Egypt's technology offshoring exports double to $4.8bn
Agency figures announced on 11 November 2025 put offshoring exports at $4.8bn, making services one of the country's more reliable sources of foreign currency.
Egypt's technology and business services offshoring exports have approximately doubled to $4.8bn, according to figures published by the Information Technology Industry Development Agency on 11 November 2025, alongside agreements it said would secure 70,000 jobs.
Why the sector grew
The combination of a large young workforce, competitive cost base, a time zone that overlaps both European and Gulf working hours, and English and multilingual capacity has made Egypt a practical delivery location for global services firms.
The constraint
Growth in this sector is graduate-supply constrained rather than capital constrained. Each contract requires trained staff, which links export performance directly to the training programmes examined in our report on the digital skills pipeline.
The reliability question
Delivery centres cannot tolerate connectivity failures. That makes offshoring growth dependent on the international capacity described in our subsea cable coverage and on domestic network resilience.
What to watch
The mix of work matters more than the total. Movement from voice support toward software engineering, data and design work indicates rising value capture; a flat mix indicates volume growth without margin growth.
Sources
- ITIDA press release — “Egypt Doubles Digital Offshoring Exports to $4.8B, Secures 70,000 Jobs in Major Global Summit”, 11 November 2025
- Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Egypt — policy and programme pages
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