SPEED ROUND: GENDER PARITY

Women made up only 13% of board seats in Egypt’s companies in 2020

Women made up only 13% of board seats in Egypt’s companies in 2020, with a total of 714 holding seats, up 30% y-o-y from 2019, the Women on Boards Observatory annual report states. Just over 57% of EGX-listed companies have at least one woman on their boards, up from 46.5% in 2019, said the report.…