SME Development and Entrepreneurship Consulting in Egypt

Our team comes with a solid foundation in the world of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) development and entrepreneurship. CID works on taking the SME through a full-fledged journey to support SMEs reach their goal. Their journey starts with needs assessment, moving to developing strategies, building capacities as well as connecting SMEs with BDS service providers and helping them receive financial and non-financial services they need. Furthermore, technical assistance to SMEs has included mapping entrepreneurship ecosystems and value chain analysis to assist them in integrating with suppliers and clients.

Organizational and people transformation

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs to Digitize Ventures

Raseedy, a rapidly growing local fintech establishment, is a mobile wallet application that aims to facilitate tech-enabled financial inclusion across Egypt. Driven by a commitment to financial inclusion, Raseedy approached CID Consulting with an interest in designing a Women Empowerment Program, with the intent of training a cohort of high-potential women entrepreneurs to enhance their enterprises.

Improving learning outcomes for girls

USAID had a bold ambition to increase girls’ access to primary and preparatory education, and improve literacy and learning rates in Egyptian public schools. In order to do so, CID Consulting worked as part of a consortium led by RTI to implement the Girls Improved Learning Outcomes (GILO) project.

Launching a lending facility with consumer-driven communications

The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) wanted to expand its capacities in lending to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), to sustainably and effectively provide multi-purpose loans to MSMEs across the country.