From creaking Cairo, Egypt plans high-tech leap with new capital


  • World
  • Thursday, 02 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: A general view of under constructing buildings in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) east of Cairo, Egypt July 5, 2021. Picture taken July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

CAIRO (Reuters) - In Egypt's new capital on the outskirts of Cairo, residents will use smart cards and apps to unlock doors and make payments, and surf the web on public WiFi beamed from lampposts.

A network of at least 6,000 cameras will monitor activity on every street, tracking pedestrians and vehicles to regulate traffic and report suspicious activity.

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