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Issuing a Golden License requires one approval from the Council of Ministers, which enables you to commence business operation and manage your project in Egypt as quickly as possible and with the least procedures, which saves a lot of time and effort.

The Best Investment Incentives

The Investment Law includes several types of incentives granted to Golden License projects. One or more of the stipulated incentives may apply to the Golden License according to the type of project.

Promising Economic Activities

The Egyptian economy is one of the most pluralistic economic frameworks in the Middle East and North Africa. As a result, it has witnessed clear growth across several sectors helping to ensure and sustain prosperity for all sectors.

Trained Labor

Egypt's workforce is the largest in the region for decades, in addition to its experience in sectors that require high skills and service-based sectors such as Communications and Information Technology.

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Green hydrogen projects (production, transportation, distribution);
Electricity projects related to providing electricity on ultra-high and high voltages to national agricultural development projects carried out by the State entities (such as New Delta, Sinai Peninsula Development, Toshka, al-Ouinat projects);
Green Corridor projects aimed at maximizing renewable energy share in electricity production;
Electricity projects transferring electricity via ultra-high and high voltages to the State's national development projects nationwide;
Renewable energy projects aimed at providing energy to water desalination and green hydrogen production projects;
Projects aimed at linking Egypt's power grid to neighboring countries and exporting electricity; and
Electricity storage projects, such as electric pumping and storage as well as batteries.

Projects developing crude oil, gas and petroleum material pipelines and networks to meet local market needs;
Projects establishing strategic shipping ports and storage areas for crude oil and petroleum products;
Digital infrastructure development projects aimed at digital transformation;
Carbon emission reduction projects, as well as Co2 separation and reinjection-into- aquifers projects;
Expansion and transformation projects using compressed natural gas as an alternative to diesel and gasoline;
Water treatment projects associated with the production of crude oil and gas;
Crude oil atmospheric distillation projects as well as projects dedicated to developing existing production units at refineries and manufacturing plants in order to produce high-value petroleum products;
Projects establishing packing, concrete pipes, and steel pipes factories;
Projects establishing laboratories for gold refining, casting, and stamping as per the Global Code; and
Petrochemical plants, projects producing metallic silicon and polysilicon; or phosphate fertilizers and phosphoric acid, or tantalum ore extraction, concentration, and manufacture projects.

Maritime Transportation: Seaport superstructure construction as well as container terminal management and operation;
Railways: Management, operation, and maintenance of cargo railways; sleeper and luxury trains; and repair workshops;
Electric Traction: Management, operation, and maintenance of electric traction railways (monorail lines - Light Rail Transit "LRT" – Metro Network) and the Egyptian High Speed Rail Network;
Seaports and Logistics Centers: Establishment, management, operation, and maintenance of land and dry ports and logistics centers; and
River Transportation: Establishment, management, operation, and maintenance of river ports.

Industries supplementary to new and renewable energy production projects;
Automotive industry and industries supplementary thereto, including electric cars, electric vehicle charging stations, natural gas cars and cylinders;
Wood, furniture, and chemical industries;
Antibiotics, tumor drugs, and cosmetics industries;
Food industries and agricultural crops; and
Engineering, metallurgical, and mining industries including electronic and electrical devices; electrical machinery, equipment, and engines; blank circuit boards (BCB); production lines; and containers industry.

Design and manufacturing of solar cells and renewable energy conversion systems;
Design and manufacturing of semiconductors, silicon wafers, and integrated circuits (ICs);
Manufacturing and production of professional/LED chips;
Manufacturing of LCD Open Cell and projects dependent thereon, such as the manufacture of cell phones and tablets;
Local manufacturing of lithium batteries; and
Manufacturing of multi-layer PCBs and projects dependent thereon, such as the manufacture of cell phones and tablets.

Establishment, development, and efficiency-improvement of main utility plants (drinking water stations and related lifting stations – seawater desalination stations – sewage stations and related lifting stations);
Building inter-and-intra-city-and-governorates main utility lines serving new urban communities;
Building, development, and efficiency-improvement of main internal roads and roundabouts as well as those linking cities, new urban communities, and governorates to one another;
Urban development projects eliminating the randomly-built areas inside the governorates; and
Housing projects aimed at providing affordable housing to all community segments (such as Housing for All Egyptians and Alternative Housing initiatives).

