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The Ministries of Investment and Foreign Trade and Planning and Economic Development, in cooperation with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), launched the report entitled “Review of Foreign Direct Investment Characteristics in Egypt,” which focuses on how to maximize the impact of foreign investment in supporting sustainable development by strengthening linkages between multinational enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises.
The report serves as an analytical reference to support dialogue among the government, the private sector, and international partners on practical priorities for maximizing the developmental returns of foreign direct investment, and linking these returns to job creation, productivity growth, and enhancing the competitiveness of the Egyptian economy.
The report reviews the main trends in foreign direct investment inflows to Egypt over recent years, noting the country’s continued ability to attract investment, while highlighting the importance of directing further efforts toward deepening local value added, increasing knowledge and technology transfer, and expanding integration into global value chains.
It confirms that foreign companies operating in Egypt enjoy high levels of productivity and rely significantly on inputs from the local market, reflecting the existence of a promising base for deepening local linkages and developing supply chains.
The report also highlights that new investments have contributed to the creation of direct jobs over the past decade, while pointing to the need to maximize job-creation intensity and improve the alignment of skills with the requirements of promising sectors, particularly in the context of digital and green transformation.
The report includes a package of practical recommendations to maximize the developmental impact of foreign direct investment, foremost among them strengthening coordination between entities responsible for investment promotion and small and medium-sized enterprise development, improving governance and transparency, supporting intellectual property rights, and developing effective tools for monitoring and evaluating incentives and related programs.
It further calls for completing the national foreign direct investment strategy for the period 2025–2030 and linking it to the objectives of Egypt Vision 2030, with clearly defined sectoral priorities and traceable performance measurement mechanisms.
The report places particular emphasis on supplier development programs and matchmaking services between foreign investors and local companies, which reduce search and contracting costs and enhance the readiness of local suppliers in terms of quality standards, accreditation, and technical certifications.
It also underscores the importance of expanding the scope of industrial clusters and supply chain programs to include higher value-added, knowledge-based activities, and of strengthening partnerships between multinational enterprises, research institutions, universities, and the private sector, in order to increase opportunities for technology transfer and capacity building.
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Dr. Mohamed Farid Saleh, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, stated that the launch of the OECD review on measuring the quality of foreign direct investment in Egypt (FDI Qualities Review of Egypt – 2025) represents a pivotal step in advancing Egypt’s investment agenda, as it shifts the discussion from focusing solely on the volume of investment inflows to the quality of investment and its developmental impact.
He affirmed that the review reflects the depth of the partnership between Egypt and the OECD, and highlights the State’s approach based on integrated government action and institutional coordination, supporting productivity growth, technology transfer, innovation, the creation of decent jobs, and skills development, toward achieving more inclusive and sustainable growth.
The Minister added that the review commends the progress Egypt has made in the areas of competitive neutrality, transparency, public procurement reform, and the development of digital investment services, stressing that the challenge is no longer limited to attracting foreign direct investment, but extends to maximizing its sustainable returns and long-term impact.
He explained that this requires directing investments toward higher-impact, innovation-driven and green sectors, deepening linkages between multinational enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises through the expansion of supplier development programs, enhancing digital readiness, and supporting compliance with standards and the acquisition of necessary certifications, thereby strengthening integration into value chains and boosting economic competitiveness, in parallel with completing legislative and digital reforms to enhance procedural efficiency and predictability.
He further noted that the importance of foreign direct investment lies in its spillover effects, including employment and job quality, as well as the transfer of expertise required to ensure the sustainability of investment attraction through improved supporting services.
For his part, Dr. Ahmed Rostom, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, affirmed that the launch of the “Review of Foreign Direct Investment Characteristics in Egypt” report represents a cornerstone of the State’s orientation toward formulating evidence-based development policies that go beyond merely attracting capital flows, to focus on the developmental impact of such investments. He explained that the report provides a roadmap for maximizing returns from foreign investment by linking it to the Sustainable Development Goals and Egypt Vision 2030, particularly through integrating small and medium-sized enterprises into the global value chains of large companies, ensuring that economic growth is accompanied by genuine development of local productive capacities.
Dr. Rostom added that the report’s recommendations support the State’s efforts to enhance labor market efficiency and align skills with the requirements of modern sectors, especially in the fields of technology and green transformation. He noted that the Ministry is working in coordination with all partners to translate these indicators into executive plans that enhance the competitiveness of the Egyptian economy, contribute to the provision of decent and productive employment opportunities, ensure fair distribution of the fruits of development, improve citizens’ quality of life, and support macroeconomic stability and long-term growth.