• Egypt remains continent’s largest investment recipient
• Egypt remains continent’s largest investment recipient
• UN says despite attracting investment in strategic industries, Africa fails to transit into broader industrial devt
Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja
The African continent attracted about $70 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) as global FDI rose six per cent to $1.6 trillion in 2025, ending two consecutive years of decline.
That was according to the just-released World Investment Report 2026 by the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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Nigeria ranked fourth among African FDI destinations in 2025, behind Egypt, Guinea and Mozambique.
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A negative FDI figure does not necessarily mean foreign companies are exiting South Africa or that new investment has stopped.
Africa's trade topped $1.5 trillion in 2025 and its economy outgrew the world's, a new African trade report from Afreximbank says.
Country also ranked ninth for investment outflows last year, Unctad finds
