Egypt and Djibouti sign a trade protocol to open the Horn of Africa to Egyptian goods
Djibouti offers access to the Horn's markets from the mouth of the Red Sea; Egypt offers medicines, fertilisers, food and engineering goods.
Olanrewaju Adewole
Cairo — Egypt and Djibouti have signed a framework protocol to expand trade between them, Egypt's Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade announced on Wednesday, Daily News Egypt reports.
It was signed in the New Administrative Capital by Egypt's Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Mohamed Farid Saleh, and Djibouti's Minister of Trade and Tourism, Orbis Hiilaf Orbis.
What each side brings
- Mr Farid said Egyptian manufacturers can supply Djibouti with pharmaceuticals, fertilisers, farm produce, food, electronics and engineering goods, and called for fuller use of the COMESA and African Continental Free Trade Area agreements.
- Mr Orbis said Djibouti's position at the entrance to the Red Sea gives Egyptian products and investors a route into the markets of the Horn of Africa. He pledged to remove barriers to trade and investment and to widen cooperation in trade, industry, agriculture, food security and tourism.
The two countries also signed a memorandum of understanding on tourism this week.
Source: Daily News Egypt, 14 October 2026.
