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Nutanix just hit 150% of its Egypt target and now wants Cairo as a regional hub. Egyptian engineers may soon be serving the whole region.
Featured image caption: Mogeeb Abdelrazek, regional director at Nutanix, presents the company's plan to make Egypt a regional cloud hub at Cairo ICT 2026. Photo: جريدة الأهرام
American enterprise cloud company Nutanix has exceeded its Egypt business target by 50% in its latest fiscal year and is now preparing to turn the country into a regional base serving markets far beyond its borders, according to جريدة الأهرام.
The announcement, made around Cairo ICT 2026, marks a striking transformation. Three years ago, Nutanix had exactly five employees in Egypt and ran the market as a minor outpost of a wider regional structure. Today the local team stands at 20 people, with another 10 to 15 hires planned over the coming year.
From five employees to a regional operations base
For Mogeeb Abdelrazek, Regional Director for Egypt, Levant and Turkey at Nutanix, the numbers tell a story of Egyptian capability. His company achieved 150% of its target in Egypt during its latest fiscal year, placing the market among the strongest performers against target across the Middle East and Africa, he said.
Egypt does not yet generate more absolute revenue than giants such as Saudi Arabia or the UAE. What the figure reflects is speed: the pace at which the Egyptian operation has outgrown every goal set before it. That is the kind of trajectory that global corporations rarely see, and it is happening on Egyptian soil.
The partner ecosystem has expanded even faster. Nutanix began its push with five local partners; that network has now reached roughly 90 companies involved in selling, implementing and supporting its technologies. According to Hapijournal, the customer base has grown to between 220 and 230 clients across vital sectors, including a dominant share of the banking solutions market in Egypt.
Banks and enterprises build the local foundation
Financial services have become one of the strongest pillars of Nutanix's Egyptian business. Around 30 banks now run on the company's technology, while more than 200 customers across the market rely on its private cloud solutions.
Those projects are no longer small license deals. Abdelrazek said some infrastructure and data center projects involving Nutanix and its technology ecosystem can reach tens of millions of dollars. Banks, telecom operators and large enterprises are driving the demand, supported by Egypt's broader national push to modernize data centers.
followict reported that Nutanix now serves the Levant and Turkey markets from Egypt itself, a point Abdelrazek confirmed when he described Cairo as the launchpad for the company's expanding regional role and the use of local talent to build exportable technology services.
A direct legal entity signals lasting commitment
Nutanix is also moving to establish a direct legal entity in Egypt, replacing a model under which employees were managed through human resources service providers. The step signals that the expansion is structural rather than temporary.
The economic effect would extend well beyond direct employment. Global technology companies can train local engineers, transfer knowledge and create demand for specialists employed by distributors, integrators and other partners. Teams based in Egypt can support customers abroad, creating a new channel for technology-service exports that brings foreign revenue into the country.
Abdelrazek believes Egypt has the engineering talent, infrastructure, services and geographic position required to host regional operations for global technology firms. It is a judgment that echoes what Egypt's leadership has long argued: that the nation's human capital is its greatest resource, waiting only for the right conditions to flourish.
AI has become a matter of national sovereignty
The deeper significance of the Nutanix expansion lies in artificial intelligence. Abdelrazek argues that AI has moved beyond being a corporate productivity tool and is becoming a factor in economic and technological power between nations.
Artificial intelligence is no longer simply a business development option. It has become a necessity connected to national security and technological sovereignty.
He said AI is increasingly entering cybersecurity, defense, medicine, education, scientific research and industrial systems. Countries that depend entirely on external technology could face strategic vulnerabilities as these systems embed themselves deeper into critical infrastructure and decision-making.
For Abdelrazek, sovereign AI does not mean isolating Egypt from global technology. It means maintaining domestic expertise and sufficient control over critical systems and data while avoiding complete dependence on a single foreign source. Fintechgate reported that the company aims to transform Egypt into a principal regional center for cloud computing and data center services.
Cairo ICT 2026 and the road ahead
Nutanix is participating in Cairo ICT for the third consecutive year, but its 2026 presence is larger as it showcases its latest cloud and AI technologies and prepares to announce additional projects and partnerships.
The exhibition arrives at a decisive moment in the company's Egyptian trajectory. Three years of expansion have taken Nutanix from five employees to 20, from five partners to about 90, and from an outpost to more than 200 private-cloud customers and around 30 banks.
The next stage is fundamentally different. Nutanix is no longer trying simply to prove that Egypt can become a larger market for its technology. It is trying to prove that Egypt can become part of the infrastructure through which the company serves the wider region.
And as AI embeds itself in critical systems, Abdelrazek believes the stakes reach beyond corporate growth: countries will increasingly be judged not only by how much artificial intelligence they use, but by how much of the technology, data and expertise behind it they can control.
FAQ
How much did Nutanix exceed its Egypt target?
Nutanix achieved 150% of its Egypt target in its latest fiscal year, meaning it exceeded the goal by 50%, according to Regional Director Mogeeb Abdelrazek.
How many employees does Nutanix have in Egypt?
The company has grown from five employees three years ago to 20 today, with another 10 to 15 hires planned over the next year.
Is Nutanix establishing a legal entity in Egypt?
Yes. The company is replacing its HR-provider model with a direct legal entity, signaling a permanent, structural commitment to the Egyptian market.