{"id":21876,"date":"2026-08-18T09:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=21876"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:53:32","slug":"african-fdi-trend-inflows-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/21876\/african-fdi-trend-inflows-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"African FDI Trend Inflows in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest figures from UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) show that Africa attracted more than $100bn in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 2025. Yet the headline number only tells part of the story. Beneath it lies a continent where investment is becoming increasingly concentrated, with a relatively small group of countries emerging as clear winners in the competition for global capital.<\/p>\n

Globally, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows rose by 14 percent in 2025 to approximately $1.6 trillion, though growth was heavily concentrated in developed economies, which saw a 43 percent increase. In contrast, flows to developing economies declined by 2 percent, with the least developed countries particularly affected; three-quarters experienced stagnant or falling investment.<\/p>\n

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Egypt emerged as Africa\u2019s top destination for foreign direct investment in 2025, attracting an estimated $11 billion in inflows in a year marked by declining investment across the continent. According to the UNCTAD\u2019s latest Global Investment Trends Monitor, the North African country ranked ahead of other major African economies despite a sharp regional slowdown.<\/p>\n

Here are the top countries in Africa attracting the largest FDI inflows in 2025:
1. Egypt – $10.5bn
2. Nigeria – $5.6bn
3. South Africa – $5.2bn
4. Angola – $4bn
5. Ethiopia – $3.6bn
6. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – $3.1bn
7. C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire – $2.9bn
8. Kenya – $2.8bn
9. Mozambique – $2.5bn
10. Mauritius – $2bn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest figures from UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) show that Africa attracted more than $100bn in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 2025. Yet the headline number only tells part of the story. Beneath it lies a continent where investment is becoming increasingly concentrated, with a relatively small group of countries emerging as clear winners in the competition for global capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":7,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"0","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","source_name":"Qiraat Africa","override_template":"1","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,2409,31,30,27],"tags":[5423,3307,5422],"class_list":["post-21876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-africa","category-infographics","category-north-africa","category-southern-africa","category-west-africa","tag-african-fdi","tag-infographic","tag-un-trade-and-development-unctad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21876"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21879,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21876\/revisions\/21879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}