Egypt’s microfinance reaches 1.8 million women in Q2 – FRA chief
Women accounted for 52.8 per cent of Egypt’s microfinance beneficiaries in the second quarter of 2026, with 1.8…
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Egypt’s MSMEDA, Banque du Caire ink EGP 400m deal for SMEs
Egypt's small and medium enterprise development agency (MSMEDA) signed on Tuesday a new financing agreement worth…
Egypt’s non-bank financing surpasses EGP1 trillion – FRA
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) reported on Wednesday that financing provided by entities under its…
MSMEDA, Reefy sign EGP300m microfinance deal
Egypt's Medium, Small, and Micro Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) signed on Tuesday a micro-finance project…
Egypt’s FRA extends suspension of new microfinance, consumer finance licences for…
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has extended for another year its suspension on accepting applications…
Egypt’s FRA sets Basel III-aligned solvency standards for non-banking finance sector
Egypt's Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (FRA) has issued new financial solvency standards for companies…
MSMEDA, Banque du Caire sign EGP500m microfinance contracts
MSMEDA CEO Basil Rahmy said the agreements align with directives from the political leadership to expand…
Egypt’s REIS, Banque Misr sign deal to digitise rural fund payments
Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity’s Rural and Environmental Industries Support Fund signed a cooperation…
Egypt’s MSME financing hits EGP31.7m in Jan-Apr ’25
Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) reported that total financing provided to micro, small, and medium…
MSMEDA, Alexandria Businessmen Association sign EGP181m microfinance deal
Egypt's Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) and the Alexandria Businessmen Association…
Sovereign Fund of Egypt, Etisalat Egypt launch Erada Microfinance
The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) and Etisalat Egypt by e& have on Monday partnered together to launch a new…
Egypt’s Aman expects Islamic microfinance licence this month
Aman for Microfinance, part of Egyptian fintech firm Aman Group, said on Sunday it has applied for an Islamic…
Egypt’s micro-lending app Cassbana raises more than $1 million from Distruptech Fund
Egyptian microfinance startup Cassbana announced on Sunday it has raised more than $1 million in a funding round…
Egypt launches microfinance programme to contain informal economy
The Egyptian government has launched a microfinancing programme called “Nano Finance” to integrate the informal…
Egypt’s microfinance portfolio increases 42.7% in Q3 2019: EMF
The value of Egypt’s microfinance portfolio increased by 42.7 percent during Q3 2019 registering 23.175 billion…
Microfinance companies in Egypt fund 807K clients in 9 months
Microfinance companies operating in Egypt have pumped funds worth 4.7 billion Egyptian pounds ($261.7 million) to…
AAIB Bank, Kfw’s SANAD Fund launch microfinance JV in Egypt
Arab African International Bank (AAIB) and Germany’s SANAD Fund for MSMEs launched Tuesday a joint venture to…
Microfinance accounts increase by 58.7 % in 2017: Official
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA)'s accounts of microfinance have witnessed a…
AAIB bank, SANAD team up to launch microfinance firm in Egypt
Egypt’s Arab African International Bank (AAIB) and SANAD Fund for MSMEs, are joining to launch a microfinancing…
Egyptian central bank to launch a microfinance initiative next Tuesday
Egypt’s central bank will launch its anticipated microfinance initiative next Tuesday, a step that follows recent…
Egypt’s central bank to launch microfinance initiative before May-end: official
Egypt’s central bank is preparing the ground to launch a new initiative dedicated for the microfinance sector…
Central Bank of Egypt braces for multi-billion-pound microfinance initiative
Egypt’s central bank is preparing the ground to launch a new initiative dedicated for the microfinance sector…
Three Gulf institutions eye practicing microfinance activities in Egypt
Three financial institutions from Gulf are studying applying for a licence to practice microfinance activities in…
INTERVIEW: launch of new microfinance firm in Egypt is underway
One of the private banks in Egypt is conducting feasibility studies to launch a new microfinance company in the…
GIZ: Egypt nominated to be MENA’s micro financing and insurance hub
Egypt is nominated to become a regional hub for microfinance and insurance activities in the coming period, an…
EFG-Hermes plans acquiring 94% stake in Egyptian microfinance leader Tanmeyah
Egypt’s EFG-Hermes, one of the largest investment banks in the Middle East, is in the process of acquiring further…
EFSA to discuss the future of microfinance at 2nd Microfinance Egypt Forum
The issuance of the microfinance law last year was part of President Sisi’s strategic objective to improve economic…
Qalaa Holdings hires CI Capital to study divesting from Microfinance Leader
Qalaa Holdings, one of Egypt's largest investment companies, announced Monday it mandated investment bank CI…
Microcredit Needs Separate Regulator: Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus in Cairo
Egypt needs a separate regulator, legal framework and an integrated strategy for microfinance to be able to reduce…
SFD’s Microfinance Exceeds Target in 2014, Rises to EGP1.650bn
Egypt’s Social Fund for Development (SFD)’s microenterprise funding has exceeded target in 2014 of EGP 1.630…
Banque Du Caire Plans EGP200 mln Business Loans 2013-End
An official source at Banque Du Caire has told Amwal Al Ghad that the bank is targeting to boost its business loans…
Alexbank Offers Microfinance Services In 70 Branches
Alex Bank plans to offer his microfinance services in more branches; to spread over its 70 branches by the end of…