Wednesday
February 5
2020

Paymob, Tamweely Team up to Empower Female Entrepreneurs

Paymob has signed a tripartite cooperation agreement with Tamweely Microfinance and AWEF, the Arab Women’s Enterprise Fund, with the aim of increasing financial and digital opportunities for female entrepreneurs in Egypt, within the broader context of the #AcceptTheChange campaign.

The signing of the agreement was attended by Amr Abu Al-Azm, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of Tamweely, Ahmed Khorshid, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of Tamweely, Islam Shawky, CEO and Managing Director of Paymob, and Chloe Gueguen, Financial Inclusion Director at AWEF.

The #AcceptTheChange campaign will initially aim to empower 250 female merchants (and their female clients) by availing e-payment solutions that will allow the selected entrepreneurs to further benefit from a booming digital economy in Egypt.

Photo courtesy of WorldFish.

Source: Zawya (link opens in a new window)

Categories
Finance, Technology
Tags
digital inclusion, digital payments, financial inclusion, microfinance