SFD, World Bank present Funding Programme for Egypt Entrepreneurship Projects

During Sharm El-Sheikh conference, Egypt’s Social Fund for Development (SFD) will launch in partnership with the World Bank a new funding programme to support the country’s entrepreneurship sector, the fund’s secretary-general Soha Soliman announced.

In an interview with media figure Dina Abdel Fattah at Al Nahar TV channel live on the sidelines of Sharm El Sheikh investment conference on Friday – Soliman stated that SFD currently focuses on supporting the Egyptian youth, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as entrepreneurship sectors.

Those sectors represent key factor to provide more job opportunities, Soliman noted.

Moreover, she affirmed that the youth sector enjoys a notable support from the Egyptian government and the president himself, adding that there is a determined will to support the empowerment of youth as the backbone for leaping to the future.