A Case Study on Egypt and Africa’s Economic Transformation Its Strategic Leadership, Regional Integration, and Future Prospects

The economic environment of Africa is currently being restructured in view of deep structural changes, re-gional unity revolution, and growing integration into the global market. During this transformation, Egypt has emerged as an ‘indispensible leader,’ leading the economic development of the continent through the stabili-zation of its Macroeconomy and extensive investment in its infrastructure, Egypt vision 2030, which outlines Egypt's strategy and goals for its economic and social transformation until the year 2030, including Egypt's contribution for the achievement of the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ (Ministry Of Planning and Econom-ic Development, [MPED], 2016). The overall impact of this leadership role of Egypt on regional cooperation and free trade in Africa will also be discussed in this research while exploring the overall contribution of this leader in promoting an inclusive economic environment for the continent. Based on our findings, it seems that ‘Egyptian Leadership’ together with regional coordinated efforts and plans is required for economic security in Africa. Keywords: Egypt; Africa’s economic transformation; regional integration; strategic leadership; AfCFTA; sustainable development.

Egypt; Africa’s economic transformation

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