Agricultural Bank of Egypt ready to support, finance entrepreneurs’ projects in agricultural sector: Chairperson

Agricultural Bank of Egypt ready to support, finance entrepreneurs’ projects in agricultural sector: Chairperson

He also stressed the bank’s interest in developing the agricultural sector in Upper Egypt and providing all means of support to achieve this goal.

Farouk’s statements came on the side-lines of the graduation ceremony of 70 start-ups from the ‘Tanmeya wa Tatweer’ business incubator in Upper Egypt and the New Valley. It is the first agricultural business incubator in Egypt and is implemented by the Entrepreneurship Centre at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport and the Academy of Scientific Research, with the support of the Danish Partnership Programme through the African Development Bank and Donor Trust Fund.

The graduation ceremony was held under the auspices of Mahmoud Sakr — President of the Academy of Scientific Research — and in the presence of Ismail Abdel Ghaffar, President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport; along with Sherif Saleh, Head of the Upper Egypt Development Authority; Hanan Magdy, Deputy Governor of New Valley; Ghada Khalil, Director of the 2030 Pioneers Project of the Ministry of Planning; and representatives of the African Development Bank Samuel Komara, Jehan Al-Sukary; and a group of officials; experts; and those concerned with entrepreneurship.

Farouk praised the Tanmeya wa Tatweer project for its role in