The General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) is the principal government body regulating and facilitating investment in Egypt. It is the institution responsible for company/business registration in Egypt. GAFI is an affiliate of the Ministry of Investment, and its work focuses on promotion, facilitation, business matchmaking, Egyptian expatriates, events, investor aftercare, and research and market intelligence functions. The National Council for Women and the MSME Development Agency provide technical support/guidance with regard to women entrepreneurs.
For any company form, an enterprise can be established/registered under Egypt’s Companies Law or Investment Law on the same day of applying if all the required documents are submitted.
See options of different company forms
Required documents for sole corporation
Required documents for a partnership
General regulations to incorporate a company limited by shares
Modes of payment of service fees
Electronically: Through the GAFI website when applying for incorporation electronically
Cash: Through the Internal Trade Development Authority of the Bank of Alexandria in the Investors Services Center in Cairo or the safe deposit box of the commercial register offices branches located at the investor services center
Contact information
3 Salah Salem Road – Fairgrounds
Nasr City – Cairo 11562 – Egypt
Tel: +202 24055452
Fax: +202 24055425
Hotline: 16035
Email: info@gafinet.org
Web: www.gafi.gov.eg/English/Pages/default.aspx
Places to extract Egyptian residency:
Residence in Egypt, its types and how to obtain it:
A person arriving in Egypt within a month of his arrival requests a tourist residence or for treatment for a period of three months “an exception for Syrians was 6 months”, and then renewed and one of the advantages of this residence is that the person cannot leave and return on this residence and also cannot register his children In schools, he cannot work as this residence is a tourist residence.
It is given to the person who registers his children in schools and is the easiest type of residence. Once children are enrolled in schools, it is granted non-tourist residence for a year, renewable for all family members of the first degree, and this type of residence gives the right to its holder to travel and return but is not authorized to work.
Conditions and papers required:
Investment Residence:
It is granted to investors who invest in Egypt through the Egyptian Investment Authority and is granted for the first time for one year and renewed for three years and then renewed for five years, which is the best type of residency and is guaranteed to a very large percentage by obtaining it and given to all family members and they can travel and return without problems.
Papers and conditions
Real estate residence:
Those who buy a real estate with a value of 100 thousand US dollars or its equivalent in the Egyptian can obtain a residence permit for one year and for a period of three years, renewable.
Conditions and papers
Residence as a result of marriage to an Egyptian
The wife of the Egyptian citizen or the husband of the Egyptian citizen is granted for a period of one year, after which she will be renewed for three years and then renewed for five years.
Conditions and required papers
Business residence
The first is granted to anyone who licenses an individual establishment and obtains a work permit from the Ministry of Manpower after affiliation with the Exporters Union, and obtains a commercial registry and a tax card through the chamber of commerce, which enables him to obtain a work license that enables him to obtain an annual residence, renewed periodically and can grant this residence to his relatives from first class.
The second section
Establishing work for workers in licensed companies and factories in Egypt, and it is granted by the labor office in the Immigration and Passports Branch located in the governorate in which the worker resides.
The papers required to establish a work are:
A person can apply for asylum with the High Commissioner for Refugees Affairs in Cairo, "Zamalek". After the interview with him and his family, he is granted the right to asylum under the protection of the United Nations and the right to reside in Egypt
Residence prices in Egypt have become as follows:
The National Strategy for the Empowerment of Women 2030
• The year 2017 was declared a year for Egyptian women, an idea approved and adopted by President El Sisi, and launched in a general conference in March 2017, during which the national strategy for empowering women 2030 was launched in line with regional and international development goals, which consists of 5 axes: empowerment The political, economic, social protection, and cultural and legal axis merged this strategy with Egypt's 2030 vision, and the National Council for Women launched the Women's Observatory to follow up on the implementation of the strategy and learn about the obstacles and challenges facing the different ministries and agencies involved in implementing the strategy, as it The strategy is to respond to the actual needs of Egyptian women, especially those residing in the rural areas of Upper Egypt, the poor, the breadwinners, the elderly, and the handicapped, as they are the first categories of care when developing development plans in order to provide them with full protection and take full advantage of the energies and human and material resources to achieve the principle of equal opportunities as It is stipulated in the constitution.
• The Egyptian government stressed in many situations the need to pay attention to women's issues and direct the light towards the problems that afflict them, which made for the first time the issue of empowering women is not a categorical requirement but rather a general goal before the political leadership of the state that seeks to achieve a significant and fruitful achievement. Which prompted many who are interested in women's issues to say that women's rights organizations and the state have, for the first time, gone together in one way towards empowering women and eliminating all forms of discrimination against them.
1- The Women's Complaints Office of the National Council for Women:
The Women's Complaints Bureau and its follow-up to the National Council for Women is the link between the Council and Egyptian women in all villages, hamlets and centers of the governorates of the Republic, where the office is concerned with receiving women's complaints in the event of any kind of discrimination against them in public or private life, and referring complaints to the competent authorities and following them And refer complaints that require asylum to the judiciary to volunteer lawyers and those cooperating with the office through the judicial assistance program. It is worth noting that the women's complaints office and its follow-up in the council consists of 45 lawyers and social and psychological specialists in 27 branches nationwide, The office has a network of 500 volunteer attorneys nationwide.
For more details, please click on the following link
2- The Foundation for the Center for Egyptian Women’s Cases
It is a private organization established in 1995 with the aim of providing legal support and assistance to women afrodisiace naturale, its reference in that constitution, Egyptian laws and international conventions. The foundation also seeks to provide women with the skills and capabilities that enable them to practice their lives and overcome their problems. The Corporation has been declared under No. 1829 of 2003 in accordance with the new Associations Law No. 84 of 2002 under the aforementioned address.
Means of communication:
Headquarters: 1 Khaled Bin Al-Waleed Street, from Ahmed Al-Junaidi - Nahia - Bulaq Al-Dakrur - Giza
Telephone: 3262133 00202
Fax: 3266088 00202
Administration headquarters: 5 Al-Kawthar Street, from the Arab League Street - Mohandessin
Telephone: 7604865 00202
Email: info@cewla.org
The process of registering patents in Egypt is based on legislation pertaining to the property laws. The awareness and provisions of the judiciary to respond to the inventors' inquiries in the field of laws, agreements and international treaties, among them:
See detailed information on relevant laws
Which institution is responsible for patent registration?
The Egyptian Patent Office (EGPO) is the sole national office responsible for registering and issuing patents. It is accredited by WIPO as regional searching authority and plays key role in technology transfer, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection and creation of an enabling environment for Science, Technology and Industry (STI‐based) business and investment.
How to obtain a patent in Egypt
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Contact details:
Address: 101 Kasr Al Ainy st., Cairo, Egypt
O: 11516 Cairo
Tel: +202-27921291-27921274-27921272
Fax: 27921272
Email: patinfo@egypo.gov.eg
Web: egypo.gov.eg
Conditions for obtaining lands or real estate for the purpose of investment
To obtain lands or investment projects, can be done through the investment map in Egypt, through which all-available investment opportunities clearly, as well as detail all information and data that local and foreign investors require.
The investment map aims to relocate Egypt on the global investment map, providing a 360° view on the investment climate in Egypt.
The investment map includes information on projects of all sizes, indicating how close the projects are to key facilities (transport links, schools and hospitals) and provides a platform where investors and government officials can connect. Furthermore, the map indicates where ongoing development projects are located, enabling investors to plan ahead.
Through close collaboration with the authorities from all 27 governorates, we gather investment opportunities' key data, which is then integrated in our investment map. Data includes:
For more information, please click on the following link:
https://www.investinegypt.gov.eg/english/pages/default.aspx?undefined
Conditions for obtaining lands or real estate for housing
How to get visa to Egypt:
Cross-border trade incentives:
https://gafi.gov.eg/english/Pages/default.aspx
Specifications for cross-border trade:
Agencies dealing with cross-border trade:
General Organization for Export and Import Control
GOEIC is a service authority that protects consumers, preserves Egypt’s reputation by inspecting commodity exports and imports through latest techniques and scientific equipment and preparing statistics of exports and imports. It works with sectors of Ministry of Trade and Industry as a collaborating system with a main and primary purpose, which is to facilitate the movement of trade, encourage Egyptian industries, develop exports of all kinds and raise its competitiveness in all global markets in order to achieve progress and greatness for the homeland and the Egyptian citizen. According Presidential Decree NO.378 of 1999 provisions, General Organization for Export and Import Control is an authority that is directly under supervision of Minister of Trade and Industry.
Means of communication:
Egyptian Customs Authority
The Customs Authority is one of the departments affiliated to the Ministry of Finance, and its role extends from collecting fees and taxes to controlling the movement of goods imported into the country and goods exported from the country. And fighting smuggling, whether inside or outside the country through customs ports, whether marine, air or land.
Customs focuses its efforts in following up on all ports through which smuggling activities are expected to take place with the aim of evading the payment of fees and taxes or with the aim of introducing drugs and prohibitions into the country, or violating customs legislation, and Customs assists other supervisory authorities in tightening control over goods. Incoming, outgoing, or prohibited
Means of communication:
Consistent with Egypt's 2030 vision and its sustainable development strategy that seeks to build a just society, it guarantees equal rights and opportunities for its sons and daughters for the highest levels of social integration for all groups, and the
belief of the Egyptian state, that stability and progress will be achieved only by ensuring the active participation of women in all aspects of work the National .
In order to achieve the strategy for empowering women 2030, many governmental and private bodies and civil society associations are working to find new horizons for Egyptian women in order to help them obtain social and economic empowerment opportunities, and this is done by providing various training programs (technical - craft - entrepreneurship - marketing - Technical support programs - .....) for women in many professions in one of the scientific methods and at the hands of professionals to ensure their eligibility for the labor market or to own and manage a project effectively.
The importance of training and mentoring for businesswomen comes as a result of the need to learn how to produce business ideas, sort them, and verify them to be effective and then refine those ideas using practical techniques.
It also helps training in areas such as communication, risk-taking, goal setting, life planning, time management and negotiation.
The "Women Entrepreneurs Go Forward" program aims to help ILO partner organizations to encourage enterprise development among women who want to start a small business or have small businesses.
It is a training program offered to women only in order to help them to make a simple work plan and set up their micro projects and it will last for 5 days with 7 hours a day of training and workshops.
Conditions and regulations for joining the program
It is for the woman to be from 21 to 55 years old, with proficiency in reading and writing and accounts, residency in the governorate where the training is held, the desire to set up an infinitesimal project and enrollment via a paper form and ID.
Ensuring its exercise, and consolidating the values of equality, equal opportunity and non-discrimination, all in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, and in light of the international agreements and covenants ratified by Egypt.
The Women's Skills Development Center of the National Council for Women provides training courses for women wishing to start or manage small projects in order to introduce them to the basics and methods of management and marketing, and some courses include practical training so that the trainee can manage and follow up on her project successfully.
