Saudi Arabia backs Egypt’s digital future, crafts with $6.4m grant

Saudi Arabia backs Egypt’s digital future, crafts with $6.4m grant

Saudi Arabia backs Egypt's digital future, crafts with $6.4m grant

Saudi Arabia backs Egypt's digital future, crafts with $6.4m grant

Saudi Arabia backs Egypt's digital future, crafts with $6.4m grant

Rania Al-Mashat. (REUTERS)

Saudi Arabia backs Egypt's digital future, crafts with $6.4m grant

The bank's portfolio in the medium, small and micro enterprises sector is worth about $600 million

Updated 16 November 2020

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CAIRO: Saudi Arabia has given one of Egypt's largest banks a $6.4 million grant to finance digital transformation and encourage local crafts programs in the country.

Egypt's Minister of International Cooperation, Rania Al-Mashat, said on Saturday that the Saudi Grant Management Committee funding for the Bank of Alexandria will strengthen financing mechanisms to support small, medium and micro enterprises, and create job opportunities.

The Saudi Arabia Grant Committee has funded 2,180 projects so far in