
Target
2026
Bankability
75
The longest subsea cable ever built; encircles the continent with 46 landings.
Value
$1bn
Target
2024
Bankability
85
Built for volumes that Red Sea security has since removed; transit revenue fell by more than half in 2024.
Value
$1bn
Target
2026
Bankability
71
The largest agricultural drainage reuse facility in the world.
Value
$0.8bn
Target
2023
Bankability
81
The first serious attempt at sovereign African AI compute capacity.
Value
$0.7bn
Target
2026
Bankability
76
The Mediterranean rim's first open-access cable independent of the big carrier consortia.
Value
$0.4bn
Target
2026
Bankability
85
Cable landings plus cheap land make Egypt the natural North African interconnection point.
Value
$0.4bn
Target
2027
Bankability
76
Gulf-anchored capacity into East Africa; diversifies away from the Suez chokepoint only partially.
Value
$0.3bn
Target
2026
Bankability
78
Tracked value by sector, $bn
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