The center also offers various training courses aimed at raising the efficiency of recent graduates from colleges or higher and medium technical institutes in order to qualify them to enter the labor market such as basic and advanced computer courses, and courses on skills to enter the labor market that qualify new graduates to how to write a CV and conduct an interview, as well as The center offers training courses for working women to improve their job performance.
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The council provides specialized programs for women to work to raise their efficiency and help them enter the workforce in cooperation with many authorities.
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The Council organizes conferences, forums and workshops in periodic and specialized exhibitions that it organizes in all governorates of the Republic.
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Address: Abdel Razzaq Al Sanhoury Street - from Makram Ebeid - Cairo
Tel: +20223490060 to 65
Fax: 20223490066 to 68
Email: info@ncw.gov.eg
Website: www.ncw.gov.eg
The Enterprise Development Authority is the authority concerned with the development of medium, small and micro enterprises and entrepreneurship, either directly or through coordinating the efforts of all agencies, NGOs and initiatives working in the field of those projects, or through what it establishes or contributes to it.
The agency was established by a decision of the Prime Minister No. 947 of 2017 and amended by Resolution No. 2370 of 2018, to be directly affiliated with the Prime Minister.
The device provides various courses and training programs (technical - craft - entrepreneurship - marketing - technical support programs - .....).
These courses are offered in cooperation with many government and private agencies and civil society associations.
These courses are offered periodically and the training period depends on the quality and subject of the training as the courses vary in their time periods.
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The agency provides specialized programs for women to work to raise their efficiency and help them enter the workforce in cooperation with many authorities.
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The agency participates owners of small and micro projects in periodic and specialized exhibitions organized in all governorates of the Republic or those that participate in them abroad. In this way, the agency seeks to encourage the owners of projects to upgrade the quality of their products to display and sell them to the public directly without intermediaries, according to the slogan: "From the product to the consumer." In this way, the device provides project owners - on the one hand - permanent local and international markets, and creates opportunities for them - on the other hand - to deal directly with consumers, learn about their tastes and desires, and fulfill them, and conclude business deals and exchange experiences in the field of production and manufacturing, whether at the local or international level.
https://www.msme.eg/ar/Pages/Announcements/AnnouncementList.aspx
Training center affiliated to the Ministry of Business Sector based on thought, vision and mission of a special nature, the center provides various packages of training programs and circuits in various administrative fields, which aim to raise the skills and analytical capabilities of all different administrative levels (upper-middle-executive) for different sectors Economic and governmental in the country, using modern management methods and techniques. The center also designs and implements various programs and training courses to which the decision to advance to senior management levels applies.
Address: Intersection of Salem Salem Street with Abdel Aziz Rashid - Agouza - Giza - Egypt
Telephone: 0233377731 - 0237600404 - 0237494144
Fax: 0237494125 - 0237609342
Email: info@lmdc.gov.eg
Website: lmdc.gov.eg/en/ www.
Conditions for admission (registration):
• The student must have a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from an Egyptian university or an equivalent degree from the college or other recognized scientific institute.
• For non-commercial students holding a bachelor’s degree or a bachelor’s degree from other colleges provided that the student meets the supplementary courses decided by the Department of Business Administration (within 4 supplementary courses).
• Two-year work experience in the field of work after obtaining the first degree.
• Passing the English Language Proficiency Test (450) from Cairo University or the Amideast within one year from the date of registration.
The papers and documents required for registration:
• Application to join the program and obtained from the Center's Graduate Studies Department.
• Original Graduation Certificate
• Uncover the academic qualification marks for non-commercial academic transcript
• Decision to equivalence of certificates from the Supreme Council of Universities in relation to certificates obtained by the student from outside the universities subject to the Supreme Council of Universities.
• Number (6) recent personal photos.
• The position on recruitment for those under the age of 30.
A recent CV (CV).
• Certified practical experience certificate of not less than two years.
• Original birth certificate or an official copy of it.
Copy of national ID card / passport.
Study dates (academic evaluation of the program):
• Duration of study: two academic years as a minimum (18 academic months) / (by 4 semesters).
Lectures dates: Morning from 10 am - 4 pm, weekends (Friday and Saturday).
• Total credit hours for the program (48 hours) The following is the course that includes compulsory core courses
• (10 courses) and elective courses (4 courses) specified for each major in the Professional MBA program
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A special training center based on thought, vision and a message of a special nature. The academy aims to provide the usual training services, but in a modern modern style, which mixes theoretical training inlaid with professional and practical applications .. The scientific and theoretical that burden their knowledge before going into the practical and applied aspect.
• a suitable high qualification and there are no other requirements to register for business administration courses
• study costs: 3000 Egyptian pounds
• course duration: 36 training hours
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Training workshops and seminars
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Eswatini belongs to three economic blocks including the Southern African Customs Union, Southern African Development Community and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.
Established in 1910, SACU facilitates duty-free trade among the five-member states. SADC is a 14-member state body established as Free Trade Area (FTA) in 2008. The 21-member state COMESA is a free trade area formed in 1994 to replace a Preferential Trade Area which had existed since 1981. The establishment of a single market through the merged Tripartite Free Trade Area (COMESA, the East African Community [EAC], and SADC was formally launched in June 2015. As part of COMESA, SADC, and SACU, Eswatini is a party to SACU-US TIDCA, SACU – Mercosur, SADC Investment Protocol, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)-SACU FTA, the COMESA-US TIFA, and the SADC –EAC-COMESA TFTA. Eswatini signed and ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) in 2016.
These trade agreements are significant to women in business in Eswatini as they allow them to sell their products duty free thereby promoting trade and economic activity across the region. Eswatini has also developed a trade portal which makes reliable trade-related information accessible to the private sector, while Eswatini Business organizes activities to make these instruments known to businesspeople.
List of signed trade agreements
Economic Cooperation Agreements with:
Contact information
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade
International Trade Department
Gwamile Street
Between Eswatini Bank and Deputy Prime Minister’s Office
P.O. Box 451, Mbabane H100
Tel: (268) 2404 1808/9
Fax: (268) 2404 3833, (268) 2404 4711
Email: info@idtswaziland.org
1. Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Seychelles first became a member of the SADC in September 1997, and although it withdrew in 2004, it formally rejoined the bloc in 2008. In May 2015, Seychelles formally acceded to the SADC Free Trade Area (FTA).
2. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Seychelles became a member of COMESA in June 1993 when it was still the Preferential Trade Area (PTA) for Eastern and Southern Africa. In November 2007, The Council of Ministers agreed to allow Seychelles to join the FTA, and the subsequent COMESA FTA regulations were published in Seychelles on 25 May 2009 with effect from 11 May 2009.
3. Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)
The Indian Ocean Commission is an intergovernmental organization that joins Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and Seychelles together to encourage cooperation. It was started in 1984 under the General Victoria Agreement.
The original aim of IOC was to encourage trade and tourism. Seychelles currently gives preferential rates to imports of goods originating from member states of the IOC in the form of a 5% reduction on the trade tax rates. This however applies to only selected products.
4. Tripartite FTA
First Tripartite Summit, held on 22 October 2008 in Kampala, Uganda, approved the expeditious establishment of a Free Trade Area (FTA), encompassing the Member/ Partner States of the three Regional Economic Communities (RECs). It is envisaged that the twenty-six (26) countries will engage in negotiations for the establishment of a Tripartite FTA, recognizing that substantial progress on trade liberalization has been achieved within their three RECs.
The establishment of the Tripartite FTA will build upon and consolidate the RECs acquis. The negotiations shall be in two phases as follows:
i) first phase will cover negotiations on the following areas: tariff liberalization, rules of origin, dispute resolution, Customs procedures and simplification of Customs documentation, transit procedures, non-tariff barriers, trade remedies, technical barriers to trade and sanitary and Phyto-sanitary measures.
ii) Movement of business persons will be dealt with during the first phase of negotiations as a parallel and separate track.
iii) second phase will cover negotiations on the following areas: trade in services, intellectual property rights, competition policy, and trade development and competitiveness. The Tripartite process is a means of removing administrative burden and other technical difficulties associated with multiple membership.
5. Other Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs)
Seychelles is negotiating a comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EC so as to achieve a trade agreement between the two counterparts which are compatible to international trade rules.
Seychelles signed the Cotonou Partnership Agreement (CPA) in 2000 together with 77 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries with the member states of the EU. The Agreement provided non-reciprocal preferential market access to the EC for goods originating from these countries. Given that the EPA negotiations were taking longer than expected to conclude, Seychelles signed an interim agreement with the EC in 2008 to prevent trade disruption until the finalization of the comprehensive EPA.
Seychelles exports its products to the EC at duty free quota free and started implementing reciprocal treatment to imports from EC in January 2013.
6. The World Trade Organization
Seychelles applied for accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995; however due to human resource and capacity constraints, this was put on hold from 1997. The process was re-initiated in 2008 with the resubmission of its Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime (MOFTR) in 2009 which provided an overview of how trade policy in Seychelles is being administered. A
s part of the negotiating process, Seychelles concluded bilateral agreements with a number of WTO members, namely; Oman, Mauritius, Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, European Union, Thailand Japan and the United States. At the National Level, a number of steering committees was established to ensure that the decision-making process is as inclusive as possible.
Technical recommendations stem from the four sub-committees and feed into the National Working Group. Seychelles also made significant progress in the development of the MOFTR (submitted in 2009), with the same having now evolved into a Draft Working Party report which was tabled at the Working Party meeting for Seychelles accession to the WTO, held in October 2014.
Seychelles accession package was adopted by the General Council in December 2014. On 24 March 2015, the National Assembly of the Republic of Seychelles by a historic vote, unanimously enacted into law the Protocol on the accession of Seychelles to the WTO.
Trade Information Desks
Contact information
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
P.O. Box 656
Maison Quéau de Quincy
Mont Fleuri, Mahé
Tel: (248) 428 35 00Fax: (248) 422 48 45
Fax: (248) 422 58 52 (Protocol)
Email: ps@mfa.gov.sc
Web: http://www.mfa.gov.sc
Twitter: @SeychellesMFA
As part of the promotion of trade and economic cooperation, Tunisia has opted for integration into the world economy. This integration has resulted in the progressive liberalization of its foreign trade and the establishment of free-trade zones with several economic groupings and countries as well as adherence to the multilateral trading system within the framework of the WTO.
This legislative framework makes Tunisia an ideal space for business and investment, in addition to the proximity factors of the European Arab and African market.
Multilateral and bilateral agreements now contribute to the consolidation of Tunisia's position and its membership in its regional and international environment.
Free trade agreements
Bilateral agreements
Tunisia is signatory to ten bilateral free trade agreements
Multilateral agreements
Economic groupings
Most Favored Nation type agreements
Several agreements providing for the reciprocal application of most-favored-nation treatment at the tariff level have been concluded by Tunisia with several trading partners, notably the African countries (20 countries) and the Asian countries. These agreements promote, in particular, the exchange of commercial information and the facilitation of participation in events of an economic nature.
MFN agreements are concluded with: Norway, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Malta, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Canada, China, South Korea, North Korea, Iran, India , Japan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Nigeria, Liberia, Gabon, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Togo, Benin.
