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.

In line with Emirates NBD’s strategy to achieve sustainability through several social and economic projects aligned with the UN SDGs and Egypt vision 2030:

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 2018, we focused 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 focus on our two remaining strategic pillars, enabling women’s empowerment and enhancing financial literacy, from mid-2018 onwards.

In 2021 and 2022 we focused on launching several CSR projects serving the bank’s main Sustainability strategy and CSR pillars (Women empowerment, people with disabilities and youth employment) in collaboration with different NGOs and the Presidential Initiative Hayah Kareema.

We also initiated other projects serving some other SDGs as Economic growth, Zero Hunger and Good Health and Well-being.

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.