Egypt has announced to set up a logistics zone in Aswan. Aswan Governor Ashraf Attia revealed the plans and said the global logistics zone aims become
Egypt has announced to set up a logistics zone in Aswan. Aswan Governor Ashraf Attia revealed the plans and said the global logistics zone aims become a commercial, industrial destination and a new export gateway to African markets.
Aswan, the governor explained that the governorate is seeking to encourage the establishment of small and medium enterprises in the handicrafts sector based on palm leaves. He further explained that Aswan is one of the country’s top governorates that has a solid industrial, commercial and agricultural base, and a gateway into Africa.
“The coming period will witness the development of a strategic vision that includes an investment map promoting promising investment opportunities in the governorate,” he said.
Competitive advantage,
He called on investors to invest in the sectors where Aswan enjoys a competitive advantage, such as the quarry, mining and fisheries sectors, according to a strategy developed by the governorate. The overall aim is shifting from a governorate that relies on agriculture and traditional industry to one that establishes supply chains from packaging, and production of products based on dates to become an added value to this industry.
He said that a complex for the manufacture of dates products was established in the governorate, with investments of LE 100 million, to maximize the added value of the governorate’s production of dates. Attia explained that the complex contributed to providing more than 6,000 job opportunities in the field of date cultivation and the industrial projects based on it.
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