Hotel accommodation projects located in: (the hotels area starting from Sphinx International Airport on the Desert Road and ending at Hadabat al-Ahram, Upper Egypt governorates, Northern Coast region, Nuweiba and Dahab region);
Ecofriendly tourist projects, subject to the standards laid down by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities;
World entertainment projects at tourist destinations as well world water parks
Delta and Upper Egypt rural tourism projects; and
Medical tourism projects.

‌Companies that are incorporated to set up strategic or national projects that contribute to the achievement of sustainable development in accordance with the State's economic development plan..
Companies that are incorporated to set up a partnership between the private sector and the State, the public sector or the public business sector in the activities of (public utilities and infrastructure - new and renewable energy - roads and transportation - ports - telecommunications and information technology)..

It shall contribute to increasing exports by exporting abroad at least fifty percent (50%) of its products per annum, provided such exportation start within maximum three (3) years as of the start of carrying on business.
Its source of finance shall be foreign money transferred from abroad via one of the Egyptian banks, subject to the provisions set out in Article (6) of the Investment Law and Article (9) of the Executive Regulations of the Investment Law, and subject to the rules set by the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Egypt.
It shall target the decrease of imports, industrial domestication, as well as deepening local components in its products, provided that the percentage of local components in its products, including raw materials and production requirements [inputs], be at least fifty percent (50%), and provided further that the aforementioned percentage be calculated by subtracting the value of the imported components from product cost.
It shall be incorporated in one of the most in need of development areas listed under Council of Ministers Decree No. 7 of 2020.
It shall contribute to transferring and domestication of modern means of technology to Egypt as well as fostering innovation, development, and scientific research in such a way as determined by the minister concerned with telecommunications and information technology; the minister concerned with industry; or the minister concerned with scientific research, as the case may be.
It shall be one of the projects aimed at providing strategic goods to Egypt, thus reducing their importation.
It shall be a labor-intensive project employing the national labor force, as set out in Article (11) of the Executive Regulations of the Investment Law.
It shall contribute to environmental impact mitigation, gas emission reduction, and weather improvement, as determined by the minister concerned with the environment affairs.

They must be in the form of an Egyptian joint-stock company or a limited liability company incorporated and existing in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Law enacted by Law No. 72 of 2017 or with the Law on Jointstock Companies, Partnerships Limited by Shares, Limited Liability Companies, and Single Member Companies enacted by Law No. 159 of 1981, provided that the applicant submit a declaration of solvency to implement the project, as set out by GAFI BoD in this regard, and provided further that in all cases the company be incorporated at a date later than that date on which the Investment Law comes into force;
They must submit project preliminary feasibility study prepared by a reputable and licensed national or international consultancy firm
They must submit a timetable for project implementation
They must provide an acknowledgement to the effect that they will provide all utilities of the infrastructure (roads – water – sewage – electricity – communications – waste management)
They must submit an acknowledgment to the effect that they will abide by all terms and conditions pertaining to the company's business activity in accordance with the laws and regulations regulating such activity.

Documents required from companies to obtain the Golden License:

The company’s articles of incorporation and articles of association, together with a certificate of incorporation (if the company has already been incorporated);
A recent extract from the company’s commercial registry (if the company has already been incorporated);
A photocopy of the company’s tax card (if the company has already been incorporated);
A preliminary feasibility study on the company’s project, provided it be prepared by a nationally or an internationally recognized consultancy firm having good reputation;
Evidence that the company is solvent enough to carry out the project;
Project timetable;
An acknowledgment by the company's legal representative (BoD chairman or company manager) or the shareholders/partners attorney to the effect that the company will provide all utilities related to the project's infrastructure including roads, water, sanitary sewer system, electricity, communications, waste handling system;
An acknowledgment by the company's legal representative (BoD chairman or company manager) or the shareholders/partners attorney to the effect that the company will abide by all rules and regulations related to the company’s business as set out by the applicable laws and regulations; and
Any other documents the Golden License Unit deems necessary.

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