Egypt Explores Country’s First Private Investment Zone in Partnership with Elsewedy Group
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Egypt's General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) is in discussions with the Elsewedy Group to establish the country's first private investment zone, aiming to expand industrial infrastructure and streamline investor services.
Under a framework recently approved by Egypt's Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, the special investment zone model provides a full suite of services for investors, including dedicated customs facilities within the zone, facilitating both export-oriented and domestic operations. The initiative is designed to integrate private-sector expertise into Egypt's industrial and trade development, while reducing operational costs and accelerating project timelines.
Currently, Egypt has 12 public investment zones across six governorates, hosting 1,273 projects and generating approximately 77,500 jobs. In the 2025/2026 fiscal year first quarter, private-sector investment accounted for 66% of total capital investment, underscoring the government’s strategy to leverage private enterprises as key drivers of growth.
GAFI CEO Mohamed Gawdat highlighted that the private investment zone model aims to streamline procedures, shorten the time between project approval and product launch, and enhance operational efficiency. The inclusion of dedicated customs offices has already helped reduce average clearance times from 15.8 days to 5.8 days, saving businesses an estimated $1.5 billion in operational costs.
The proposed partnership with Elsewedy Group, which operates across energy, industrial, and training sectors, is expected to integrate local manufacturing capabilities, workforce development, and technology transfer, supplying both domestic and international markets. Elsewedy executives emphasized Egypt's stable economic environment and ongoing improvements in investment regulations as key factors in the group's decision to expand its footprint in the country.
The collaboration marks a potential shift in Egypt’s investment landscape, creating a model for privately led industrial zones that complement existing public facilities and support the country’s broader economic diversification and industrialization objectives.
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