Generalized system of preferences
In order to promote the growth of developing countries, some industrialized countries agree to allow certain products from developing countries to enter their markets, free of customs duties.
Tunisia benefits from this system with the USA, Canada, Japan and Russia.
View or download all trade agreements here: http://www.commerce.gov.tn/
Contact information
Ministry of Commerce, angle between Streets Ghana and Pierre de Coubertin and Hédi Nouira in Tunis-Tunisia.
Tel: +216 71 240 155/71 240 208
Fax: +216 71 354 435
Email: mincom.brc@tunisia.gov.tn
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Phone: (+216) 71245913
Fax: (+216) 71354456
Egypt occupies a central position between the circles of supply and between the regions of production and consumption, and between continents and the oceans, and has one of the most important navigation arteries in the world.
Egypt’s policy is to position itself as a global hub for regional services, production and re-export; creating jobs and economic growth by opening new markets for Egyptian products while simultaneously attracting Foreign Direct Investment from corporations looking to harness Egypt’s unique basket of preferential trade agreements, highly competitive and talented labor force and utility costs, as well as proximity to key global markets. Together, these advantages make Egypt an ideal hub from which to export to the rest of the world.
The trade agreements Egypt has signed give women in business the ability to export their products to all Arab countries (free trade exchange among Arab countries), COMESA countries and the EU agreement which creates a free trade area between the EU and Egypt by removing tariffs on industrial products and making agricultural products easier to trade.
Egypt's bilateral, regional and international trade agreements
Agreements
Egypt - Jordan (December 1999)
Egypt - Lebanon (March 1999)
Egypt - Libya (January 1991)
Egypt - Morocco (April 1999)
Egypt - Syria (December 1991)
Egypt - Tunisia (March 1999)
Greater Arab Free Trade Area Agreement (GAFTA) | Click here for details
PAFTA - Pan-Arab Free Trade Agreement | Click here for details
Agadir Free Trade Agreement among Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan | Click here for details
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) | Click here for details
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) | Click here for details
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) | Click here for details
The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) | Click here for details
European Union-Egypt Free Trade Agreement (Association Agreement) | Click here for details
Egyptian-European Mediterranean Partnership Agreement | Click here for details
Free Trade Agreement with EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) | Click here for details
Turkey-Egypt Free Trade Agreement | Click here for details
Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) | Click here for details
Egypt-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement | Click here for details
Burundi, a partner country of the East African Community and a member of the other regional economic communities, has signed several trade agreements, between one or more African countries and outside the African continent.
Burundi has also been a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) since July 23, 1995 and is a member of the General Agreement on Customs Tariffs and Trade signed in 1947, which aims to develop free trade.
Burundi is also part of the Customs Union and the Common Market of the East African Community which consists of creating a regional economic block characterized by the free movement of goods and investments.
Among the main objectives of the Customs Union of the East African Community are the liberalization of regional trade in goods on the basis of mutually beneficial trade agreements between the Partner States of the East African Community as well as the removal of barriers to trade that they are technical, tariff and non-tariff.
With commercial agreements concluded, Burundian economic operators can import or export goods freely to or in other African countries and outside the African continent, according to the agreements concluded and in force.
Burundian women in the trade and other income-generating sectors can also take advantage of these trade arrangements to expand and expand their businesses and prosper economically.
Burundi has already signed Bilateral Trade Agreements with certain African countries and others outside the Continent
Burundi has Laws and Instruments that regulate Trade and Investments
Burundi is part of COMESA and the COMESA-EAC-SADC tripartite agreement
Burundi is a member of the World Trade Organization and GATT
signed on September 10, 1976 between Burundi, Rwanda and the DRC
A customs union for the elimination of tariffs exists between the countries of the East African Community (CEA)
There is a memorandum of understanding between ECA countries for the free movement of goods and people
These agreements allow preferential rates applied on trade between the signatory countries. They facilitate trade, investments. Many of these agreements dedicate a specific component to the empowerment and strengthening of female entrepreneurship through capacity building, facilitation for women.
National agreements:
Regional instruments / agreements:
International instruments / agreements:
Contact and information source
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
BP 836
Rue ndriamifidy
Anosy 101 Antananarivo
Email: info-web@diplomatie.gov.mg
Website: https://www.diplomatie.gov.mg/
Malagasy Customs
Administration / customs clearance services
Headquarters: Immeuble des Finances et Budget
Antaninarenina 101 Antananarivo
Tel: +261 20 22 229 16 - +261 345564406 Toll free
number: 360
Email: sed.douane@gmail.com
Website: http: //www.douanes .gov.mg /
Ethiopia signed a Treaty of Friendship and Economic Relations which describes bilateral and multilateral trade agreements that this country is party to, thus women can get more information from this content on how to take advantage of these agreements. The different trade agreements have been summarized below:
Furthermore, Ethiopia is a signatory to the following trade agreements:
Understanding the country’s trade agreements will help women entrepreneurs to benefit from the opportunities available through these agreements. For further information click here.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is a member of several regional economic communities (RECs) including ECCAS (Economic Community of Central African States), COMESA (Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa), SADC (Southern African Development Community ) and CEPGL (Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries).
Regional Agreements Signed and Ratified
Southern African Development Community - SADC
Within the framework of the Southern African Development Community - SADC, The DRC only signed the protocol on the service agreement but did not sign the protocol on the goods agreement.
Scope and coverage:
In other words, this service protocol covers five (5) sectors according to the W120 classification of the World Trade organization, in particular:
The transport, tourism, communication, finance, professional service, construction and and electricity sectors.
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries : CEPGL is a sub-organization of CEEAC with only the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda . This organization is redundant in terms of trade regime because these three member countries, Rwanda, Burundi and DRC, are also all members of COMESA. Within these zones, free trade is operational and effective, that is to say that goods circulate between these countries without customs duties.
Bilateral trade agreement between the DRC and Uganda
The DRC and Uganda are committed to promoting cross-border trade. The two countries signed, on April 9, 2018 in Kasese, a memorandum of understanding aimed at improving bilateral trade relations. Several areas are affected by this agreement. These include, inter alia, the diversification of trade in goods and services, the promotion of investment in the manufacturing sector, the elimination of non-tariff barriers, cooperation on customs and cooperation on immigration issues. With regard to the mechanism for implementing this memorandum of understanding, provision is made for the establishment at each border of a joint border committee which will hold regular evaluation meetings.
Regional agreements signed and not ratified by the DRC
SADC - COMESA - CAE: The DRC has also been a signatory of a tripartite free trade agreement since 2015 but has never ratified it. The treaty is said to be tripartite because it brings together three regional groupings of Africa including the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ( Comesa ), the Community of Southern African States (SADC) and the community of 'East Africa (CAE).
COMESA: Within the framework of COMESA, the DRC is a member of the COMESA free trade area but the DRC has not yet joined the customs union although it had requested the moratorium to join the free area. exchange. This moratorium has already ended.
The development of the DRC's trade relations with Zambia and South Africa does not result from the existence of regional agreements but from other factors such as the existence of a road and rail network.
The Continental Free Trade Zone A frican (ZLECA, ZLEC or Zlecaf):
The DRC is among the 54 countries signatory to the African Free Trade Area agreement , but the ratification process is underway at the parliamentary level.
However, it has finalized the list of tariff concessions which will be sent after validation to Union Afrique. 90% will be liberalized products for 10 years but 7% will be sensitive products to be liberalized for 13 years, the remaining 3% will be exclusion products which will not be liberalized.
Concerning services, out of the 12 sectors and 166 sub-sectors, the Head of State chose 5 sectors to be liberalized; namely: the service sector provided to companies (professional service), transport sector, tourism, communication and the finance sector. The rest will liberalize. Gradually.
International Agreements
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is the 51st original member of GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) to join the World Trade Organization, two years after its entry into force on January 1, 1995. En as an LDC (Least Developed Country), DR Congo receives additional attention from the WTO . All the agreements recognize that it must benefit from the greatest possible flexibility.
The objective of the WTO is to facilitate the exchange of goods and services between countries, international cooperation and free trade by controlling customs tariffs.
By unilateral agreement from the European Union "Everything but arms - TSA"
The member countries of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), of which the DRC is a member, have negotiated the economic partnership agreement with the European Union (EU) as part of the initiative "Everything but arms Which aims to grant full tax exemption and duty-free, quota-free access to the EU single market for all products, except weapons and ammunition. Provided that the products meet the SPS product quality standards (sanitary and phytosanitary measure). But so far this economic partnership agreement with the European Union has never been signed by the DRC.
Africa Growth and Opportunity Act - AGOA
Until 2010, the DRC had the status of privileged economic partner conferred on it by the law of AGOO (Africa Growth and Opportunity. This law instituted since 2000 in the United States of America by former President Clinton, offers beneficiaries of Sub-Saharan Africa access to the US market, duty-free and quota-free, for almost all products under the generalized system of preference, however since January 2011, the DRC has been removed from the list of the beneficiaries of this Agoa law for non-respect of human rights.
Contacts:
General Secretariat for Foreign Trade
Floribert Kwete Mikobi
Director of studies and planning
Civil service building
Ref. : In front of the Central Bank of Congo
+243815187776
The Republic of Djibouti has trade agreements with a number of countries, is a member of the WTO. It is a member of COMESA, a signatory to the Tripartite Free Zone (COMESA-EAC-SADC), is a member of the Continental and African Free Trade Zone. Djibouti is also a member of IGAD and the League of Arab States .
Djibouti is a founding member of the Marrack Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO). The country successfully presented its first review of Trade Policy in 2006, its second review in 2014 testified to the progress made in recent years.
Djibouti is bound by multilateral trade agreements of the WTO. Most recently, Djibouti ratified the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement in March 2018.
Also, Djibouti is part of international conventions:
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Djibouti has shown great interest in promoting regional economic integration.
The Republic of Djibouti is a member:
1. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and has been part of the COMESA Free Trade Area since 2000;
2. Djibouti has signed the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement (COMESA-EAC-SADC) since 2015;
3. The Continental and African Free Trade Area (ZLECAf): Djibouti signed and ratified the ZLECAf Agreement in February 2019;
4. The Community of Sahelo-Saharan States (CEN-SAD);
5. The Intergovernmental Development Authority (IGAD) and its headquarters are in Djibouti;
6 . AGOA: This American initiative which allows Djibouti to export to the American market without customs duties. Djibouti is indeed one of the 38 countries eligible for the benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act , better known by the acronym AGOA ( African Growth and Opportunity Act ).
7. Except for all weapons (EU) : Djibouti benefits as an LDC from the abolition of customs duties on products to be traded to the EU.
The main economic partners of Djibouti are:
The economies of Ethiopia and Djibouti are highly interdependent via the various Ports of Djibouti which constitute the main transit route for Ethiopian goods and the Djibouti Corridor constitutes one of the main gateways to the Common Market of East Africa and Austral (COMESA) .
