Africa
MENA and Africa gateway businesses, Egypt
Egypt has 56 double tax treaties, AfCFTA membership, COMESA access, Greater Arab Free Trade Area participation, and the EU Association Agreement. Suez Canal operations handle approximately 12% of global trade, and 105M consumers anchor the largest Arab domestic market.
56 DTAsAfCFTA + COMESASuez Canal
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Corp tax
22.5%
Fastest setup
4 weeks
Tax treaties
56
Region
Africa
What you'll need
- No resident director required
- Local registered office required
- Economic-substance test applies
- Minimum capital: EGP 1,000
- Administrative language: Arabic
- Legal system: Civil law
Tax and treaty profile
- Corporate tax 22.5%
- Tax treaties 56
- VAT rate 14%
- Withholding on dividends 10%
Key treaty partners
United KingdomFranceGermanyUnited StatesItalySaudi Arabia
Banking and payments
- Banking takes 2 to 4 weeks with KYC
- Stripe supported
Considerations
If you need stable USD operations
Egyptian pound devaluations in 2022, 2023, and March 2024 (when EGP moved from 30 to ~50 per USD) plus periodic CBE restrictions on outbound USD have constrained dividend and capital repatriation. Free zones partially insulate exporters but onshore EGP exposure remains material.
EGP devaluationsCBE USD restrictionsRepatriation queues