Spain-based outsourcing firm Konecta has opened its regional headquarters and first international centre of excellence for generative synthetic intelligence in New Cairo as a part of a $100m funding plan in Egypt, in line with the Ministry of Communications and Data Expertise.
Inaugurated by Minister of Communications and Data Expertise Raafat Hindi, the ability goals to determine Egypt as a regional hub serving the Center East, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The centre will present companies spanning digital buyer expertise, AI, information analytics, technical help, and the Web of Issues (IoT).
The regional headquarters at present employs 800 Egyptian specialists providing companies in Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch. To help its international market operations, the corporate plans to extend its native workforce to roughly 3,000 specialists by the tip of 2028.
Vice Chairperson of Konecta for the Center East and Africa Ahmed Al-Harrany stated: “Egypt is not only an operational website for Konecta, however our regional headquarters and hosts the group’s first international centre of excellence in generative synthetic intelligence.”
He added: “The expansion of our crew in Egypt to 800 specialists, with a goal of reaching 1,000 by the tip of this 12 months, displays the depth of Egyptian expertise and our purchasers’ confidence world wide within the companies we offer from Cairo.”
Hindi acknowledged that the growth of world investments in Egypt’s outsourcing business displays the institution of an built-in system to draw funding and supply high-value digital companies to international markets. He famous that internet hosting the generative AI centre aligns with ministry efforts to stimulate the export of superior technological options.
Throughout a tour of the ability, Hindi reviewed digital options developed by the corporate, together with the “Kolibri” agentic AI platform, noting the contribution of Egyptian groups in creating, testing, and localising these applied sciences.
Data Expertise Business Improvement Company (ITIDA) Chief Govt Ahmed El-Zaher stated the growth helps plans to develop service exports from Egypt, including that internet hosting the centre of excellence highlights the nation’s creating capabilities in superior applied sciences.
The inauguration follows a memorandum of understanding signed in January 2025 between ITIDA and Konecta within the presence of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly.
Based in Madrid in 1999, Konecta employs 109,000 folks offering companies in 40 languages throughout 28 nations. The corporate acknowledged that its growth in Egypt is a part of a strategic plan to speed up the adoption of AI options globally.
