Investment Minister Ashraf Salman announced that 250 companies were established over the last week, according to the data of the General Authority For Investment and Free Zones (GAFI).

The firms will provide 1,818 job opportunities.

In statements on Sunday, the minister said that the rate of establishing companies between September 13 to 17 reached 50 firms daily in average.

The new companies work in the fields of agriculture, industry, tourism, telecommunications and information technology, he noted.

Source: MENA