Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly reviewed on Sunday, October 11, 2026, with Planning and Economic Development Minister Ahmed Rostom and ministry officials the key issues on the ministry’s agenda, including Egypt’s economic performance, investment plans and preparations for a national economic transformation program.
The meeting began with a review of macroeconomic developments and current performance indicators. Rostom outlined the main features of the economic and social development plan for fiscal year 2026/2027, which targets economic growth of 5.4% and total investments of EGP 3.7 trillion.
The private sector is expected to account for around 59% of these investments, reflecting the state’s commitment to expanding private-sector participation and strengthening productive capacity and manufacturing. The minister also reviewed the main features of the National Economic Transformation Program for 2027-2030, which is being prepared on the basis of existing sectoral strategies, the industrial development strategy and the national employment strategy.
The program is built around measures aimed at strengthening the resilience of the national economy in the face of crises, enhancing mechanisms for private-sector participation and enabling businesses to compete more effectively. It also seeks to raise employment and productivity levels, create jobs that improve citizens’ living standards, and improve the allocation of public and private investments across governorates.
Other priorities include strengthening public financial management, increasing energy production and efficiency, expanding the use of energy and boosting exports, as well as establishing an effective coordination framework among the Central Bank of Egypt and the ministries of Finance and Planning and Economic Development.
Rostom also outlined the ministry’s efforts to develop legal and legislative frameworks to improve the investment climate and protect investors’ rights. These efforts include supporting entrepreneurship, startups and fast-growing businesses to enhance their competitiveness.
He further reviewed structural reforms under the State Ownership Policy Document and the government’s initial public offering program, which aim to create more space for the private sector to lead economic growth. The ministry is also working to expand innovative long-term financing instruments, diversify funding sources and improve liquidity to facilitate the expansion of national and private-sector projects, alongside broadening the tax base through digitalization.