• Egypt and Qatar signed three new agreements on August 28, 2025, covering pensions, agriculture, and political dialog.

• Cairo urged stronger Qatari investment in sectors like food security, transport, energy, and tourism.

• Qatar has pledged $7.5 billion in direct investments, reinforcing its economic push in Africa.

Egypt and Qatar signed three cooperation agreements on August 28 in Alamein during the sixth session of their joint higher committee.

The first agreement focuses on social insurance and pensions, including training, expert exchanges, and sharing best practices. The second covers agriculture and food security, with provisions for crop, livestock, poultry, and fisheries production, organic farming, aquaculture, veterinary research, and date palm development. The third establishes a mechanism for regular political consultations between the two foreign ministries.

During the talks, Egypt called for more Qatari investment in strategic sectors such as transport, food security, industrialization, renewable energy, tourism, and urban development.

Relations between the two countries have been steadily strengthening, supported by regular official visits and multi-sector agreements in infrastructure, energy, and tourism. In April 2025, both sides reaffirmed their commitment to deeper economic cooperation, with Qatar pledging $7.5 billion in direct investments.

Qatar has also been stepping up its presence in Africa through trade and diplomatic initiatives. In January, it signed a commercial memorandum with Côte d’Ivoire to boost bilateral trade. More recently, Doha played a mediation role between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda in efforts to resolve the conflict in eastern Congo.