Audio Technology has completed a long-term audiovisual and conferencing project at the headquarters of the African Space Agency (AFSA) in Egypt's Space City, New Cairo, delivering a fully automated system for the organisation’s main conference hall. The complex project began in 2020 and reached completion in 2025, reflecting the scale of the installation.
AFSA’s objective was to create a conference environment capable of supporting high-stakes, multilingual international meetings, with technology that could underpin structured debate, voting and interpretation for continental cooperation.
Audio Technology was responsible for the full system integration. For visuals, the hall has been installed with an indoor direct-view LED video wall from Absen. With a P2.5mm pixel pitch and a surface area of more than 18m2, the display was selected to provide clear, detailed imagery for formal presentations and conferences. The screen is managed via Crestron Electronics, which also acts as the central switching and control platform for the entire room.
Audio coverage presented one of the main technical challenges. The brief required even sound distribution across the hall while limiting the number of speaker positions. This was achieved using two JBL Professional CBT 1000 line array speakers positioned at the front of the room. The controlled dispersion of the CBT design allowed full coverage from only two locations, with audio processing handled by Soundcraft Si Series digital mixers.
For conferencing and discussion, 59 Televic Confidea FLEX delegate units were installed, providing integrated voting and camera tracking. These are supported by a Shure wireless microphone system comprising four SLXD dual receivers with SM58 handheld transmitters, four SLXD1 bodypack transmitters with DH5 headsets, and four MX418 gooseneck microphones. Multilingual support is delivered through a Televic simultaneous interpretation system, with 120 receivers enabling interpretation in eight languages.
All components are brought together through a single Crestron touch panel interface, allowing operators to manage visuals, audio, microphones and interpretation without manual reconfiguration.
Audio Technology’s regional pro AV pre-sales and design manager, Jacko Makram, described the installation as “a proud moment,” adding that the completed hall now functions as “a powerful platform for high-stakes diplomacy, combining visual clarity, precise audio, structured discussion tools and multilingual capability in a unified system.”