Africa drew $70 billion in FDI in 2025, UNCTAD says

UN Trade and Development says Africa attracted about $70 billion in foreign direct investment in 2025, below the exceptional $94 billion recorded in 2024. Even with the year-on-year decline, UNCTAD said 2025 was still the third-highest level for investment into Africa since 1990 and remained roughly one-third above the continent's long-term average.

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Egypt remained Africa's largest FDI recipient, taking in about $15 billion. That helped North Africa stay the continent's largest recipient subregion, although inflows there fell sharply from the exceptional 2024 level.

UNCTAD said African least developed countries received about $33 billion in FDI, but the inflows were concentrated in a small number of economies tied to natural resources, energy, infrastructure and selected manufacturing projects. The report said investor attention across Africa is increasingly focused on energy infrastructure, critical minerals for batteries and advanced manufacturing, and new industrial and logistics locations as supply chains are reconfigured.

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