Areas of investment allowed (industry – agriculture – health – tourism – services) and in more detail in:-

Agricultural projects, industrial and service.

oil refining and petrochemicals.

Electricity generation.

Communications services.

real estate and infrastructure.

Tourist projects.

Addition to :

Areas of investment permitted under the investment promotion law (law No.9) are as follow:

Transportation sector:

o The construction and management of airports, handing, catering, logistic and ground services.

o Building and developing travel control and civil aviation systems through joint ventures with the civil aviation (given more than 50 % ownership for the Civil Aviation)

o Investment in air transport given that national investors’ ownership of the project exceeds (50%).

o Construction of highway, subway, underground and railway systems.

o Building and developing of seaports through Joint Ventures and partnerships with the national ports company

Health sector:

o Building and managing hospitals.

o Laboratories and medical testing and diagnosis centres. c Manufacturing of medical materials and substances.

c Manufacturing and maintenance of medical equipment.

Education sector:

o Building of universities, colleges, schools.

c International learning institutions and training.

o Vocational and qualification centres;

All given a prior approval of curriculum, tests and exams contents from the country’s relevant institutions.

Agricultural sector:

c Cultivation of agricultural crops. o Cultivation of fodders.

c Operating chicken incubation farms and poultry parenting station.

Industrial sector:

o Cement, building material, Iron and steel production.

o Electrical and Household articles. c Plastic and Leather production.

o Fodders industry.

o Flour-milling and packing (requires national participation) c Food industry (requires national participation).

o Chemical industry.

o Manufacturing and maintenance of marine fishing equipment.

o Manufacturing and solar cells and related equipment and technologies.

o Manufacturing of tools, machines, equipment and spare parts.

o Waste recycling plants and technologies.

o Sewage systems and sanitary Ware, materials and equipment.

Tourism sector:

o Construction of amusement and leisure parks.

o Building and operating of hotels, resorts and holiday villages including holiday flats and villas.

o Running and operating of touristic establishments, construction of yachting marinas.

Public facilities:

o Building of apartment blocks and residential homes,

o Building and developing of residential gas network,

o Water treatment stations,

o Sewage systems, drainage stations and waste recycling plants.

Maritime industry:

o Aquatic (Fish) farming

o Fish processing and production.