Ministry of Commerce of Djibouti
Address: Cité Ministérale
BP: 24
Tel: +253 21 32 54 41
Fax: +253 21 35 49 09
COMESA Focal Point Department
Department of foreign trade and regional integration
Address : serpent plateau
Rue Mohamed Dileita Mohamed
Loyalty building, 3 rd floor
Tel: +253 21 35 51 77
Sudan is working to integrate into the regional and global economy, by reviewing the bilateral agreements in line with national interests and regional and international obligations, and taking advantage of the advantages and preferential transactions granted by the bilateral, regional and global agreements and systems of trade preferences. Sudan is a member of some regional and international organizations and groups and through its membership it has signed a number of important trade agreements and protocols and benefited from the preferences enjoyed by some of these agreements.
There is no clear positive discrimination for business women in these agreements, but there is also no negative discrimination for them from businessmen, meaning that business women benefit from all preferences from zero tariffs with some countries or even some commodities as businessmen do.
Sudan joined COMESA in 1990. Sudan, through its membership in the COMESA that spanned nearly thirty years, was able to promote joint development on the economic and political levels, and this included all industrial sectors, agricultural, transport, trade, finance, energy, insurance, customs, statistics, investment and others.
The tripartite aims at economic integration, the development of the three regions, and the establishment of a large market for goods and services of more than 620 million people. It also aims to free movement of business, money, and natural persons, and the establishment of a customs union. The tripartite partnership agreement was signed between SADC IAC and COMESA in Sharm El-Sheikh - Egypt in June 2015 AD, signed by 26 countries of Sudan, among them, 5 countries have ratified ten countries that initiated the ratification procedures Sudan, among them.
Sudan joined the Greater Arab Free Trade Zone in September 2002 AD. Sudan gained a preferential advantage according to a gradual customs reduction on imports of 20% annually starting in 2006. Then 10% in the year 2008 AD, then Sudan reached the zero tariff in 2012. As for exports, the customs reduction has been included in 2003 by 60%, and in 2004, it reached 80%, and in 2005, it reached 100%.
Agreement to facilitate trade movement \ includes in its membership all the countries of the African Union (55) countries, which will constitute the largest free trade area in the world in terms of the number of member states and includes more than 1.2 billion people. Sudan signed the agreement on the continental free trade zone in March 2018 and is working on completing the procedures for ratification by the legislative authorities in addition to participating in the negotiations to establish this zone.
Sudan has become a coordinator of economic and commercial integration in the authority that aims to promote joint development strategies and coordination of economic and social policies, achieving food security, peace and conflict disputes, coordination in the field of trade, transport, communications and agriculture, and infrastructure development and improvement. The member countries are Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan.
Sudan signed the framework agreement for this system on May 13, 1992. This system of trade preferences between the member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference is one of the projects of the Standing Committee for Economic and Trade Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (COMCEC) with the aim of promoting intra-trade between member countries through the exchange of trade preferences among them. The agreement entered into force in 2002. Sudan is an active member of the six working groups for COMCEC activities.
This system is a multilateral treaty in which the member states of the Group of 77 participate, and it sets a comprehensive and specific framework for the rules of trade relations among member states on the basis of exchanging customs preferences and benefits. Sudan signed the Comprehensive System of Trade Preferences agreement in 1991.
The generalized system of preferences was established in the framework of the Special Committee on Trade Preferences, which is affiliated with the Trade and Development Board at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 1970, to make it from that time a subject of economic cooperation between developed and developing countries. It is a system that provides a reduction in the customs tariff for the least developed countries. Sudan benefits from this system in the field of sugar exports.
It is the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific countries that was established under the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. The main objectives of the group are sustainable development and poverty reduction within its member states, as well as greater integration into the global economy. As for Sudan, it is not a signatory to the agreement.
There are many agreements not implemented that we have not monitored here, but all of the above agreements are implemented except for the tripartite and continental and are in the process of ratification and partnership with the European Union that Sudan has not yet signed.
Yes, they are seminars and workshops to introduce the agreements and the extent of implementation
Not yet, but in the framework of working with the Ministry's Information Center
Zambia belongs to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, which is a free trade area with 21 Member States stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini. COMESA was formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area which had existed since 1981. Zambia also belongs to the 14-member Southern African Development Community (SADC), which established a Free Trade Area (FTA) in 2008. The establishment of a single market through the merged Tripartite Free Trade Area (COMESA, the East African Community [EAC], and SADC was formally launched in June 2015.
Zambia has duty-free and quota-free access to the EU market, under the “Everything but Arms" (EBA) scheme for the world’s Least-Developed Countries (LDCs). Zambia is also eligible for trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which provides duty-free/quota-free access to the U.S. market for most goods, including textiles and apparel.
1. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
2. Southern African Development Community (SADC)
3. World Trade Organization (WTO)
4. Duty Free Quota Free (DFQF) Schemes including the Generalized System Preferences (GSP): As an LDC, Zambia has DFQF Market Access Schemes with the following countries:
5. Zambia has signed but not yet ratified the following trade agreements:
The signed are significant for women in business in that them to sell their products duty free thereby promoting trade and economic activity across the region.
Zambia is implementing both COMESA and SADC trade protocols which require full liberalization of trade, thus providing an advantage to women traders engaged in cross border trade. The AfCFTA already has cooperation mechanisms in place such as removal of non-tariff barriers as well as resolving disputes that African businesses can benefit from, as they seek to deepen their integration.
Contact information
Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry
New Government Complex
8th, 9th and 10th Floors, Nasser Road
P.O. Box 31968
Lusaka, Zambia
Tel: +260 211 228301/9
Fax: +260 211 226984
Email: info@MCTI.gov.zm
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Zimbabwe has entered into a number of trade agreements. The most common trade agreements are of the preferential and/or free trade type which are concluded in order to reduce (or eliminate) tariffs, quotas and other trade restrictions on qualifying products traded between the signatory countries.
The purpose of a Trade Agreement is to stimulate and encourage trade between the countries or group of countries that sign the agreement, by giving one another preferential treatment in the reduction or elimination of customs duties as well as removal/relaxation of quantitative restrictions. Exporters should be able to use this advantage as a marketing strategy to give their products a competitive price incentive to customers in the importing country.
Zimbabwe is a member of some Multilateral Trade Agreements. These are:
• Southern African Development Community (SADC)
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
• Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (iEPA) with the European Union
Duty and import related taxes constitute a large percentage of the final price for cross border transactions. A reduction or elimination of the duty gives the exporter a substantial advantage in terms of cost over competitors from countries that do not have similar trade agreements. Women entrepreneurs will benefit through a trade agreement they will able to use this advantage as a marketing strategy to give their products a competitive price incentive to customers in the importing country.
COMESA Simplified Trade Regime
Traders with consignments that are below US$1,000 can import with reduced duty rates on specified products.
Zimbabwe – Mozambique (See details here)
Zimbabwe – Botswana (See details here)
Zimbabwe – Namibia (See details here)
Zimbabwe – Malawi (See details here)
Access to foreign markets and the consequent sustained economic growth, have led to the development of productive capacities, more employment opportunities, and sustainable livelihoods.
Gender issues need to be mainstreamed in trade policies, and subsequently, trade issues need to be factored into development policies.
Mainstreaming gender in trade policies means assessing the impacts of these policies on the well being of men and women and ultimately on the household and community.
What was missing in Rwanda was an assessment of the effects of trade liberalization and trade agreements on women as a discrete sector of the population.
Such an assessment was crucial to making trade an instrument for development in the country. It has helped in better understanding the specific challenges and opportunities that women face as a result of market liberalization.
This has paved way for the design and implementation of complementary policies aimed at maximizing opportunities for women and facilitating the transition of women to more competitive and better rewarded activities.
Women entrepreneurs are a significant force in Rwanda's private sector.
Women head 42% of enterprises. They comprise 58% of enterprises in the informal sector, which accounts for 30% of GDP.
Rwanda is signatory to several bilateral and multi-lateral trade agreements. The agreements present many opportunities for traders in Rwanda.
Signed with Zambia, Uganda, Mauritius and Singapore
Trade agreement offers lower or zero tariff (tariff concession) on exports and imports of goods and components assigned under TA
International Treaties, Protocols and Agreements Rwanda has signed
Ministry of Trade and Industry
P.O.Box : 73 Kigali
E-mail: info@minicom.gov.rw
Hotline: 3739
Uganda has developed various national policies and frameworks and signed a number of regional and international trade agreements that have secured market access for her products and services.
Through bilateral, multilateral, regional and preferential trading agreements, the Government aims at ensuring easier access to international markets for Ugandan products, and to encourage foreign direct investment.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives in Uganda hosts the External Department responsible facilitating domestic and external trade with emphasis on export promotion
Uganda has a number of national frameworks that promote women in business, starting from the National Export Strategy
Customs Union and trade between 6 partner states
Uganda is a member of COMESA
This Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) brings together 26 countries
Globally, Uganda is also a signatory to a number of trade arrangements
Since its independence in 1993, Eritrea has signed various bilateral trade agreements including with Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Turkey. Eritrea has also joined different Regional Economic Communities in Africa such as COMESA, IGAD and CEN-SAD.
Eritrea reduced its Most Favored Nation (MFN) duties by 80 percent on imports originating from COMESA Member States, and at the moment it only charges 20% of the MFN duty. It is important to note that the threshold for acceding to the full FTA is 100 percent tariff liberalization coupled with elimination of non-tariff and other technical barriers to trade.
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) was created in 1996 to succeed the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development that was founded in 1986 to deal with issues related to drought and desertification in the Horn Africa. Eritrea is one of the founding members of IGAD.
Eritrea had also ratified the revised treaty of the CEN-SAD.
The tariff reduction for goods originating from COMESA Member States is expected to benefit the potential exporters in general and women in business in particular. Removal of customs duties on exports will enable exporters to be competitive in the regional markets.
Eritrea is one of the beneficiaries from the EU Generalized System of Preference (GSP) scheme. Women engaged in manufacturing and agriculture can benefit from this scheme.
The EU has introduced REX (Registered Exporters) System. It is a self certification of origin by registered exporters making out so-called statements on origin. The threshold for which an exporter does not need to be registered in the REX System is 6,000 EUR. This means any exporter, manufacturer or trader from the beneficiary countries with export value less than 6,000 EUR is not required to be registered in the system.
The Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, in collaboration with COMESA, organizes different workshops aimed at sensitizing the relevant stakeholders and the private sector on issues related to COMESA programs, Rules of Origin, regional integration and others.
The responsibility for concluding treaties involving the Republic of Kenya lies with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry is responsible for policy aspects, as well as matters of form and procedure.
The Ministry has a Treaty Section within the Legal Division that keeps records of bilateral and multi-lateral treaties involving Kenya. It runs an inquiry service that provides information on treaties to the public. The Ministry also coordinates Kenya’s responsibilities as depositary for certain treaties deposited with the Government of Kenya.
Objectives of the common market attain sustainable growth and development ...
Monetary Union to promote and maintain monetary and financial stability
operationalized through a work programme of 4 main pillars
international agreements
International agreements
These are the regulations for implementing the protocol on patents and industrial designs within the framework of the African regional intellectual property organization (ARIPO) ...
focuses on reducing and eventually eradicating poverty
Establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency The objective of the Agency is to encourage the flow ...
