Egypt’s Toshka gets a USD 120 mn logistics zone

Toshka is getting a USD 120 mn logistics zone. The General Authority for Land and Dry Ports is seeking tenders for the establishment, management, and operation of the specialized logistics zone in Aswan. The authority is seeking agricultural and agro-processing companies to establish the facility on a 1 mn sqm plot of land. The deadline for receiving applications is the end of October 2026.

Prioritizing agricultural storage and trade: The project aims to establish cold storage infrastructure for crops, silos for grain and cereals, and processing and packaging centers. Container and truck handling yards will also be built to organize commercial transport between Egypt and African markets. The zone will support agro-linked light industries, including equipment assembly, fertilizer packaging, and recycling agricultural waste into feed or clean energy.

More investment for Upper Egypt: Refrigeration and nearby silos would help prevent spoilage under the desert heat prior to transit, which should help ease some of the logistical difficulties that trouble agricultural and land reclamation projects in the area, including the EGP 4.7 bn five-year initiative by our friends at Sekem.

REMEMBER- Aswan is looking to cluster industrial and commercial projects within dedicated logistics zones as part of a plan to position itself as a strategic gateway to the wider continent.

Rail could eventually give the zone its scale-up route: The authority’s investment prospectus places the Toshka logistics area on the route of the second high-speed rail line, which will run from 6th of October to Aswan and Abu Simbel and connect with the first line at 6th of October and the third line in Qena, according to the General Authority for Investment and Freezones (pdf).

Our take: That gives the project a more serious long-term role than just truck-side storage — crops, grains, and processed goods could be consolidated in Toshka, then moved north toward consumption centers and export gateways by rail rather than relying solely on long-haul road transport.