Arab Contractors

"Al Mokawloon Al Arab" redirects here. For the club owned by the company, see Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC.
The Arab Contractors
Company typeGovernment-owned corporation
IndustryConstruction
Founded1955; 69 years ago (1955)
FoundersOsman Ahmed Osman
HeadquartersCairo,
Egypt
ServicesGeneral contracting, architecture, civil engineering
RevenueE£11.03 billion (2013)[1]
Number of employees
72,097[1]
Websitewww.arabcont.com

The Arab Contractors (Arabic: المقاولون العرب), also known as Al Mokawloon Al Arab, is an Egyptian regional construction and contracting company.

History

It was established in 1955 by Osman Ahmed Osman, an Egyptian entrepreneur and politician who served as Egypt's Housing Minister under Sadat's presidency. It was nationalized in 1961 following the Egyptian revolution of 1952.[2][3] It has been involved in the construction of several government buildings in Egypt. The company also owns a football club, El Mokawloon SC, that plays in the Egyptian Premier League.[citation needed]

Since the late 1970s, the company has diversified its business to include banking, insurance, agriculture, food processing, hotel services and health care. [4] Today, El-Mokawloon El-Arab is one of the largest companies in the Middle East and North Africa with projects not only in Egypt, but also Morocco, UAE, Algeria, Libya, Uganda,[5] Lebanon, Kuwait.[citation needed]

Infrastructure projects

References

  1. ^ a b "Annual Report 2013". SACTP SARL. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  2. ^ Steven A. Cook (2013). The struggle for Egypt : from Nasser to Tahrir Square. Oxford University Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-19-993177-4. OCLC 810533906.
  3. ^ "دخل الجامعة بـ شهادة فقر فأسس أكبر شركة للمقاولات.. محطات فى حياة المعلم عثمان أحمد عثمان". Al-Ahram (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  4. ^ Fick, David S. (2006). Africa : continent of economic opportunity. Johannesburg, South Africa: STE Publishers. p. 448. ISBN 978-1-919855-46-2. OCLC 654611835.
  5. ^ "Arab Contractors mark 20 years in Uganda". New Vision. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  6. ^ Musa, Heba (September 4, 2020). "المهندس محسن صلاح.. والمقاولون العرب". Akhbar el-Yom (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2021-11-01.