Treaties and Conventions to which Kenya is a signatory:
Contacts
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Old Treasury Building, Harambee Avenue
P.O Box 30551 – 00100 G.P.O
NAIROBI, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 3318888
Email: info@mfa.go.ke
Website: www.mfa.go.ke
Trade agreements are contractual arrangements between countries governing their trade relationships. They are either bilateral or multilateral and are important because they eliminate trade barriers (e.g. tariffs, quotas or prohibitive standards). Thus, they lead to creation of new markets.
Malawi has five bilateral trade agreements. The key features of these bilateral trade agreements are highlighted below:
Goods originated from either country are exported to the other on import duty free status basis. To enjoy the provision of this agreement, Malawian producers are required to apply to the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) which verifies the origin of the goods. To qualify the goods should be wholly produced in Malawi. Otherwise their domestic value addition should not be at least 25%. Moreover, the goods should be accompanied by a certificate of origin. The Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) issues the certificate of origin.
This agreement grants duty free access to goods originating from the two countries except those on the Exclusion List. Goods on the Exclusion List include sugar, beer, Coca-Cola and other branded soft drinks, manufactured tobacco, refined edible oil, dressed chicken, table eggs, unmanufactured tobacco, stationary, petroleum products, firearms, ammunition, and explosives. Since Mozambique is an important transit route for Malawi’s imports, this agreement also includes provisions for trade facilitation.
The Malawi-South Africa bilateral trade agreement was negotiated as part of the support programs by the Government of South Africa to aid the economic development of Malawi. Therefore, the agreement is non-reciprocal or asymmetrical. Malawi exports to South Africa enjoy duty-free treatment while imports from South Africa into Malawi are dutiable at the normal (Most Favoured Nation) rates applied to any other country.
South Africa is the major export market for Malawi in Africa accounting for over 35% of Malawi’s total exports. Major exports include tobacco, farm vegetables, rubber, oil seeds and fruit, clothing and iron. Imports include fertilizers, pharmaceutical products, dairy products, mineral fuels, machinery, glassware, stationery, chemical compounds, motor vehicle and industrial spares.
Malawi and Botswana’s trade relations are regulated by the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement, Southern African Development Community (SADC) Trade Protocol and a Customs Agreement of 1956. The latter allows entry of goods grown, produced or manufactured in either country duty-free, except potable spirits and spirituous liquors. Malawi’s major exports to Botswana include tobacco, tea, timber, plywood/block board, textiles and garments and cotton lint. Malawi imports wheat flour, salt, soda ash, plastic products and pharmaceutical products from Botswana.
The Agreement allows duty free entry into China of Malawi's major exports such as tobacco, tea, sugar cane, coffee and legumes. Malawi’s trade volume with China hit US$100 million in 2012, a 400-percent jump from 2010.
Malawi and Tanzania trade relations are regulated by the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Trade under the Most Favoured Nation Agreement. There is no Bilateral Trade Agreement between the two countries. However, Malawi and Tanzania established a Joint Permanent Commission of Cooperation (JPCC) in April, 1993 in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Malawi is part of the COMESA Free Trade Area (FTA), which was achieved on 31 October 2000. Eleven of COMESA's 21 Member States belong to the FTA. These, according to the COMESA website, include; Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Sudan, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The FTA members eliminated their tariffs on COMESA originating products, in accordance with the tariff reduction schedule adopted in 1992. They are also working on the eventual elimination of quantitative restrictions and other non-tariff barriers.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Trade Protocol was signed in 1996 to promote intra-regional trade in goods and services through reduction and eventual removal of tariffs and non-tariff barriers in the region. It was also aimed at enhancing economic development, diversification, and industrialization of the region. SADC Member States are Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Madagascar, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. A SADC Free Trade Area was established in January 2008. Malawi has not reached the minimum threshold of 85% trade liberalization which was agreed to be the minimum for the Free Trade Area. Meanwhile Malawi has liberalized 70% of her trade with SADC. Malawi is, therefore, part of the SADC FTA and is working on removing tariffs on the remaining products.
Malawi is a member of the World Trade Organization, a legal institution of the multilateral trading system promoting the negotiations for liberalisation of trade in goods and services through removal of barriers to trade. The organisation is also responsible for development of international trade rules and settlement of trade disputes. The WTO came into being on 1st January 1995 (After the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade-GATT 1947).
Malawi is a party to the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) – European Union (EU) Partnership Agreement. Under the Agreement ACP countries enjoy duty-free market access to the European Union. Since its inception in the 1970s, the Agreement has been revised several times. The last revision was done in 2000 and a new agreement (Cotonou Agreement) was signed which introduced a requirement for ACP countries to offer reciprocal duty-free treatment to imports from the EU in line with the World Trade Organisation rules.
Since 2002, ACP countries have been negotiating the new trade arrangements with the EU known as Economic Partnership Agreements. The negotiations are being done in regional configurations. Malawi is negotiating for an EPA under the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) configuration which comprises Burundi, Comoros, Seychelles, DR Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Seychelles, Rwanda Sudan, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, Malawi is trading with the EU through the Everything But Arms a special arrangement for Least Developed Countries under the EU Generalised System of Preferences.
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a United States Trade Act, enacted in May 2000 and renewed to 2025 enhances market access to the USA for qualifying Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Qualification for AGOA preferences is based on a set of conditions contained in the AGOA legislation. To qualify and remain eligible for AGOA, each country must be working to improve its rule of law, human rights, and respect for core labour standards.
Malawi's major exports to the USA under AGOA include agricultural products, followed by textiles and apparel products.
For detailed information on trade agreement Malawi is a party to, visit www.malawitradeportal.gov.mw
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All financial institution , projection real total household spending growth in Egypt over 2020 to come in at 7.2% y-o-y, a strengthening on the historic five-year average (2015-2019) of 6.4%. Over our forecast period (2020-2024), real household spending growth will remain robust, averaging 5.2%. In nominal terms, total household spending is set to grow at 14% in 2020, and then at an average rate of 11.2% through to 2024. We forecast total household spending in Egypt to reach EGP3.38trn (USD209bn) in 2024, up from EGP2.27trn (USD145bn) in 2020.
Solid Household Spending Growth
Egypt - Real household spending growth (2015-2024)
Our household spending growth outlook for Egypt is being supported by stabilizing inflation levels, with our Country Risk team forecasting headline inflation to come in at 6.8% in 2020, down from 9.4% in 2019 and well below the 2017 rate, when consumer price inflation averaged 29.6%. In January 2020, the monthly consumer price index (CPI) grew at 7.2%, significantly lower than the 12.7% in January 2019.
Household spending growth will be further bolstered by the conclusion of Egypt’s 2016-2019 IMF-led structural reform programme, which led the government to hike prices on, for example, gas and oil, as well as electricity and basic food stuffs including bread and milk. In addition, minimum wages and pensions were substantially raised in March 2019, with the public sector minimum wage now standing at EGP2,000 per month, 66% above the previous rate. We expect these wage gains to have continued to have fed through into early 2020. We also expect the results of large protests against government corruption in late September 2019 to result in the government easing its fiscal consolidation throughout 2020, which will bode well for consumption growth.
Stabilizing Inflation To Boost Household Spending
Egypt - Monthly Consumer Price Index, % chg y-o-y (2015-2020)
Over the rest of the medium term (2021-2024) real household spending is projected to continue expanding, but at a slower trajectory, averaging 4.7% annually. This is a natural levelling following Egypt’s recovery since 2016. We believe that this continued growth outlook in consumer spending, coupled with Egypt’s below highlighted consumer fundamentals will lead to greater investment in the country’s retail sector.
Egypt’s consumer fundamentals:
Egypt Leads MENA Region In Population
Select MENA Countries - Total Population (2030)
As a result of Egypt's consumer spending growth outlook, coupled with the country’s consumer fundamentals we expect greater investment in the country’s retail sector (especially in the grocery and shopping mall segments). Some evidence of this is already starting to emerge.
Risk To Outlook
While Egypt's young and expanding population, rising middle class, and stabilizing inflation bode well for retailers in the country, We highlight that there are some obstacles that could influence those expectations. Companies continue to face some legal and bureaucratic obstacles to operations in Egypt. Which the Egyptian government seeks to change through the new investment law and the implementation of the electronic government.
Egypt occupies a central position between the circles of supply and between the regions of production and consumption, and between continents and the oceans, and has one of the most important navigation arteries in the world.
Egypt’s policy is to position itself as a global hub for regional services, production and re-export; creating jobs and economic growth by opening new markets for Egyptian products while simultaneously attracting Foreign Direct Investment from corporations looking to harness Egypt’s unique basket of preferential trade agreements, highly competitive and talented labor force and utility costs, as well as proximity to key global markets. Together, these advantages make Egypt an ideal hub from which to export to the rest of the world.
The trade agreements Egypt has signed give women in business the ability to export their products to all Arab countries (free trade exchange among Arab countries), COMESA countries and the EU agreement which creates a free trade area between the EU and Egypt by removing tariffs on industrial products and making agricultural products easier to trade.
Egypt's bilateral, regional and international trade agreements
Agreements
Egypt - Jordan (December 1999)
Egypt - Lebanon (March 1999)
Egypt - Libya (January 1991)
Egypt - Morocco (April 1999)
Egypt - Syria (December 1991)
Egypt - Tunisia (March 1999)
Greater Arab Free Trade Area Agreement (GAFTA) | Click here for details
PAFTA - Pan-Arab Free Trade Agreement | Click here for details
Agadir Free Trade Agreement among Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan | Click here for details
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) | Click here for details
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) | Click here for details
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) | Click here for details
The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) | Click here for details
European Union-Egypt Free Trade Agreement (Association Agreement) | Click here for details
Egyptian-European Mediterranean Partnership Agreement | Click here for details
Free Trade Agreement with EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) | Click here for details
Turkey-Egypt Free Trade Agreement | Click here for details
Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) | Click here for details
Egypt-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement | Click here for details
The Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry adopted a strategy for doubling Egyptian non-petroleum exports by 10% annual increase till 2020 to reach 30 Billion USD.
Egyptian exports have witnessed a significant increase from 22 billion USD in 2015 to 22.5 billion USD in 2016 and to 26.3 billion USD in 2017 and then to 29.2 billion USD in 2019. Moreover, the amount of exports has increased by 2% in the first half of 2019 to reach 15.3 billion USD compared to only 15 billion USD in the same period in 2018.
Regarding Egyptian exports to Africa, they increased by 27% to reach 4.7 Billion USD in 2018 compared to only 3.7 billion USD in 2017.
General Organization for Export and Import Control
GOEIC is a service authority that protects consumers, preserves Egypt’s reputation by inspecting commodity exports and imports through latest techniques and scientific equipment and preparing statistics of exports and imports. It works with sectors of Ministry of Trade and Industry as a collaborating system with a main and primary purpose, which is to facilitate the movement of trade, encourage Egyptian industries, develop exports of all kinds and raise its competitiveness in all global markets in order to achieve progress and greatness for the homeland and the Egyptian citizen. According Presidential Decree NO.378 of 1999 provisions, General Organization for Export and Import Control is an authority that is directly under supervision of Minister of Trade and Industry.
