The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Bank of Alexandria (Alexbank) signed yesterday a EUR 20 mn financing agreement to support SMEs in Egypt, according to an EIB statement picked up by Youm7. The agreement, which is part of the EIB’s Economic Resilience Initiative (ERI) and strategy to foster financial inclusion, marks EIB’s first credit line for SMEs through Alexbank.
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