Siemens opened Egypt’s first Smart Cities Experience Center, offering customers an immersive experience that combines real and digital worlds. The center showcases the latest technologies for creating sustainable and efficient smart city infrastructure, buildings, and industries. It is located at Siemens in Egypt’s head office in Cairo.
The Smart Cities Experience Center aims to provide a rich experience based on real project experience, ensuring successful smart city realization. Under this concept, visitors can understand the benefits of transforming current communities into smart cities. They can also observe the latest smart infrastructure technologies for buildings and cities, including low-voltage to medium-voltage electrification, energy management, intelligent power distribution solutions, and SCADA systems for utility management, such as water, gas, and electricity.
Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Dr. Mohamed Shaker: The inauguration of Egypt’s first Smart Cities Experience Center developed by Siemens is a major breakthrough that aligns with Egypt’s digital development strategy.
He added: We encourage the role of the private sector in the state’s comprehensive development process by using all aspects of emerging technologies and innovations to enable a fully integrated and efficient smart city platform.
The inauguration of the Siemens Smart Cities Experience Center in Egypt complements the country’s digital strategy, which involves the implementation of 17 smart cities. These cities aim to leverage the latest technologies to facilitate the transition toward an integrated digital society.
Notably, Siemens has been a longstanding strategic partner to Egypt, playing a crucial role in driving economic growth and supporting its young and expanding population. The company aims to unlock the full potential of smart infrastructure, optimize operations, promote new employment opportunities, and ensure environmental sustainability in cities and tourist destinations.