Presidential Decree NO. 1770 of 1970 to establish the General Organization for Export and Import Control (Download establishment decree)
In case of starting the export activity in the facility, the export process shall not be completed until the facility obtains a registration card in the exporters record. Once the facility is registered in the Commercial Registry Authority and is provided with the registration document from one of the Commercial Register offices, the facility obtains a registration card in the exporters record. The official in charge of export receives a training course that is conducted for this purpose in particular and the General Department of Exporters Affairs issues a five-year renewable registration card..
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General Organization for Export and Import Control
Website: www.goeic.gov.eg/en/site/index
Required documents and procedures to follow
The Egyptian Government tends to apply policies minimizing imports and promoting both local products and national industry. Such policies contributed to imports’ reduction with about 1% in the first 8 months of 2019. In this respect Egyptian imports from the world have recorded about USD 40.551 billion in the first 8 months of 2019 compared to USD 40.178 billion in the same period 2018, which counted for only 1% - a very low percentage compared to imports’ reduction in other countries following protective policies in the same aspect.
General Organization for Export and Import Control
GOEIC is a service authority that protects consumers, preserves Egypt’s reputation by inspecting commodity exports and imports through latest techniques and scientific equipment and preparing statistics of exports and imports. It works with sectors of Ministry of Trade and Industry as a collaborating system with a main and primary purpose, which is to facilitate the movement of trade, encourage Egyptian industries, develop exports of all kinds and raise its competitiveness in all global markets in order to achieve progress and greatness for the homeland and the Egyptian citizen. According Presidential Decree NO.378 of 1999 provisions, General Organization for Export and Import Control is an authority that is directly under supervision of Minister of Trade and Industry.
Required documents and steps to follow
General Organization for Export and Import Control
• Address: It has more than 20 branch/office throughout Egypt. The headquarters of the Export and Import Control Authority is located in the electronic building at Cairo Air Port in front of the cargo village.
The extension of the headquarters of Sheikh Maarouf Street is located on the intersection of Ramses Street - Downtown Cairo.
• Hotline: 19591
• Email: customercare@goeic.gov.eg
• Website: www.goeic.gov.eg
Egyptian Customs Authority
• Address: Ministry of Finance Towers, Tower 3, Ramese extenstion St. Cairo
• Hotline: +202-234-22249
• E-mail: info@customs.gov.eg
• Website: www.customs.gov.eg
The importance of women benefiting from financing packages:
Egyptian women, who make up half of the population, represent tremendous economic potential, while contributing to only 22.5 percent of the total workforce.
This is due to the lack of products and services that suit appropriately with the financial needs of women, and the legal, social and cultural barriers that specifically confront women, among the obstacles and challenges that hinder the progress of financial inclusion, as well as rigidity and misconceptions about dealing with banks play a role in keeping women out of the formal financial system.
Therefore, the banking sector attaches great importance to women, as it has an effective role as a partner in community development, as banks work to provide financing and technical programs in order to achieve a better understanding of the needs of small and medium-sized companies led by women, in addition to harnessing all available resources to support the financial inclusion initiative.
The main financing agencies:
There are many entities that provide incentives with multiple sources through different payment methods and facilities, to meet the needs of individuals and companies wishing to establish and implement small, medium and micro projects and activities (new / existing), in several fields (production / service / commercial), including:
Projects that support savings and loan groups in Egypt:
The Village Savings and Loan Associations program implemented in cooperation with the National Council for Women and CARE International in Egypt with funding from the European Union in Egypt. The methodology is relevant to the constraints and challenges seen in this geographic area as it targets poor and marginalized women in rural communities, empowering them through participation in the savings and loan groups. These groups enable women to better manage household cash in an efficient and flexible manner while investing in income generating activities that can secure and stabilize cash income.
The project was implemented in the governorates of Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut, and Sohag and the projects varied between commercial projects, livestock, poultry, handicrafts, bakery projects and other investment projects.
The services provided by the project:
Project work methodology:
The savings and loan societies methodology in the villages is closely related to the challenges facing Egypt, as it allows the poorest and most marginalized individuals to save money in whatever amount they want, and gives them the opportunity towards financial inclusion, and women receive loans ranging from small pounds to several hundreds of pounds without payments Introduction and without criteria for customer selection.
The parties involved in the project:
The National Council for Women
Overview
The National Council for Women is an independent national council, which is affiliated with the President of the Republic established by Law No. 30 of 2018.The Council aims to promote women's rights and freedoms, their development and protection, as it aims to spread awareness of them, contribute to ensuring their exercise, and consolidate the values of equality, equal opportunity and non-discrimination, all in accordance with the provisions The constitution, and in light of the international agreements and conventions ratified by Egypt.
Contact Information :
Address: Abdel Razzaq Al Sanhoury Street - from Makram Ebeid - Cairo
Phone: 20223490060 to 65
Fax: 20223490066 to 68
Email: info@ncw.gov.eg
Website: www.ncw.gov.eg
The Ministry of Social Solidarity
Overview
The Ministry of Social Solidarity seeks to provide social protection, integrated care, and economic empowerment to eligible citizens without discrimination, as it seeks to develop its services throughout the Republic and calls for coordination of efforts with the private, private, and media sectors to invest in joint action for the development of citizens and society
Contact Information :
Address: 19 El Maraghy Street - Agouza - Giza
Phone: 2033375420
Website: www.moss.gov.eg
CARE International in Egypt
Overview
CARE's work is focused on the level of Egypt, where it works closely through a rights-based approach with the poor and marginalized, civil society and government institutions to improve livelihoods on a permanent basis and by using the strategies generated by the local community and mobilize local resources, CARE's work includes a number of different sectors including This includes women's rights, education, governance, civic engagement, agriculture and natural resource management
Contact Information:
Address: 8 Street 64 - Tenth Region - Zahraa El Maadi - Al Basateen.
Website: www.care.org.eg
Consistent with Egypt's 2030 vision and its sustainable development strategy that seeks to build a just society, it guarantees equal rights and opportunities for its sons and daughters for the highest levels of social integration for all groups, and the
belief of the Egyptian state, that stability and progress will be achieved only by ensuring the active participation of women in all aspects of work the National .
In order to achieve the strategy for empowering women 2030, many governmental and private bodies and civil society associations are working to find new horizons for Egyptian women in order to help them obtain social and economic empowerment opportunities, and this is done by providing various training programs (technical - craft - entrepreneurship - marketing - Technical support programs - .....) for women in many professions in one of the scientific methods and at the hands of professionals to ensure their eligibility for the labor market or to own and manage a project effectively.
The importance of training and mentoring for businesswomen comes as a result of the need to learn how to produce business ideas, sort them, and verify them to be effective and then refine those ideas using practical techniques.
It also helps training in areas such as communication, risk-taking, goal setting, life planning, time management and negotiation.
The "Women Entrepreneurs Go Forward" program aims to help ILO partner organizations to encourage enterprise development among women who want to start a small business or have small businesses.
It is a training program offered to women only in order to help them to make a simple work plan and set up their micro projects and it will last for 5 days with 7 hours a day of training and workshops.
Conditions and regulations for joining the program
It is for the woman to be from 21 to 55 years old, with proficiency in reading and writing and accounts, residency in the governorate where the training is held, the desire to set up an infinitesimal project and enrollment via a paper form and ID.
Ensuring its exercise, and consolidating the values of equality, equal opportunity and non-discrimination, all in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, and in light of the international agreements and covenants ratified by Egypt.
The Women's Skills Development Center of the National Council for Women provides training courses for women wishing to start or manage small projects in order to introduce them to the basics and methods of management and marketing, and some courses include practical training so that the trainee can manage and follow up on her project successfully.
The center also offers various training courses aimed at raising the efficiency of recent graduates from colleges or higher and medium technical institutes in order to qualify them to enter the labor market such as basic and advanced computer courses, and courses on skills to enter the labor market that qualify new graduates to how to write a CV and conduct an interview, as well as The center offers training courses for working women to improve their job performance.
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The council provides specialized programs for women to work to raise their efficiency and help them enter the workforce in cooperation with many authorities.
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The Council organizes conferences, forums and workshops in periodic and specialized exhibitions that it organizes in all governorates of the Republic.
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Address: Abdel Razzaq Al Sanhoury Street - from Makram Ebeid - Cairo
Tel: +20223490060 to 65
Fax: 20223490066 to 68
Email: info@ncw.gov.eg
Website: www.ncw.gov.eg
The Enterprise Development Authority is the authority concerned with the development of medium, small and micro enterprises and entrepreneurship, either directly or through coordinating the efforts of all agencies, NGOs and initiatives working in the field of those projects, or through what it establishes or contributes to it.
The agency was established by a decision of the Prime Minister No. 947 of 2017 and amended by Resolution No. 2370 of 2018, to be directly affiliated with the Prime Minister.
The device provides various courses and training programs (technical - craft - entrepreneurship - marketing - technical support programs - .....).
These courses are offered in cooperation with many government and private agencies and civil society associations.
These courses are offered periodically and the training period depends on the quality and subject of the training as the courses vary in their time periods.
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The agency provides specialized programs for women to work to raise their efficiency and help them enter the workforce in cooperation with many authorities.
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The agency participates owners of small and micro projects in periodic and specialized exhibitions organized in all governorates of the Republic or those that participate in them abroad. In this way, the agency seeks to encourage the owners of projects to upgrade the quality of their products to display and sell them to the public directly without intermediaries, according to the slogan: "From the product to the consumer." In this way, the device provides project owners - on the one hand - permanent local and international markets, and creates opportunities for them - on the other hand - to deal directly with consumers, learn about their tastes and desires, and fulfill them, and conclude business deals and exchange experiences in the field of production and manufacturing, whether at the local or international level.
https://www.msme.eg/ar/Pages/Announcements/AnnouncementList.aspx
Training center affiliated to the Ministry of Business Sector based on thought, vision and mission of a special nature, the center provides various packages of training programs and circuits in various administrative fields, which aim to raise the skills and analytical capabilities of all different administrative levels (upper-middle-executive) for different sectors Economic and governmental in the country, using modern management methods and techniques. The center also designs and implements various programs and training courses to which the decision to advance to senior management levels applies.
Address: Intersection of Salem Salem Street with Abdel Aziz Rashid - Agouza - Giza - Egypt
Telephone: 0233377731 - 0237600404 - 0237494144
Fax: 0237494125 - 0237609342
Email: info@lmdc.gov.eg
Website: lmdc.gov.eg/en/ www.
Conditions for admission (registration):
• The student must have a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from an Egyptian university or an equivalent degree from the college or other recognized scientific institute.
• For non-commercial students holding a bachelor’s degree or a bachelor’s degree from other colleges provided that the student meets the supplementary courses decided by the Department of Business Administration (within 4 supplementary courses).
