Microfinance
The total number of customers reached 4.5 million.
Deputy Prime Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar stated Sunday that Bedaya Presidential Initiative delivered 154,077,255 services since its launching in September.
Also, disabled individuals will be entitled to apply on the funding programme.
The funds are provided by microfinance enterprises, NGOs and banks.
The meeting is the first since the merger of the ministries of planning and international cooperation.
The funding was disbursed through 17 NGOs in Asyut, 16 in Sohag, and 15 in Qena.
The statements were made during the Mother’s Day ceremony attended by the president and First Lady Intissar al-Sisi.
The Ministry of Social Solidarity launched an initiative to increase the amount of micro loans disbursed to women by Nasser Social Bank (NSB).
Egypt Today spoke to the head of one of the microfinance associations operating in Upper Egypt.
The beginning is with signing cooperation protocols with three NGOs.
That is compared to LE63.1 billion in the same period last year.
Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine al-Qabaj highlighted Tuesday that Egypt's expenditure on social care, protection and development rose to 9.5 percent of the GDP in 2022.
The Ministry of Social Solidarity revealed Wednesday a project to train women in Menya, Qena, and Luxor governorates on business management, and finance their micro enterprises.
Zulfaqar equally highlighted that the client base expanded by 10 percent.
The Ministry of Social Solidarity signed Monday contracts with 10 NGOs to contribute to the creation of 50,000 job opportunities.
The Rural Industries Support Fund is finalizing a microfinancing programme targeting Takaful w Karama beneficiaries residing the countryside.
The company enables access to a wide range of financial services to micro and small enterprises.
The non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and financing companies working in financing micro-projects from members of the Federation granted LE 31.9 billion to serve 3.8 million customers, while the banking system injected funds (up to LE 20,000) by about LE 32.7 billion, to 778,000 customers by the end of June 2022.
FRA indicated in a report, Saturday, that the number of microfinance beneficiaries reached 3.2 million by the end of 2020, up from 3.1 million during 2019.
The number of beneficiaries also rose slightly by 0.5 percent.
