The increase of women on the boards of Egyptian companies has slowed according to the latest report by the country’s Women on Boards Observatory.
The increase of women on the boards of Egyptian companies has slowed according to the latest report by the country’sWomen on Boards Observatory. The report revealed continued progress in women’s representation on corporate boards but warned of a noticeable slowdown in growth over the past two years. It said 2025 was a “turning point” in the eight-year journey toward achieving the national target of 30% female representation on boards by 2030. Women’s representation across listed companies, banks, non-banking financial services, and public enterprises reached 24.8% in 2025, up from 24.3% in 2024 – a 148% increase since the founding of the Women on Boards Observatory but a modest annual growth rate of 2.1%. The non-banking financial services sector had the highest number of women with 26.9% on boards, followed by Egyptian Exchange listed companies at 22.3% and banks at 22.1%. The public enterprise sector remained the lowest at 11.8%.
The Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation manage the Women on Boards Observatory at the Onsi Sawiris School of Business at The American University in Cairo. It was the observatory’s 8th annual report released at an event at the university’s New Cairo campus on 19 May. Representatives of partner organisations, policymakers, academics and business leaders came to hear the details of the report.
