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The freezones will be in Nuweiba, Kafr El Sheikh, Aswan, and Giza, while the investment zones will be in Meet Ghamr, Giza\u2019s Saff, and Benha. The announcement comes after GAFI had <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/12\/27\/gafi-studying-12-new-freezones-investment-complexes-across-egypt\/\">announced last year<\/a> it was conducting feasibility studies to establish up to 12 freezones that could host 8k projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The General Authority for Investment and Freezones (GAFI) has announced that it will issue tenders for four new freezones and three investment zones for the first time since 2004, according to Reuters. 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