{"id":242040,"date":"2020-05-06T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wp.enterpriseam-dev.com\/?post_type=podcasts&#038;p=242040"},"modified":"2026-01-22T11:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T11:27:28","slug":"microfinance-how-tanmeyah-kicked-off-an-industry","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/podcast\/microfinance-how-tanmeyah-kicked-off-an-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Microfinance: How Tanmeyah kicked off an industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Having served as Executive Advisor for Microfinance at Banque du Caire and then as head of the microfinance and SMEs division at the Bank of Alexandria, Amro Abouesh believed in private sector financing as a means to enable social mobility within the low income sector of society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By founding <a href=\"https:\/\/tanmeyah.com\/\">Tanmeyah<\/a> in 2009, Amro effectively launched private microfinance in Egypt and helped bring in Egypt\u2019s leading private equity, commercial and investment banks. 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