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220 Spanish firms operating in Egypt with $1.088 billion
Published in Albawaba on 07 - 03 - 2017

Cairo - The number of Spanish firms operating in Egypt has reached 220, active in sectors of industry, real estate, and tourism, said head of Egypt's investment authority GAFI on Monday.
The capitals of the Spanish firms are totalling $1.088 billion, Mohamed Khodeir - chairman of Egypt's General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), further told Amwal Al Ghad.
Spain ranks 14th in the list of countries with largest investments in Egypt, Khodeir added.
The Egyptian industrial sector seizes 76 percent of Spain's investments in Egypt, followed by the service sector by 18 percent, construction by five percent, tourism by 7.5 percent, and other activities by one percent, respectively.
"Our country enjoys many available investment opportunities for Spanish investors, notably in fields of infrastructure as well as renewable and new energy," Khodeir added.
GAFI is keen on attracting different Spanish investors in order to expand and pump more new investments into the Egyptian market within the next period, he referred.


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