Relationship dossier
Egypt
South Africa
Relationship assessment
Egypt and South Africa have pursued bilateral agreements and cooperation across trade and investment.
Egypt toward South Africa
+30The Egyptian government negotiated and signed bilateral cooperation agreements with South Africa during President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s 2019 visit, including agreements covering trade and investment.
South Africa toward Egypt
+30The South African government negotiated and signed bilateral cooperation agreements with Egypt during President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s 2019 visit, including agreements covering trade and investment.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship includes concrete bilateral agreements across trade and investment, alongside engagement in BRICS. These features indicate a cooperative framework, while the agreements’ implementation and the breadth of sustained bilateral activity remain unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Egypt and South Africa have pursued practical bilateral cooperation, including agreements on trade, investment, and other areas signed during Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s 2019 visit to South Africa. Both countries also engage through BRICS, which Egypt joined in 2024. The known bilateral actions support a cooperative relationship, though its breadth and implementation are unclear.
Key developments
Egypt and South Africa signed bilateral cooperation agreements, including in trade and investment, during President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to South Africa.
Egypt became a member of BRICS, a grouping in which South Africa participates.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which the agreements signed in 2019 have been implemented is unclear.
- The scope and recent activity of bilateral government mechanisms are unclear.