Also recorded as: NSPO; National Service Projects Organisation
An Egyptian military economic body that co-owns a food and agriculture company with a sanctioned Sudanese military conglomerate. That is a commercial fact, not evidence of arms supply.
Flagged for legal review before publication.
The 25% Egyptian block whose holder was disputed is the armed forces' NSPO. On 4 June 2021 Egypt's Ministry of Supply reported a meeting of the company's board with a Sudanese delegation; three outlets carrying the statement quote Maj. Gen. Ahmed Hassanein, chairman of the Holding Company for Food Industries, saying his company 'contributes 25% ... and the same for the National Service Projects Organization', South Valley 10% and Sudan's Etegahat 40%, and call the NSPO 'the strategic partner'. The earlier Al Mal report (17 May 2021) that named 'الوطنية للاستصلاح' for the same 25% also lists the NSPO as a signatory of the founding memorandum; a company called 'National Company for Land Reclamation and Agriculture' appears in lists of NSPO subsidiaries, so the two reports are consistent: the stake is the NSPO's, held directly or through its land-reclamation company. The memorandum was witnessed by Mirghani Idris Suleiman, director of Sudan's Defense Industries System. Company capital EGP 500m; founded April 2021.
Response
No response is recorded. Named parties have not yet been asked for comment.
Records
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BGrade B: Corroborated
25% shareholder of the Egyptian-Sudanese Company for Development and Multiple Investments
April 2021 - present (no later shareholder list found)
The 25% Egyptian block whose holder was disputed is the armed forces' NSPO. On 4 June 2021 Egypt's Ministry of Supply reported a meeting of the company's board with a Sudanese delegation; three outlets carrying the statement quote Maj. Gen. Ahmed Hassanein, chairman of the Holding Company for Food Industries, saying his company 'contributes 25% ... and the same for the National Service Projects Organization', South Valley 10% and Sudan's Etegahat 40%, and call the NSPO 'the strategic partner'. The earlier Al Mal report (17 May 2021) that named 'الوطنية للاستصلاح' for the same 25% also lists the NSPO as a signatory of the founding memorandum; a company called 'National Company for Land Reclamation and Agriculture' appears in lists of NSPO subsidiaries, so the two reports are consistent: the stake is the NSPO's, held directly or through its land-reclamation company. The memorandum was witnessed by Mirghani Idris Suleiman, director of Sudan's Defense Industries System. Company capital EGP 500m; founded April 2021.
Response
None found from the NSPO. The New Arab (26 Aug 2026) reported that an executive of the joint company first denied dealing with sanctioned Sudanese entities, then did not comment.
›Research notes
Three outlets reproduce one ministry statement, so this is one official statement relayed three times, not three independent sources. No GAFI extract, Investment Gazette notice or company filing was obtained; which legal entity is on the share register is still unconfirmed. The NSPO-subsidiary list comes from a wiki mirror read through a summariser.
The NSPO's only documented tie is this shareholding beside a company of the sanctioned Defense Industries System. Wartime trade attributed to the joint company (sugar, flour, gold) is reported by one outlet from leaked commercial documents and is recorded under the joint company, not here. Nothing found shows the NSPO itself supplying the SAF.
Response
No response sought by this desk; none found in the sources read.
1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
Dated events
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Egypt's Ministry of Supply states the shareholding of the Egyptian-Sudanese Company: Holding Company for Food Industries 25%, National Service Projects Organization 25%, South Valley 10%, Sudan's Etegahat (DIS) 40%. almalnews.com↗
BGrade B: Corroborated
1 more event below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
Geography
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Based in
Egypt
Position in the network
Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.
Connected to the SAF through official or corroborated records.
No direct tie is documented. Basis: shared intermediary; named in the other actor's record; cited in the same source (via Egyptian-Sudanese Company for Development and Multiple Investments (ESC)).
No direct tie is documented. Basis: shared intermediary; cited in the same source (via Egyptian-Sudanese Company for Development and Multiple Investments (ESC)).
No direct tie is documented. Basis: shared intermediary; named in the other actor's record (via Egyptian-Sudanese Company for Development and Multiple Investments (ESC)).
No direct tie is documented. Basis: shared intermediary; named in the other actor's record (via Egyptian-Sudanese Company for Development and Multiple Investments (ESC)).