• Two-year work experience in the field of work after obtaining the first degree.
• Passing the English Language Proficiency Test (450) from Cairo University or the Amideast within one year from the date of registration.
The papers and documents required for registration:
• Application to join the program and obtained from the Center's Graduate Studies Department.
• Original Graduation Certificate
• Uncover the academic qualification marks for non-commercial academic transcript
• Decision to equivalence of certificates from the Supreme Council of Universities in relation to certificates obtained by the student from outside the universities subject to the Supreme Council of Universities.
• Number (6) recent personal photos.
• The position on recruitment for those under the age of 30.
A recent CV (CV).
• Certified practical experience certificate of not less than two years.
• Original birth certificate or an official copy of it.
Copy of national ID card / passport.
Study dates (academic evaluation of the program):
• Duration of study: two academic years as a minimum (18 academic months) / (by 4 semesters).
Lectures dates: Morning from 10 am - 4 pm, weekends (Friday and Saturday).
• Total credit hours for the program (48 hours) The following is the course that includes compulsory core courses
• (10 courses) and elective courses (4 courses) specified for each major in the Professional MBA program
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A special training center based on thought, vision and a message of a special nature. The academy aims to provide the usual training services, but in a modern modern style, which mixes theoretical training inlaid with professional and practical applications .. The scientific and theoretical that burden their knowledge before going into the practical and applied aspect.
• a suitable high qualification and there are no other requirements to register for business administration courses
• study costs: 3000 Egyptian pounds
• course duration: 36 training hours
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Training workshops and seminars
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Taking the next step, The Egyptian Strategy for financial literacy:
Egypt has been working on developing its first national financial literacy strategy. Within the last years, the Egyptian Banking Institute, which is the CBE’s training arm, is also building the capacity of financial institutions to better serve women with dedicated financial products and services. Recently, for example Banque Misr signed a Cooperation Agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to provide banking products and services to support women’s economic empowerment and financial inclusion.
On other side, all banks are now also encouraged to report on the number of women consumers using their various products, as well as the number of financial products targeted for women and the number of women beneficiaries.
BODIES THAT SUPPORT WOMEN'S FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING PROGRAM:
The Egyptian Banking Institute
Overview
EBI was Established in 1991 by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), as its official training arm to apply the best international practices to develop the technical and managerial skills of the banking and financial sector professionals with a vision to become the financial knowledge hub for Egypt and the surrounding region through providing integrated knowledge services for the financial sector and spreading financial literacy.
Contact Information:
Address: Headquarters – Nasr City 22A, Dr. Anwar El Mofty St., Tiba 2000
P.O.Box 8164 Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
Phone: +2 02 24054472
Fax: +2 02 2405447
Website: www.ebi.gov.eg
Shaping the Future Initiative
Shaping the Future is a National initiative designed in 2012 by the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI), under the auspices of the Central Bank of Egypt, dedicated to the enhancement and implementation of Financial Literacy and the development of Friendly Financial Products for Egyptian people.
For more details, please click on the following link:
The initiative’s activities rely on three pillars:
The initiative’s objectives:
How to participate
For more details, please click on the following link:
Financial literacy booklet and Online material:
There are many financial literacy booklets and online materials on EBI website for more details, please click on the following link:
The National Council for Women
Overview
The National Council for Women is an independent national council, which is affiliated with the President of the Republic established by Law No. 30 of 2018.The Council aims to promote women's rights and freedoms, their development and protection, as it aims to spread awareness of them, contribute to ensuring their exercise, and consolidate the values of equality, equal opportunity and non-discrimination, all in accordance with the provisions The constitution, and in light of the international agreements and conventions ratified by Egypt
Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise Development Agency
Overview
The MSMEDA is the authority concerned with the development of medium, small and micro enterprises and entrepreneurship, either directly or through coordinating the efforts of all agencies, NGOs and initiatives working in the field of those projects, or through what it establishes or contributes to it.
The agency was established by a decision of the Prime Minister No. 947 of 2017 and amended by Resolution No. 2370 of 2018, to be directly affiliated with the Prime Minister.
Contact Information:
The concern for women’s economic empowerment is a priority on the agenda of the Government of Egypt and social partners as well as non-governmental organizations, and the international community. Despite the various efforts, women are disproportionately represented in the workforce and the business arena. As women in Egypt still struggle to take their rightful place in the economy, it is of great importance to support them by developing the enabling environment, including for entrepreneurship development. This is particularly applicable to the rural economy with the systemic barriers that let many women entrepreneurs stay confined to informal and very small businesses.
Initiatives to support and empower women
Work on these initiatives is carried out through government agencies and civil society organizations in all governorates of the Republic and in cooperation with the regional offices of the agency and the list in all governorates of Egypt.
Through these initiatives, training needs are identified and women are qualified in many trades to integrate them into the labor market.
For more details, please click on this link
GET AHEAD Program
Training conditions:
Required documents
For more details, please click on this link
Women In Business (WIB) Program
Training conditions:
Criteria for selecting projects / companies and the conditions that must be met for companies to benefit from the program:
Required documents
Target groups:
For more details, please click on this link
Women Economic Empowerment Program
For more details, please click on the following link:
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"I am a leader" for junior female entrepreneurs:
For more details, please click on this link
Women Leading Day initiative
For more details, please click on this link
Bodies that support women's empowerment initiatives:
The National Council for Women
Overview
The National Council for Women is an independent national council, which is affiliated with the President of the Republic established by Law No. 30 of 2018.The Council aims to promote women's rights and freedoms, their development and protection, as it aims to spread awareness of them, contribute to ensuring their exercise, and consolidate the values of equality, equal opportunity and non-discrimination, all in accordance with the provisions The constitution, and in light of the international agreements and conventions ratified by Egypt.
Contact Information:
Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise Development Agency
The MSMEDA is the authority concerned with the development of medium, small and micro enterprises and entrepreneurship, either directly or through coordinating the efforts of all agencies, NGOs and initiatives working in the field of those projects, or through what it establishes or contributes to it.
The agency was established by a decision of the Prime Minister No. 947 of 2017 and amended by Resolution No. 2370 of 2018, to be directly affiliated with the Prime Minister.
Contact Information:
he entrepreneurial journey goes through three phases, starting with the stimulus phase, in which the startup is just an idea, and the ambitious entrepreneur takes a deep look at the available potential while searching for an incentive. Then the entrepreneur moves to the initiation stage of work as soon as he undertakes to implement the idea and begins working to turn it into a reality. Once the entrepreneur proves the feasibility of the idea, he moves to the stage of expansion, where he continues to expand the company, take on the related challenges, and reap the fruits achieved
The mentor should urge those who guide them to pursue their dreams and give them enthusiasm. Although mentors can do this at any stage of the entrepreneurial journey, mentoring is usually provided at the beginning stage, when there is an urgent need for it and its presentation is more effective and beneficial.
Counseling requires a long time and great effort on the part of the counselor, which usually conflicts with other obligations such as family obligations, work obligations and social associations.
Organizations that support mentoring initiatives for women entrepreneurs:
Overview
The National Council for Women is an independent national council, which is affiliated with the President of the Republic established by Law No. 30 of 2018.The Council aims to promote women's rights and freedoms, their development and protection, as it aims to spread awareness of them, contribute to ensuring their exercise, and consolidate the values of equality, equal opportunity and non-discrimination, all in accordance with the provisions The constitution, and in light of the international agreements and conventions ratified by Egypt.
Contact Information :
2- Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise Development Agency
The MSMEDA is the authority concerned with the development of medium, small and micro enterprises and entrepreneurship, either directly or through coordinating the efforts of all agencies, NGOs and initiatives working in the field of those projects, or through what it establishes or contributes to it.
The agency was established by a decision of the Prime Minister No. 947 of 2017 and amended by Resolution No. 2370 of 2018, to be directly affiliated with the Prime Minister.
Contact Information:
Entrepreneurial mentoring and mentoring programs:
Mentoring Services
Long-term programs for a year or more, conducted through mentors accredited by the experts of the agency.
This is done by regional offices and specialized technical departments - communication is via e-mail, phones of the agency's regional offices, entrepreneurship management, coaches and Facebook.
Requirements
Counseling Services
Providing advice during the problem period and ending with the problem ending.
Requirements
Quick counseling sessions
This type of session is held with the aim of connecting people with experience, skill and knowledge, and people who are less experienced and facing difficulties they want to face, but do not know the way to solve it
Requirements
How can you apply in programs?
- You can apply by visiting the branches of the device and the partners headquarters and filling out paper forms or an electronic form for training programs and workshops: https://goo.gl/forms/NzCKfxCLDgCxPyf52
How participants are selected?
- The applications are sorted and the advertised criteria and criteria are chosen,
- Incomplete forms are excluding basic data.
- The applicants are invited to attend the interviews in the branches of the agency, the applicants are interviewed through a committee that includes the trainers / trainers, and the non-financial services officer in the regional office where the program is located,
- The aim of the interview is to confirm the seriousness of each of them and their desire to set up a project and their ability to set up and manage it.
- The applicant's national ID card is reviewed for each applicant, data is matched on the form and a copy is obtained,
Admission is based on a Score System prepared for this purpose according to the criteria.
How can I know I am acceptable?
- Those who are accepted are notified by phone or by e-mail.
How is the training program implemented?
- The number of attendees in each program ranges between 18 to 26 male / female trainees (at least 30% of women)
- Training supplies are delivered to each trainee
- Each hospitality program for the trainees includes (water - drinks - snacks)
- The trainees who pass the program receive plastic certificates
Why are the trainees being followed?
- The establishment of projects or the development of existing ones is the direct result of the training program (OUTCOME). Therefore, business trainees (trainees) are monitored periodically to determine the development of procedures for establishing each project, and the assistance they need to complete the establishment of their projects.
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Consistent with Egypt's 2030 vision and its sustainable development strategy that seeks to build a just society, it guarantees equal rights and opportunities for its sons and daughters for the highest levels of social integration for all groups, and the
belief of the Egyptian state, that stability and progress will be achieved only by ensuring the active participation of women in all aspects of work the National .
In order to achieve the strategy for empowering women 2030, many governmental and private bodies and civil society associations are working to find new horizons for Egyptian women in order to help them obtain social and economic empowerment opportunities, and this is done by providing various training programs (technical - craft - entrepreneurship - marketing - Technical support programs - .....) for women in many professions in one of the scientific methods and at the hands of professionals to ensure their eligibility for the labor market or to own and manage a project effectively.
The importance of training and mentoring for businesswomen comes as a result of the need to learn how to produce business ideas, sort them, and verify them to be effective and then refine those ideas using practical techniques.
It also helps training in areas such as communication, risk-taking, goal setting, life planning, time management and negotiation.
The "Women Entrepreneurs Go Forward" program aims to help ILO partner organizations to encourage enterprise development among women who want to start a small business or have small businesses.
It is a training program offered to women only in order to help them to make a simple work plan and set up their micro projects and it will last for 5 days with 7 hours a day of training and workshops.
