Fresh PPPs up for grabs: The Madbouly government is preparing an integrated package of projects worth EGP 31 bn to be set up through public-private partnerships (PPP), Finance Ministry’s public-private partnership unit head Atter Hannoura told EnterpriseAM. This includes projects covering water desalination, electricity, sanitation, transformer stations, and recycling.

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A closer look at the projects on offer: The projects include a USD 80 mn waste recycling plant, with a daily capacity of 4k tons, which the state plans on replicating across several governorates, Hannoura told us. The Finance Ministry is preparing to offer seven other waste recycling projects for private players to be carried out through PPPs in coordination with the Environment Ministry, he added. The projects will see combined investments reaching USD 800 mn, Environment Ministry sources told EnterpriseAM.

And following up on a year-old project: The Suez Canal Economic Zone is expected to award the seawater desalination plant, which it invited companies to submit prequalification applications to design, finance, build, operate, and maintain last year, in February, Hannoura said.

REMEMBER- Egypt is looking towards the private sector to help it increase total investments in electricity and renewables to EGP 136.3 bn this fiscal year, up from EGP 72.6 bn in FY 2024-2025. Under the plan, the private sector will account for 27% of total investment, with the public sector investing the remaining 73%.

ICYMI- The Finance Ministry and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development launched a EUR 10 mn fund in September to finance feasibility studies and advisory services for projects being set up under PPPs.

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