EBRD, EU expand support for women entrepreneurs across southern and eastern Mediterranean
Women-led businesses in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia are gaining wider access to funding and business expertise through a regional inclusion initiative. The support is aimed at helping entrepreneurs grow operations, create jobs and strengthen local communities across the southern and eastern Mediterranean.
Highlights
- The EBRD and EU expanded their Financial Inclusion Programme to support women entrepreneurs in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia with financing and technical advice.
- The programme enables participating small businesses to accelerate commercial growth, gain market access, and benefit from targeted expert guidance.
- Expanding businesses supported by the initiative are generating jobs and broader economic opportunities, particularly in markets with constrained capital and technical resources.
Financial inclusion support across four markets
As reported by EBRD, women entrepreneurs in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia are using backing from the bank and the European Union to expand their businesses and improve access to finance and know-how.Through the Financial Inclusion Programme, the support combines funding with expert advice, with the aim of helping business owners turn ambition into sustainable commercial growth. The initiative highlights how improved financial access and technical guidance can help smaller enterprises scale in markets across the region.
Business growth and community impact
The programme is supporting companies that are not only expanding their operations but also creating jobs and opening new opportunities in their communities. That broadens the economic impact beyond the businesses themselves, particularly in markets where access to capital and specialist expertise can remain limited.The EBRD says the stories of participating entrepreneurs show how this model is strengthening both businesses and local communities across the southern and eastern Mediterranean region.
Our earlier article on the World Bank Group’s push to mobilise private capital for developing economies described how the lender has increased the use of guarantees and other risk-sharing tools to draw in private funding. We also noted that, despite stronger headline mobilisation, the strategy has faced scrutiny over transparency and whether enough investment is reaching the lowest-income countries and delivering clear development outcomes.
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