Egypt’s Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation, Ahmed Rostom, said motor-vehicle industry activity grew by about 50% in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025/26. He presented the figure on 2 October 2026 at an African automotive investment session in New Alamein, part of the inaugural Alamein-Africa 2026 forum. The ministry described a growth rate for the activity; it did not report vehicle output, sales, local-content share or the sector’s monetary size. The source does not specify the comparison basis for that quarterly activity growth rate; it is not a disclosed number of vehicles manufactured.

Rostom framed the automotive figure as part of a broader recovery in non-oil manufacturing. For the full 2025/26 fiscal year, he said Egypt’s economy grew by 5.1%, compared with 4.4% in the previous fiscal year. Industry, communications and trade together accounted for about 48% of total growth, according to the minister. The release did not give separate contributions for those three sectors or quantify motor vehicles’ own share. The 50% sector growth rate and the 48% contribution figure therefore describe different measures and should not be treated as interchangeable.

The planning minister linked industrial performance to structural reforms intended to support the productive base and improve the investment climate. He highlighted government priorities of strengthening competitiveness, widening the private sector’s role in the economy and directing support toward sectors with higher value added and export capacity. In the automotive context, the stated ambition was to create an investment environment able to serve domestic needs and reach African markets. The ministry release announced no named factory investment, added capacity, incentive amount or company agreement. The minister also said these policies aim to position Egypt as a leading regional centre for automotive manufacturing and exports in Africa.

Egypt’s foreign affairs, investment and foreign trade, and industry ministers also took part in the session, which was organized with Afreximbank. The ministry reported around 1,500 African business leaders and investors in attendance. The event brought automotive production and access to continental markets into the same discussion, but the release recorded no binding investment decision or specific export programme. Its reported development was Rostom’s presentation of first-quarter motor-vehicle growth alongside the annual economic figures and the government’s manufacturing-policy priorities.