Emirates NBD Egypt works to expand opportunity, strengthen our community and improve the quality of life of our under-banked population by strategically investing in our social commitments.

Social investments allow us to leverage our assets and intervene in places not well served by the private financial sector. We focus our social investments in several key areas:

Enhancing youth employment – providing opportunities for youth, especially disadvantaged youth, through training, mentoring, career networks, capacity building and other efforts
Advocating for people with disabilities – by introducing universally accessible branches, enhancing employment opportunities for people with disabilities in our organization, and by launching wide-scale sensitivity training
Offering volunteering opportunities for staff – through our dedicated Exchanger Programme that provides our 2,300-strong workforce with regular volunteering opportunities with leading not-for-profits
Enhancing women’s empowerment – through employment, entrepreneurship and skills development
Improving financial literacy – to encourage astute financial decision making amongst our staff, clients and the general Egyptian community.

In 2017, we focused on launching our Exchanger Programme where we partnered with a broad range of Egypt’s leading not-for-profit organizations. Our goal here is shared value, where we not only support the vital work of not-for-profits across Egypt but also provide our staff with regular volunteering opportunities.

Now in 2018, we are focusing on launching our social investment programs related to youth employment and advocating for people with disabilities. As part of the continued roll-out of our CSR strategy, we will focus on our two remaining strategic pillars; enabling women’s empowerment and enhancing financial literacy, from mid-2018 onwards.

It is also important to note that whilst we occasionally fund a program or organization directly, we more often work with partners such as community institutions to strategically target an impact area.

Organizations with prospective projects should acquaint themselves with Emirates NBD’s programs that most closely aligns with their activities. Our social investing and program team work together to review proposals.