mena sme banking conference 2016

8 December 2016 | Cairo, Egypt

Registration: www.events.smebanking.club | (+2) 0100 167 0 138 | [email protected]

Date: 8 December 2016. Venue: Hotel Sofitel Cairo El Gezirah, Cairo, Egypt

Organized by: SME Banking Club and Big Time International

Middle East & North Africa

SME BANKING Conference 2016

SMEs banking 360 degrees

ORGANIZERS

GENERAL SPONSOR

BANKING | FACTORING | LEASING | INSURANCE

STRATEGIC PARTNER

STRATEGIC PARTNER

ABOUT THE EVENT

The objective: to picture banking and non-banking financial institutions as integrated commercial offer to

SMEs rather than competitors. Promote insurance guarantee as main driver for SME banking and non-

banking growth. Promote awareness of banking and financial institutions namely: leasing, factoring and

insurance to SME clients and SME community.

EVENT SUPPORTER MEDIA PARTNER

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MENA SME Banking Conference 8 December 2016 | Cairo, Egypt Registration: www.events.smebanking.club | (+2) 0100 167 0 138 | [email protected]



Meet speakers and moderators - international and regional SME experts:

Mohamed Antably Head of SME Banking and

Microfinance division QNB AA

Bassam Azab Business Risk Services Grant Thornton, UAE

Nermin El-Tahry General Manager

Banking Reform Sector Central Bank of Egypt

Yuriy Voychak CEO

SME finance company, UA / Project manager, China

Hamdy Azzam Head of SME Committee

Federation of Egyptian Banks

Mohamed Zakaria MSME and Capacity Building

Consultant USAID SEED project

Hayder Al-Bagdadi Head of the GIZ projects

MFMR & PAFSME projects

Alaa El Sakty Chairman

Association of the investors of SME

Daker Abdella Board Member

Egyptian Union for Construction Contractors

Mohamed Yehia Amiri Head of Marketing and Business Development,

SAIBank

Shahinaz Rashad Executive Director Egyptian Financial

Supervisory Authority (EFSA)

Mohamed Refaat Managing Director

I-Score

Ola El Khawaga Director

Research & Awareness Dep., Egyptian Banking Institute

Reem El Saady Principle Manager ASB

SME Finance & Dev. Group, EBRD

Andrey Gidulyan Founder

SME Banking Club Ukraine / Poland

Walie Lotfy Head of Proximity Banking -

Distribution Credit Agricole, Egypt



9:00-9:15 | Andrey Gidulyan, SME Banking Club, Hayder Al-Bagdadi, GIZ. Welcome note

12:00-12:30 | Andrey Gidulyan, SME Banking Club. Global SMEs banking

SESSION 1. AN OVERVIEW FOR SME’S PLATFORM. MODERATOR: MOHAMED ANTABLY

9:15-9:45 | Nermin El-Tahry, Central Bank of Egypt. SMEs Banking Regulations and landscape

9:45-10:15 | Hamdy Azzam, Federation of Egyptian Banks. SME landscape between two eras

SESSION 2. SME’S BEST PRACTICES : INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL. MODERATOR: ANDREY GIDULYAN

11:30-12:00 | Coffee Break & Networking

11:00-11:30 | Mohamed Antably, QNB Egypt. Strategies of SMEs banking and financial services

12:30-13:00 | Yurii Voychak, SME finance company. SME lending project experience. Case studies - China

13:00-13:30 | Reem El Saady, EBRD. EBRD SME Finance and development program

14:30-15:30 | Lunch Time

SESSION 3. ACTIONS ON THE GROUND: THE SUCCESS FORMULA : STRATEGIES, CONTEXT, AND SUPPORT. MODERATOR: WALIE LOTFY

15:30-15:50 | Shahinaz Rashad, EFSA. EFSA regulations building supporting SME

15:50-16:10 | Alaa El-Sakty, SME Investors Association. SME needs and how they see banks and FI

16:10-16:30 | Daker Abdella, Union for Construction Contractors. How SME regard banks and what they

need

16:30-16:50 | Mohamed Zakaria, USAID SEEDS. Non-financial and non-lending services for SMEs

17:30-17:45 | Conclusion & Closing Remarks

10:15-10:30 | Ola El Khawaga, Egyptian Banking Institute. EBI support and activities to the SME sector

10:30-11:00 | Mohamed Refaat, I-Score. I-Score Initiative supporting SME’s in Egypt

13:30-14:00 | Bassam Azab, Grant Thornton, UAE. Factoring - best practices (GCC success, recent lessons)

14:00-14:30 | Mohamed Amiri, SAIBank. SME risk assessment in banks vs. leasing and factoring

16:50-17:10 | Naglaa Bahr, CGC. Mechanism of Credit Guarantee in promoting SME lending

Date: 8 December 2016. Venue: Hotel Sofitel Cairo El Gezirah, Cairo,Egypt


17:10-17:30 | Q & A session

8:30-9:00 | Welcome coffee & Registration




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Website: www.elsewedyelectric.com

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ABOUT ELSEWEDY ELECTRIC

Promotion of Access to Financial Services for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt

Providing jobs to millions, SMEs form the backbone of any strong economy. Their capacity for innovation, job cre-ation and ability to adapt to ever-changing business environments makes them a vital building block for economic growth and prosperity. Despite being the largest SME hub in the Middle East, Egypt’s SMEs face multiple challeng-es including legal and regulatory issues, lack of technology adoption, unskilled workers, and, particularly dampen-ing SME growth, access to suitable financial services. Securing formal financing often requires SMEs to undergo long and tedious procedures, forcing many to rely on informal ways to finance their ventures instead.

Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs), such as leasing, factoring, equity finance or insurance companies, can help solve this financing gap by providing financial services outside the banking system. NBFIs can thus provide a wide range of tailored services to SMEs complementary to the services offered by traditional banks. While large in potential, the use of non-bank financial services for SMEs is still in its infancy.

Financial services offered to SMEs by NBFIs are strengthened with regard to positive employment effects.

The project consists of five main areas of intervention, bringing together relevant actors of the public and private sector:

1. Improving the legal and regulatory framework for NBFIs. The project provides technical assistance to the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) in order to support their effort to establish and enable a suitable legal and regulatory framework for SME finance in Egypt.

2. Strengthening the financial market infrastructure. In order to expand credit guarantee schemes and thus make providing financial services to SMEs more attractive, the project supports the Credit Guarantee Company (CGC) by enhancing its institutional and human capacities. Furthermore, it supports the Financial Ser-vices Institute (FSI), EFSA’s research and training institute, in developing demandoriented training programmes for NBFIs.

3. Developing the capacities of selected NBFIs. The project provides technical support at the individual and institutional level to selected NBFIs to help them improve their services to SME clients.

4. Improving access to finance for young companies (startups). The project supports the development and adoption of innovative but also more traditional equity and debt financing instruments to improve the access to finance for young,growth-oriented entrepreneurs.

5. Promoting insurance for SMEs and their employees. The project supports insurance providers in devel-oping new insurance products and distribution channels in order to increase uptake among SMEs and their employees.

Read more: www.giz.de/egypt.

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