The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) injected EGP 9.2bn to finance EGP 441,000 projects between January 2017 to 30 September 2018, according to its CEO, Nevine Gamea. Gamea explained that these projects created 642,000 jobs, of which 49% were women. Gamea’s remarks came during the inauguration of the Women Empowerment and Support Conference organized by MSMEDA on Tuesday under the slogan: Egyptian Women Step Forward. This is to improve their living standards and their families, in addition to ensuring that Egyptian women benefit from all the community and human development projects carried out by MSMEDA in all governorates. During the conference, an exhibition of the products of beneficiaries of the economic empowerment programmes for women was held.

Source: Daily News Egypt November 28, 2018 07:07 UTC