Hassan Allam Holding is bidding for a power generation facility in Iraq and could start work by the end of the year if Iraqi officials give the go ahead, Al Mal reports. The potential cross-border agreement falls in line with efforts from Iraq to bring on board Egyptian contractors to execute key infrastructure projects as it looks to reconstruct the war torn country. You can find more in-depth coverage of Egypt’s regional infrastructure ambitions in this issue of our weekly infrastructure vertical Hardhat.

ELSEWHERE- Prime Group subsidiary Data CIT is looking to provide the government withbiometric vein scanning technology that would be linked with national IDs, subsidy cards and e-payments.

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