Egypt has granted a manufacturing license enabling Deli Group’s local subsidiary, Deli Egypt, to establish an EGP 8.8 billion industrial complex in the 10th of Ramadan City, one of the country’s largest and most strategically located industrial zones. The approval was confirmed in a cabinet statement issued on Tuesday, underscoring the government’s push to attract export-oriented foreign direct investment and deepen local manufacturing capacity.
The project marks a significant expansion of Deli’s global manufacturing footprint and reinforces Egypt’s positioning as a regional production and export base for consumer and light industrial goods.
According to official disclosures, the new factory will be built on an area of nearly 160,000 square metres and will specialize in the production of office and school supplies, alongside children’s sports equipment. Construction is expected to be completed by December 2026, after which the facility will enter phased commercial operation.
The scale of the project reflects a long-term commitment to the Egyptian market, with the factory designed to serve both domestic demand and international export markets across the Middle East, Africa, and beyond.
Deli Egypt’s investment is projected to create around 3,000 direct local jobs, contributing meaningfully to employment generation in industrial communities east of Cairo. In line with Egypt’s industrial localization strategy, the factory will rely on local suppliers for more than 50 percent of its production inputs, supporting the development of domestic value chains and small and medium-sized manufacturers.
Officials said this level of local sourcing aligns with state efforts to reduce import dependency, raise domestic value addition, and improve industrial resilience.
At least half of the factory’s output is expected to be exported, consistent with Egypt’s new economic narrative, which prioritizes export growth, manufacturing-led development, and private-sector investment.
Under this framework, the government aims to double the contribution of foreign direct investment to GDP to 4.4 percent, create 1.5 million jobs, raise manufacturing’s share of GDP to 20 percent, and achieve sustained real GDP growth of around seven percent. The Deli Egypt project directly supports these objectives by combining capital investment, job creation, local sourcing, and export generation in a single integrated industrial platform.
Founded more than 40 years ago, Deli Group operates 10 regional centers and 54 branches worldwide, managing production for 10 independent brands across 24 product categories. The group has also built a strong digital presence, marketing its products through global e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, Shopee, and Izada, alongside traditional wholesale and retail channels.
The Egypt facility is expected to play a growing role in serving these international distribution networks, leveraging Egypt’s trade agreements, logistics infrastructure, and access to regional markets.
