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

Joint meeting of the Banking and Finance – Export Committees

14/08/2023

EBA organized a joint meeting of Banking and Finance Committee headed by Mr. Hassan Hussein – and Export Committee headed by Eng. Fadel Marzouk in the presence of Eng. Magd El-Din Al-Manzalawi, Secretary-General of EBA and Chairman of the Industry and Scientific Research Committee, with the participation of senior export finance officials in the following Egyptian banks: Export Development Bank of Egypt, National Bank of Egypt, Commercial International Bank (CIB), Banque du Caire, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) In the presence of a large number of representatives of the private sector, , with the aim of opening the door for dialogue and discussion and identifying “Egyptian export financing programs to achieve a great boom in accordance with the state's plan and the main role of banks in achieving this”

Real Estate Development and Contracting Committee Working Group Meeting

07/08/2023

Real Estate Development and Contracting Committee Working Group Meeting with the aim of opening the door for discussion regarding: "Arrangements and preparations to be taken to develop a plan for the reconstruction of neighboring countries."

Agreement to establish a joint Business Council with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan

31/07/2023

EBA headed by Eng. Ali Eissa, EBA Chairman, signed an agreement to establish a joint business council with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan, in the presence of Amb. Mansurbek Kilychev, the ambassador of Uzbekistan to Egypt, and Amb. Amira Fahmy, the Egyptian ambassador to Uzbekistan, and Mr. Davron Vakhapov, the President of the Chamber of Trade and Industry in Uzbekistan and Mr. Adel El - Lamei, Board Member and Chairman of the Transport Committee, Dr. Mohamed Youssef, Executive Director of EBA and Mrs. Dalia Youssef, Division Director of the International Relations, and Member Affairs.

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.