Egypt’s MSMEDA, EGX sign pact to widen SME access to capital markets
Egypt’s Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) and the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) signed a…
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Egypt’s bourse daily trading tops EGP 12 bln, chairman says
Egypt's stock exchange recorded an average daily trading value of more than 12 billion Egyptian pounds over the…
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…
EGX issues Decision No. 36 of 2026 on accredited sponsors
Egypt’s Egyptian Exchange (EGX) issued Decision No. 36 of 2026 to regulate the work of accredited sponsors as part…
Egypt’s Industry Min., MSMEDA sign MoU to support SMEs in feeder industries
Egypt’s Ministry of Industry and the Medium, Small, and Micro Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) signed a…
Egypt’s MSMEDA to expand SME support under new law
Egypt's Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) plans to expand its client base under upcoming…
Egypt’s MSMEDA invests EGP 18b in women-led projects since 2014
Egypt’s Medium, Small and Micro Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) has channelled 18 billion Egyptian pounds…
Egypt’s MSMEDA signs deal with UNDP, planning institute to shape 2030 SME strategy
Egypt’s Medium, Small and Micro Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) signed an agreement on Thursday with the…
Egypt’s Housing Min. announces 17 new plots for craftsmen
Egypt’s Ministry of Housing announced on Sunday the offering of 17 craft plots, each measuring 300 sq meters, in…
Egypt’s Mashroak pumps over EGP34.1b into SMEs since 2015
Egypt’s national community, human and local development initiative Mashroak has financed around 221,000 small and…
Egypt’s MSMEDA chief highlights support for expatriates to launch ventures
Egypt’s Medium, Small, and Micro Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) is stepping up efforts to attract…
Egypt’s Food Industries Chamber, CIB launch sustainable SME financing
Egypt’s Chamber of Food Industries, in partnership with the Commercial International Bank Egypt (CIB), announced on…
Egypt, Japan’s JICA discuss deeper SME cooperation in industry sectors
Egypt’s Medium, Small, and Micro Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) held talks on Sunday with the Japan…
Egypt’s private sector investments hit EGP 133b in Q1-FY24/25
Private sector investments in Egypt soared to 133.1 billion Egyptian pounds at constant prices during the first…
Kenya’s economy forecast to grow by 6.3% in ’24
Kenya's economy is anticipated to achieve a growth rate of 6.3 per cent this year, surpassing the estimated 6.1 per…
AlexBank SMEs loans records EGP 3.2 bln in Q1 2019
AlexBank, a member of Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo, recorded a total Small and medium enterprises loan of 3.2…
MSMEDA, SAIB negotiate new contracts worth EGP100mln
Societe Arabe Internationale De Banque - SAIB is negotiating with the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises…
Egypt licences single-shareholder companies
Egypt's Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr signed the regulatory framework for…
National Bank of Egypt gets German KfW’s €50 mln SME loan
Egypt's biggest lender, the state-owned National Bank of Egypt has signed a €50 million ($60.3 million) loan…
National Bank of Egypt’s SMEs portfolio registers 37.5 bln pounds
Egypt’s biggest lender, the state-owned National Bank of Egypt the National Bank of Egypt's (NBE) small and…
AlexBank secures Germany’s SANAD $10 mln loan for Egypt MSMEs
Egypt's AlexBank, a member of Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo Group, has received Tuesday an additional $10 million…
Egypt to sign EIB’s €500 mln SMEs loan in October
Egypt will sign a €500 million agreement to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with the European…
SMEs form backbone of emerging economies; says Indian envoy to Egypt
The small and medium enterprises (SMEs) form the backbone of any country notably the emerging economies, Indian…
EBRD, Bank Audi ink $30 million deal to boost SMEs in Egypt
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Bank Audi – Egypt have signed a $30 million to…
Banque Misr to receive China Development Bank’s $100mn loan in February
Egypt's second-largest state lender, Banque Misr, is expecting to receive a $100 million loan from China…
SFD-Egypt eyes boosting funds by 35% by 2016
Egyptian Social Fund for Development (SFD) targets boosting the volume of finances for Micro, Small and Medium…
French Development Agency, CIB Egypt ink €80mn letter of intent
Egypt’s biggest private bank, Commercial International Bank (CIB) has signed wih the French Agency Group…
EFG-Hermes launches Subsidiary to offer Leasing Services
Egypt's EFG-Hermes, one of the largest investment banks in the Middle East, announced Sunday that it had launched…
HSBC launches 300-million Pound Growth Fund for Egypt’s SMEs
HSBC announced Sunday the launch of its second international growth fund in Egypt worth 300 million Egyptian pounds…
EBRD Grants US$800mn to Egypt’s SMEs in 3 Years
The total finance provided by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in order to support Small and…
Al Baraka Bank Egypt plans EGP750 million SME Lending in 2015
Al Baraka Bank Egypt plans to pump EGP 750 million to fund the country’s SME sector within 2015, CEO told Amwal Al…
AIB Egypt Invests 5% in Start-up Incubator Ayady
Arab Investment Bank (AIB Egypt) contributes around 5% to the paid-up capital of the newly-founded Ayady Company…
Eitesal Cooperates with Cairo University, Egyptian Authorities to Support TIEC
Egypt’s non-government organization Eitesal has recently signed a number of agreements with Cairo University,…
Egypt Bourse and American University Sign MoU to Support SMEs
The Egyptian stock Exchange (EGX) signed this morning a memorandum of understanding with School of Business…
UAE Plans to Build a Free Zone for SMEs in Suez Canal
Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hashimi, general manager of Ajman Free Zone Authority, said the UAE is one of the countries…
Egypt’s Metropolitan Gets $8mn from UAE Fund in Support of SMEs
Egypt’s credit and financial advisory firm, Metropolitan Consulting obtains a US$8 million financing from one of…
National Bank of Egypt Eyes $250mn Financing from Two Gulf Funds
Egypt’s state-run biggest banks, the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) starts talks with two Gulf funds over US$250…
EBRD Lends National Bank of Egypt $30mn to Support Renewable Projects
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending again one of Egypt’s state-run biggest…
NBE Considers Pumping EGP3.5bln Credit Facilities for Sugar, Cotton Sectors
National Bank of Egypt (NBE) is considering pumping credit facilities in favor of Cotton and sugar sectors with…
Egypt to Organise Conference for Key African IT Firms by November
Egyptian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry is planning to hold an international conference,…