A number of African housing ministers participated in the African Ministerial Roundtable, hosted and organized by the Egyptian government in cooperation with the African Union, with technical support from the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) at the Grand Egyptian Museum, Invest-Gate reports.

The roundtable was part of Egypt’s hosting of the World Urban Forum, attended by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly.

The ministers expressed great admiration for Egypt’s modern experience in sustainable urban development, seeing it as a major model that could benefit the African continent through cooperation and integration with the Egyptian administration. They also welcomed the involvement of Egyptian companies in development projects across their countries, in line with policies that support the urban agenda and align with their peoples’ aspirations.

The roundtable was attended by Kamel El-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport; Manal Awad, Minister of Local Development; Badr Abdel Aaty, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs; Sherif El Sherbini, Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities; Anacláudia Rossbach, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-Habitat, along with several African ministers.

Bilal Moussa, the Senegalese Minister of Housing, expressed interest in how the Egyptian government successfully implemented numerous housing units with high standards. He expressed a desire to collaborate with Egypt to transfer this experience and benefit from Egypt’s success in reducing carbon emissions, which significantly increased in 2014.

The Ghanaian Minister of Housing highlighted the importance of sharing Egypt’s exceptional urban development experience with other African countries, noting its transformative impact on society across social, economic, and quality of life dimensions.