Conditions and regulations for joining the program
It is for the woman to be from 21 to 55 years old, with proficiency in reading and writing and accounts, residency in the governorate where the training is held, the desire to set up an infinitesimal project and enrollment via a paper form and ID.
Ensuring its exercise, and consolidating the values of equality, equal opportunity and non-discrimination, all in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, and in light of the international agreements and covenants ratified by Egypt.
The Women's Skills Development Center of the National Council for Women provides training courses for women wishing to start or manage small projects in order to introduce them to the basics and methods of management and marketing, and some courses include practical training so that the trainee can manage and follow up on her project successfully.
The center also offers various training courses aimed at raising the efficiency of recent graduates from colleges or higher and medium technical institutes in order to qualify them to enter the labor market such as basic and advanced computer courses, and courses on skills to enter the labor market that qualify new graduates to how to write a CV and conduct an interview, as well as The center offers training courses for working women to improve their job performance.
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The council provides specialized programs for women to work to raise their efficiency and help them enter the workforce in cooperation with many authorities.
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The Council organizes conferences, forums and workshops in periodic and specialized exhibitions that it organizes in all governorates of the Republic.
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Address: Abdel Razzaq Al Sanhoury Street - from Makram Ebeid - Cairo
Tel: +20223490060 to 65
Fax: 20223490066 to 68
Email: info@ncw.gov.eg
Website: www.ncw.gov.eg
The Enterprise Development Authority is the authority concerned with the development of medium, small and micro enterprises and entrepreneurship, either directly or through coordinating the efforts of all agencies, NGOs and initiatives working in the field of those projects, or through what it establishes or contributes to it.
The agency was established by a decision of the Prime Minister No. 947 of 2017 and amended by Resolution No. 2370 of 2018, to be directly affiliated with the Prime Minister.
The device provides various courses and training programs (technical - craft - entrepreneurship - marketing - technical support programs - .....).
These courses are offered in cooperation with many government and private agencies and civil society associations.
These courses are offered periodically and the training period depends on the quality and subject of the training as the courses vary in their time periods.
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The agency provides specialized programs for women to work to raise their efficiency and help them enter the workforce in cooperation with many authorities.
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The agency participates owners of small and micro projects in periodic and specialized exhibitions organized in all governorates of the Republic or those that participate in them abroad. In this way, the agency seeks to encourage the owners of projects to upgrade the quality of their products to display and sell them to the public directly without intermediaries, according to the slogan: "From the product to the consumer." In this way, the device provides project owners - on the one hand - permanent local and international markets, and creates opportunities for them - on the other hand - to deal directly with consumers, learn about their tastes and desires, and fulfill them, and conclude business deals and exchange experiences in the field of production and manufacturing, whether at the local or international level.
https://www.msme.eg/ar/Pages/Announcements/AnnouncementList.aspx
Training center affiliated to the Ministry of Business Sector based on thought, vision and mission of a special nature, the center provides various packages of training programs and circuits in various administrative fields, which aim to raise the skills and analytical capabilities of all different administrative levels (upper-middle-executive) for different sectors Economic and governmental in the country, using modern management methods and techniques. The center also designs and implements various programs and training courses to which the decision to advance to senior management levels applies.
Address: Intersection of Salem Salem Street with Abdel Aziz Rashid - Agouza - Giza - Egypt
Telephone: 0233377731 - 0237600404 - 0237494144
Fax: 0237494125 - 0237609342
Email: info@lmdc.gov.eg
Website: lmdc.gov.eg/en/ www.
Conditions for admission (registration):
• The student must have a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from an Egyptian university or an equivalent degree from the college or other recognized scientific institute.
• For non-commercial students holding a bachelor’s degree or a bachelor’s degree from other colleges provided that the student meets the supplementary courses decided by the Department of Business Administration (within 4 supplementary courses).
• Two-year work experience in the field of work after obtaining the first degree.
• Passing the English Language Proficiency Test (450) from Cairo University or the Amideast within one year from the date of registration.
The papers and documents required for registration:
• Application to join the program and obtained from the Center's Graduate Studies Department.
• Original Graduation Certificate
• Uncover the academic qualification marks for non-commercial academic transcript
• Decision to equivalence of certificates from the Supreme Council of Universities in relation to certificates obtained by the student from outside the universities subject to the Supreme Council of Universities.
• Number (6) recent personal photos.
• The position on recruitment for those under the age of 30.
A recent CV (CV).
• Certified practical experience certificate of not less than two years.
• Original birth certificate or an official copy of it.
Copy of national ID card / passport.
Study dates (academic evaluation of the program):
• Duration of study: two academic years as a minimum (18 academic months) / (by 4 semesters).
Lectures dates: Morning from 10 am - 4 pm, weekends (Friday and Saturday).
• Total credit hours for the program (48 hours) The following is the course that includes compulsory core courses
• (10 courses) and elective courses (4 courses) specified for each major in the Professional MBA program
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A special training center based on thought, vision and a message of a special nature. The academy aims to provide the usual training services, but in a modern modern style, which mixes theoretical training inlaid with professional and practical applications .. The scientific and theoretical that burden their knowledge before going into the practical and applied aspect.
• a suitable high qualification and there are no other requirements to register for business administration courses
• study costs: 3000 Egyptian pounds
• course duration: 36 training hours
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Training workshops and seminars
https://ibsacademy.org/type-4-free-workshops.html
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he entrepreneurial journey goes through three phases, starting with the stimulus phase, in which the startup is just an idea, and the ambitious entrepreneur takes a deep look at the available potential while searching for an incentive. Then the entrepreneur moves to the initiation stage of work as soon as he undertakes to implement the idea and begins working to turn it into a reality. Once the entrepreneur proves the feasibility of the idea, he moves to the stage of expansion, where he continues to expand the company, take on the related challenges, and reap the fruits achieved
The mentor should urge those who guide them to pursue their dreams and give them enthusiasm. Although mentors can do this at any stage of the entrepreneurial journey, mentoring is usually provided at the beginning stage, when there is an urgent need for it and its presentation is more effective and beneficial.
Counseling requires a long time and great effort on the part of the counselor, which usually conflicts with other obligations such as family obligations, work obligations and social associations.
Organizations that support mentoring initiatives for women entrepreneurs:
Overview
The National Council for Women is an independent national council, which is affiliated with the President of the Republic established by Law No. 30 of 2018.The Council aims to promote women's rights and freedoms, their development and protection, as it aims to spread awareness of them, contribute to ensuring their exercise, and consolidate the values of equality, equal opportunity and non-discrimination, all in accordance with the provisions The constitution, and in light of the international agreements and conventions ratified by Egypt.
Contact Information :
2- Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise Development Agency
The MSMEDA is the authority concerned with the development of medium, small and micro enterprises and entrepreneurship, either directly or through coordinating the efforts of all agencies, NGOs and initiatives working in the field of those projects, or through what it establishes or contributes to it.
The agency was established by a decision of the Prime Minister No. 947 of 2017 and amended by Resolution No. 2370 of 2018, to be directly affiliated with the Prime Minister.
Contact Information:
Entrepreneurial mentoring and mentoring programs:
Mentoring Services
Long-term programs for a year or more, conducted through mentors accredited by the experts of the agency.
This is done by regional offices and specialized technical departments - communication is via e-mail, phones of the agency's regional offices, entrepreneurship management, coaches and Facebook.
Requirements
Counseling Services
Providing advice during the problem period and ending with the problem ending.
Requirements
Quick counseling sessions
This type of session is held with the aim of connecting people with experience, skill and knowledge, and people who are less experienced and facing difficulties they want to face, but do not know the way to solve it
Requirements
How can you apply in programs?
- You can apply by visiting the branches of the device and the partners headquarters and filling out paper forms or an electronic form for training programs and workshops: https://goo.gl/forms/NzCKfxCLDgCxPyf52
How participants are selected?
- The applications are sorted and the advertised criteria and criteria are chosen,
- Incomplete forms are excluding basic data.
- The applicants are invited to attend the interviews in the branches of the agency, the applicants are interviewed through a committee that includes the trainers / trainers, and the non-financial services officer in the regional office where the program is located,
- The aim of the interview is to confirm the seriousness of each of them and their desire to set up a project and their ability to set up and manage it.
- The applicant's national ID card is reviewed for each applicant, data is matched on the form and a copy is obtained,
Admission is based on a Score System prepared for this purpose according to the criteria.
How can I know I am acceptable?
- Those who are accepted are notified by phone or by e-mail.
How is the training program implemented?
- The number of attendees in each program ranges between 18 to 26 male / female trainees (at least 30% of women)
- Training supplies are delivered to each trainee
- Each hospitality program for the trainees includes (water - drinks - snacks)
- The trainees who pass the program receive plastic certificates
Why are the trainees being followed?
- The establishment of projects or the development of existing ones is the direct result of the training program (OUTCOME). Therefore, business trainees (trainees) are monitored periodically to determine the development of procedures for establishing each project, and the assistance they need to complete the establishment of their projects.
The concern for women’s economic empowerment is a priority on the agenda of the Government of Egypt and social partners as well as non-governmental organizations, and the international community. Despite the various efforts, women are disproportionately represented in the workforce and the business arena. As women in Egypt still struggle to take their rightful place in the economy, it is of great importance to support them by developing the enabling environment, including for entrepreneurship development. This is particularly applicable to the rural economy with the systemic barriers that let many women entrepreneurs stay confined to informal and very small businesses.
Initiatives to support and empower women
Work on these initiatives is carried out through government agencies and civil society organizations in all governorates of the Republic and in cooperation with the regional offices of the agency and the list in all governorates of Egypt.
Through these initiatives, training needs are identified and women are qualified in many trades to integrate them into the labor market.
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GET AHEAD Program
Training conditions:
Required documents
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Women In Business (WIB) Program
Training conditions:
Criteria for selecting projects / companies and the conditions that must be met for companies to benefit from the program:
Required documents
Target groups:
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Women Economic Empowerment Program
For more details, please click on the following link:
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"I am a leader" for junior female entrepreneurs:
For more details, please click on this link
Women Leading Day initiative
For more details, please click on this link
Bodies that support women's empowerment initiatives:
The National Council for Women
Overview
The National Council for Women is an independent national council, which is affiliated with the President of the Republic established by Law No. 30 of 2018.The Council aims to promote women's rights and freedoms, their development and protection, as it aims to spread awareness of them, contribute to ensuring their exercise, and consolidate the values of equality, equal opportunity and non-discrimination, all in accordance with the provisions The constitution, and in light of the international agreements and conventions ratified by Egypt.
Contact Information:
Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise Development Agency
The MSMEDA is the authority concerned with the development of medium, small and micro enterprises and entrepreneurship, either directly or through coordinating the efforts of all agencies, NGOs and initiatives working in the field of those projects, or through what it establishes or contributes to it.
The agency was established by a decision of the Prime Minister No. 947 of 2017 and amended by Resolution No. 2370 of 2018, to be directly affiliated with the Prime Minister.
Contact Information:
