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Tube Middle East Africa 2025
Promising markets for manufacturers
of wire, cable and tubular goods
Egypt, a country with more than 116 million
control systems. These activities have led to
inhabitants, is part of the Middle East and
an increased demand for cables.
North Africa region with more than 508
million inhabitants. Egypt’s economic power
– the IMF expects economic growth of 3.8%
in 2025, rising to 4.1% in 2026 – and its
access to the Middle East and African (MEA)
region make Egypt an interesting market
and production location. Since wires, tubes
and their derivates such as cables, springs
and fasteners are needed in all areas of
society, the MEA states create a broad
market for these industries and their sup-
pliers. Thus, the market is looking eagerly
towards the trade fairs wire MEA and Tube
MEA in Cairo from September 6 to 8, 2025.
Increasing electric power demand
Wires and cables are indispensable for the
transmission of electric power and elec-
tronic data. Market surveys give an idea
of the market size. The market research
company Global Market Insights GMI, for
example, valuated the size of the power
and control cable market of the MEA region
at nearly US$17 bn in 2023 and expects
it to grow at a compound annual growth
rate (CAGR) of over 6.9% between 2024
and 2032 to more than US$31 bn with the
power cable segment projected to surpass
US$27 bn in 2032 (Fig. 1).
Market drivers are investments in infrastruc-
ture including upgrading of aging power
infrastructure, building projects including
data centers, the backbone of Artifi cial Intel-
ligence (AI), and the integration of digitized
Egypt, for example, with a power consump-
tion of 219 TWh in 2023 behind South
Africa the second-largest power consumer
of Africa, is expected to see a 2% annual
consumption growth rate until 2026 and
allocated US$2.5 bn to ensure stability
of electricity supplies. The country has to
cope, among others, with power outages
due to a surging residential demand and
a growing power demand for ventilation
systems due to higher temperatures.
As reported in the daily newspaper Arab
News, also other governments of the MEA
region are investing billions of dollars in
power generation [1]. In the four years to
2023, the region’s total installed generation
capacity increased by 15% to exceed 462
GW. Total capacity will need to increase by
40% by 2030 compared to a decade earlier.
The bulk of generated electricity is consumed
by households, accounting for 40% of the
total consumption, and commercial buildings,
rather than industrial production. Deploying
smart technologies in buildings, particu-
larly those that optimize air-conditioning
effi ciency, can reduce energy consumption
without compromising economic growth.
Increasing water demand
Pipes, tubes and hollow profi les are neces-
sary for the transmission of liquids, gases,
free-fl owing substances and for mechan-
ical structures. These tubular products
are important for Middle East and North-
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