Egypt maintained its position as Africa’s top foreign direct investment (FDI) destination and ranked second in the Arab world, attracting $15.5 billion in FDI in 2025.
Announcing the figures at the Cairo launch of the UNCTAD World Investment Report 2026, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Mohamed Farid highlighted that the achievement stems from sustained institutional reforms and enhanced investor confidence across key sectors.
To build on this momentum, the Egyptian government is finalizing a comprehensive national investment strategy targeting 12 priority economic sectors.
The initiative prioritizes eight ready-to-invest sectors for immediate capital injection, while applying targeted regulatory and legislative reforms to four additional sectors to boost their global competitiveness.
Complementing these effort, the government is introducing new digital measures to streamline mergers, acquisitions, and corporate capital increases to significantly reduce processing times.
Central to these reforms is the newly approved “Economic Entities Platform,” a unified digital window that centralizes company establishment and licensing across 468 economic activities.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty underscored that structural reforms—including tax incentives, caps on public spending, and the State Ownership Policy—have effectively empowered private enterprise in high-growth fields such as artificial intelligence, renewable energy, automotive, and logistics.
The UNCTAD report noted a 6% rise in global FDI flows in 2025 to $1.6 trillion, driven by shifting corporate priorities and technological advancements.
Amid global economic uncertainty and changing supply chains, Egypt’s reform-driven approach continues to solidify its role as a stable, primary hub for major international investment in Africa.
