Early Warning System

Countries

Egypt

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Financial Institutions

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Approved

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Voting Date

Dec 2, 2025

Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.

Borrower

Tamweely Financial Services SAE

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Finance
Technical Cooperation

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Loan

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 5.26 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported EGP 250
Converted using 2025-12-02 exchange rate.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 5.26 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS Jun 10, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Feb 25, 2026

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to bank provided information, the project involves the provision of a senior unsecured loan in local currency of up to EGP 250 million (ca. EUR 4.5 million equivalent) in favour of Tamweely Financial Services SAE ("Tamweely" or the "Company"). The loan is under the Egypt Youth in Business ("YiB") programme, and will support Tamweely in on-lending to private youth-led and/or owned MSMEs in Egypt, particularly in remote regions. The loan will be accompanied by a comprehensive package of technical cooperation and investment incentives, funded by the European Union and EBRD Shareholder Special Fund, aimed at strengthening the capabilities of Tamweely and the sub-borrowers while alleviating the impact of macroeconomic turbulences and inflationary pressures on end-beneficiaries.

The loan aims at opening up economic opportunities for young people and promoting their access to finance by supporting the development of youth-led and/or owned enterprises and the non-bank financial services industry in Egypt.

Investment Description

Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Financial Intermediary

A financial intermediary is a bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank. A financial intermediary then lends these funds to their clients (private actors) in the form of loans, bonds, guarantees and equity shares. Financial intermediaries include insurance, pension and equity funds. The direct financial relationship is between the development bank and the financial intermediary.

Tamweely Financial Services SAE (Financial Intermediary)

Private Actors Description

A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

TAMWEELY FINANCIAL SERVICES SAE

Established in 2018, Tamweely is the fifth largest for-profit MSME lender in Egypt, with a market share of c. 8% amongst for-profit MSME Lenders. Tamweely has an outstanding net loan portfolio of c. USD 58m as of YE2024, and offers loans and ancillary financial services to income-generating microenterprises and SMEs. The company serves over 150,000 clients through its 230 branches across 21 governorates in Egypt. Tamweely is owned by SPE Capital (36.4%), EBRD (29.5%), TCV Tanmiya Capital Ventures (21.5%), and British International Investment (12.6%).

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Khaled Saad ElGriesy, Senior Treasury Manager
ksaad@tamweely.com.eg
+20 1226467478
www.tamweely.com.eg
World Trade Center Building, 1191 Corniche El Nile, Cairo, Egypt

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can request information by emailing: accessinfo@ebrd.com or by using this electronic form: https://www.ebrd.com/eform/information-request

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF EBRD

The Project Complaint Mechanism (PCM) is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the PCM, it may assess compliance with EBRD's own policies and procedures to prevent harm to the environment or communities or it may assist you in resolving the problem that led to the complaint through a dialogue with those implementing the project. Additionally, the PCM has the authority to recommend a project be suspended in the event that harm is imminent.

You can contact the PCM at: pcm@ebrd.com or you can submit a complaint online using an online form at: http://www.ebrd.com/eform/pcm/complaint_form?language=en

You can learn more about the PCM and how to file a complaint at: http://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/project-finance/project-complaint-mechanism.html