The government directed all its weight to the continent in order to increase Egyptian exports to them and take advantage of trade agreements with countries in the continent especially COMESA and SADC.
The Egyptian government is involved represented by the Minister of Commerce and Industry Tariq Al Cain and engineer Khaled About El Makarem President of the Export Council for chemicals and fertilizers and engineer Hossam Farid head of the Egyptian Business Council of Kenya in February, next to the opening of the biggest centre for logistic export development for the continent in Kenya.