CAIRO – The Ministry of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation has announced that total implemented investments rose to EGP 278.7 billion at constant prices in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, marking annual growth of 24.2%.
Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation Rania el Mashat said improved governance of public investments has allowed more room for the private sector, which increased its investments by 25.9% to constitute 66% of total investments.
Public investments decreased to 34%, reflecting a government shift toward priority projects and greater private-sector engagement, she added.
The planning ministry said Egypt’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth reached 5.3% in Q1 of the 2025/2026 fiscal year, up from 3.5% a year earlier, the ministry said in a statement.
The acceleration was driven by ongoing economic and structural reforms aimed at empowering the private sector and boosting productive, tradable sectors such as industry, tourism, and communications.
Strong growth came from non-petroleum manufacturing and ICT (both 14.5%), tourism (13.8%), and financial intermediation (10.2%), with notable improvements also seen in insurance, electricity, social services, retail and wholesale trade, and agriculture, the ministry said.
The ministry also pointed to a return to positive growth in the Suez Canal activity.
