Welcome to Egyptian Businessmen’s Association

EBA was founded in 1975 and ratified in 1979 under the law 32/1964. EBA is a non-governmental, non-for-profit organization that seeks to unify the efforts of private Egyptian interests in contributing to the productivity and efficient national economic and social development of Egypt. In order to carry out these duties, EBA had to be in the first place a lobbying power on behalf of the Egyptian business community to protect its interests and enhance the private sector existence

Presently, the Egyptian economy does not act under planned forces but rather under the free market forces. With all these privatization programs and the growing private sector share in the GDP together with the globalization process.

EBA Objectives

To create a healthy economic environment for the businessmen in order to practice a constructive role in the economic development process.
To address economic issues and problems facing the business community through an effective dialogue with Government officials and authorities.
To strengthen the role of the Business community in the economic decision-making policy with the aim of better application of laws and regulations resulting in a higher level of performance.
To support the role of the Egyptian business community in the globalization process by enhancing the competitiveness of the Egyptian products in the foreign & local markets, and attracting foreign investment to development projects.

EBA Latest Events

Meeting with the Egyptian Commercial Representation

09/07/2025

EBA, headed and in the presence of Eng. Ali Issa - Chairman, held a meeting organized by the Export Committee headed by Dr. Walid Gamal El-Din - Chairman of the Committee and in the presence of Eng. Ali Abdel Qader - First Vice Chairman of the Committee and Eng. Ahmed Sobhi Mansour, Second Vice Chairman of the Committee for Agricultural Export, with Dr. Abdel Aziz El-Sherif - Head of the Egyptian Commercial Representation, and in the presence of Minister Plenipotentiary of Trade / Alaa Al-Baili, Director of the Investment Promotion Affairs Department, Commercial Consultant / Tarek Kashou - Director of the Councils Unit And business clusters, commercial consultant / Mohamed Helmy, Director of the Estimates and Crises Unit, with the aim of discuss on the strategy and plan of the agency during the next phase to develop Egyptian exports and how to maximize the benefit of the trade agreements signed between Egypt and many countries

Round Table with Head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt

25/06/2025

EBA has held a meeting with H.E. Amb. Angelina Eichhorst, Head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt and the League of Arab States headed by Eng. Ali Eissa, Chairman of EBA and attended by Eng. Magd Eldin El Manzalawi, Secretary General of EBA, and with the presence of some of EBA committee chairmen and their deputies, and a number of members of EBA

Meeting with Association of Thai Software Industry (ATSI)

25/06/2025

EBA has held a meeting with a Thai delegation from Association of Thai Software Industry (ATSI), the meeting was headed by Dr. Mohamed Farouk Sabry, Chairman of Egypt Thailand Business Council and Mr. Narat Saraman, President of the Thai Association

EBA Membership

There are three types of membership: corporate, original and associate. The membership list consists of carefully chosen number of prominent businessmen in Egypt who occupy leading and decision making positions in the business community. The membership covers a wide range of economic activities.
Conditions of Membership

Corporate Member

The company is registered as an EBA member, it is represented by a maximum of 3 persons: one principal and two affiliate members. The principal member enjoys all the benefits and rights given to the original member including attending ...

Original Member

Is the member who applied for membership and fulfilled all the conditions and is accepted by EBA board. The original member has the right to attend the General assembly meeting and to nominate himself to be a member in EBA’s board.

Associate Member

The associate member is associated to an original member, he enjoys all the benefits and rights given to the Original member except for the right of attending the General Assembly Meeting and to nominate himself to be a board member.