Egypt Embassy Nairobi — Address and Location
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt Address: No. 24 Othaya Road, off Gitanga Road, Kileleshwa Postal address: P.O. Box 30285, 00100 Nairobi Phone: +254 20 387 0298 / 387 0278 / 387 0360 / 387 0383 Email: eg.emb.nairobi@gmail.com Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–4:30 PM
Egypt's embassy in Nairobi carries a dual mandate that extends to Seychelles, and its work spans a relationship between the two countries that dates back to the earliest years of Kenyan independence. Nile Basin water-sharing discussions, in which Egypt has a direct and longstanding interest given its near-total dependence on the Nile for freshwater, occasionally surface as a point of diplomatic engagement given Kenya's position as an upstream riparian state, though this is handled primarily at a higher governmental level rather than through routine embassy consular work.
Day-to-day, the embassy's consular section handles the standard slate of services for Egyptian nationals in Kenya — passport renewal, document legalization, and notarial services — alongside visa processing for Kenyan citizens traveling to Egypt, a market that has grown steadily as a tourism and business destination for East African travelers.
Trade between the two countries covers agricultural products, pharmaceuticals and manufactured goods, with Egyptian companies increasingly active in Kenyan construction and consumer sectors. For visa applicants, standard Egyptian entry requirements apply — a valid passport, appropriate visa category, and supporting documentation depending on the purpose of travel. As with most embassies handling both diplomatic and high-volume consular work, appointment booking rather than walk-in visits is the more reliable way to get service during standard office hours.
Cultural and religious ties also run through the Egypt-Kenya relationship, with Egypt's Al-Azhar University historically offering scholarships to Kenyan students pursuing Islamic studies, and the embassy periodically facilitating information about these opportunities alongside its core consular work. Tourism promotion has grown as a theme in recent years too, with Egyptian authorities keen to position destinations like Cairo, Luxor and the Red Sea coast to East African travelers as an accessible, direct-flight alternative to longer-haul international trips.
The Kileleshwa location, tucked just off Gitanga Road, sits in a residential part of the city that's become home to a number of diplomatic missions over time, offering relatively easy access from central Nairobi without the traffic congestion of some of the more central business addresses. Given the volume of both diplomatic and consular activity the embassy handles for a relationship spanning six decades, planning any visit with an appointment rather than hoping for walk-in service is the more dependable approach.