The Military Production Ministry owns 20 companies and 17 factories involved in contracting and engineering consultation and has a backlog of projects worth as much as EGP 15 bn, all of it work on national projects, Minister Mohamed El Assar said, according to Youm7. The ministry, which hopes to expand regionally and internationally, is working with a joint venture between Elsewedy Electric and Arab Contractors to build a 2.1 GW dam and hydropower plant over Tanzania’s Rufiji River, El Assar said.

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