Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly reaffirmed the government's commitment to closely monitoring the implementation of service and development projects across all governorates to assess progress rates, identify challenges and remove obstacles to accelerate completion and ensure projects achieve their goals of improving citizens’ quality of life.
Madbouly made the remarks during a meeting on Thursday, June 11, 2026 to review the executive status of development and service projects in Beni Suef Governorate. The meeting was attended by Minister of Local Development and Environment Manal Awad and Beni Suef Governor Abdullah Abdel Aziz.
Awad highlighted Beni Suef’s strategic location as the closest governorate in Northern Upper Egypt to Greater Cairo. The governorate comprises seven districts, 40 local units and 225 villages and possesses significant economic and human resources that position it as a competitive production hub at both regional and international levels.
She noted that Beni Suef enjoys a diverse mix of archaeological and tourism destinations, expanding industrial and investment zones, and promising sectors including agriculture, transport, logistics, telecommunications, and small and medium-sized enterprises. For his part, Governor Abdel Aziz reviewed the governorate’s sustainable development vision, first launched in 2020 and updated in March 2026 in line with Egypt Vision 2030, the government’s program and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
He explained that the strategy is based on three key pillars: improving quality of life, achieving economic development and enhancing governance. The governor said efforts to improve the quality of life focus on completing infrastructure and public service projects, particularly those implemented under the presidential "Decent Life" initiative.
Regarding economic development, he noted that Beni Suef has formulated an economic development strategy built on sectors where the governorate enjoys competitive advantages, making it an attractive investment destination and a key contributor to the national economy.
Abdel Aziz pointed to major transportation projects, including 453 roads extending more than 2,300 kilometers, in addition to stations and routes for the high-speed electric railway, a dry port, a vehicle market and a tourist marina. In agriculture, he said cultivated land in the governorate covers about 296,000 feddans, including more than 116,000 feddans planted with wheat.
Wheat deliveries this season reached 327,168 tons, representing 145 percent of the targeted volume and exceeding last year’s deliveries by 40,000 tons. The governor also noted that Beni Suef has approximately 18,330 feddans devoted to medicinal and aromatic plants.
Concerning industry, Abdel Aziz said the governorate hosts 11 integrated industrial zones, including Kom Abu Radi Industrial Zone with 234 factories and Bayad Al-Arab Industrial Zone with 365 factories, in addition to an integrated medicinal and aromatic plants zone spanning 147 feddans.