Administratively, it is part of the Eastern Area of Cairo,[2] administered by the New Urban Communities Authority.

[10] On 27 April 2016, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi inaugurated the new headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior in New Cairo.

[13][14] General Electric are working with the American University in New Cairo on energy initiatives.

[20][21] At the entrance of New Cairo is Cairo Festival City, a 285 hectare (700 acres) real estate development which has parks, games, pools, gardens, walkways, business office space, a large mall and a dancing fountain.

Demand for real estate in New Cairo has been very high, with prices per meter for apartments averaging around E£10,000, and for villas E£19,000.

Two new semi professional teams,1st Settlement Youth and Katameya Petrosport Club, which carry the names of neighbourhoods of the city, have joined the Egyptian Fourth Division.

[25] In September 2016, the president approved the construction of a new Coptic Orthodox church in the city.