Egypt

Egypt firm says investing in Sudanese farmland
- Reuters
- 29 September 2009
Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital is investing in 210,000 ha of farmland in Sudan, where it got the right to the land for 99 years.
CGIAR joins global farmland grab
- GRAIN
- 08 September 2009
An internal document recently posted on IRRI's website reveals that the Institute has been advising Saudi Arabia in the context of its strategy to acquire farm land overseas for its own food production.
Gulf investors more covert on land deals
- Daily Nation
- 30 August 2009
Land buying firms no longer disclose their identities to avoid tarnishing their image
La séduction égyptienne
- Al-Ahram Hebdo
- 26 August 2009
Al-Raghi a connu un investissement fructueux dans le secteur agricole égyptien où la société cultive 25 000 feddans (10 500 ha) dans le projet Tochka sur un total de 125 000 feddans (52 500 ha). La deuxième phase du projet commencera en début de 2010.
Egypt's Beltone, Sudan's Kenana to invest in farms
- Reuters
- 19 August 2009
Egypt's Beltone Private Equity and Sudan's Kenana Sugar Company have agreed to set up a firm to invest up to $1 billion in large-scale agriculture projects in both countries, Beltone said in a statement on Wednesday.
Abu Dhabi firm grows in Egypt
- The National
- 13 August 2009
A private agricultural investment firm in Abu Dhabi plans a Dh925 million (US$251.8m) farmland deal in Egypt to grow wheat for the African nation’s domestic market.
Egypt: Southern farming
- Business Today
- 10 August 2009
The wheat farms in Sudan & Uganda are not Egypt’s first foray into overseas farming — the government operates a corn farm in Zambia, a rice farm in Niger, a vegetable farm in Tanzania and plans 14 more farms across Africa — but they are significant because they are among the first efforts to address wheat scarcity after the instability of 2008.
Janan to lift farm holding in Egypt
- The National
- 06 August 2009
Janan, a UAE agricultural investment firm, will expand its farmland portfolio in a deal with Egyptian agricultural authorities next week.
UAE firm, Egypt to sign farm deal
- Trade Arabia
- 04 August 2009
A United Arab Emirates company will sign a deal with Egypt to cultivate 100,000 feddans, about 42,000 hectares, of land with wheat, corn and feed, the official news agency Mena reported on Tuesday.
Case IH Agricultural Machinery ploughs the desert in Egypt
- CNH
- 29 July 2009
By providing powerful agricultural equipment and technical assistance, the brand is participating in Saudi Firm Al-Rajhi International's US$400 Million project to grow corn and wheat in Africa's arid lands
Is a recolonization of Africa underway?
- New Vision
- 14 July 2009
I wonder how many other behind-the-scenes transactions are currently underway in the continent that will only be announced when the deals have been signed and perhaps money has exchanged hands.
Almarai mulls Egyptian acquisitions
- Reuters
- 12 July 2009
Almarai Company, Saudi Arabia's biggest listed dairy firm, is studying more acquisition opportunities in Egypt after spending $115 million last month to buy an Egyptian company and its farmland