Welcome to Egyptian Businessmen’s Association

EBA was founded in 1975 and ratified in 1979 under the law 32/1964. EBA is a non-governmental, non-for-profit organization that seeks to unify the efforts of private Egyptian interests in contributing to the productivity and efficient national economic and social development of Egypt. In order to carry out these duties, EBA had to be in the first place a lobbying power on behalf of the Egyptian business community to protect its interests and enhance the private sector existence

Presently, the Egyptian economy does not act under planned forces but rather under the free market forces. With all these privatization programs and the growing private sector share in the GDP together with the globalization process.

EBA Objectives

To create a healthy economic environment for the businessmen in order to practice a constructive role in the economic development process.
To address economic issues and problems facing the business community through an effective dialogue with Government officials and authorities.
To strengthen the role of the Business community in the economic decision-making policy with the aim of better application of laws and regulations resulting in a higher level of performance.
To support the role of the Egyptian business community in the globalization process by enhancing the competitiveness of the Egyptian products in the foreign & local markets, and attracting foreign investment to development projects.

EBA Latest Events

Information Technology Committee Meeting

16/02/2026

The EBA held a seminar organized by the Information Technology Committee of the Association under the chairmanship of Mr. Hassanein Tawfik, Chairman of the Committee, the seminar was held with Dr. Mohamed Hegazy - Consultant of Digital Legislation and Intellectual Property and former Chairman of the Legislation and Laws Committee at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, with the participation and presence of a group of committee members and members of the Association working in the information technology sector and all different economic sectors and representatives of its executive management. The seminar was held under the title: "The Impact of the Issuance of the Personal Data Protection Law and its Executive Regulations on the Business Sector in Egypt" and opened the door for questions and discussions on this important topic.

At the invitation of the Senate Committee on Financial, Economic and Investment Affairs

15/02/2026

The Society participated in attending the aforementioned hearing at the Senate headquarters through: Counselor Bahjat Al-Hossami - Chairman of the Economic Legislation Committee of the Association Dr. Fatima Salah - Vice Chairman of the Economic Legislation Committee of the Society Dr. Mohamed Youssef, Executive Director of the Society Mr. Rasha Abdel Hadi - Head of the Specialized Committees and Government Relations Sector at the Society

Seminar organized by the Rose Al-Yousef Foundation

14/02/2026

The association participated in attending a seminar organized by the Rose Al-Yousef Foundation under the title: - "The Agricultural Sector in Light of Egypt's Vision 2030", where the invitation was sent to the Agriculture and Irrigation Committee of the Association to give a speech, within the framework of the national and media role of the Foundation in supporting sustainable development issues and highlighting the institutional efforts supporting the agricultural sector at the headquarters of the Rose Al-Youssef Press Foundation (98 A Kasr Al-Aini Street – Garden City).

EBA Membership

There are three types of membership: corporate, original and associate. The membership list consists of carefully chosen number of prominent businessmen in Egypt who occupy leading and decision making positions in the business community. The membership covers a wide range of economic activities.
Conditions of Membership

Corporate Member

The company is registered as an EBA member, it is represented by a maximum of 3 persons: one principal and two affiliate members. The principal member enjoys all the benefits and rights given to the original member including attending ...

Original Member

Is the member who applied for membership and fulfilled all the conditions and is accepted by EBA board. The original member has the right to attend the General assembly meeting and to nominate himself to be a member in EBA’s board.

Associate Member

The associate member is associated to an original member, he enjoys all the benefits and rights given to the Original member except for the right of attending the General Assembly Meeting and to nominate himself to be a board member.