The Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority said its chairperson, Islam Azam, visited Cairo University as part of the authority’s efforts to build financial literacy among young people and university students. The visit was used to explain the authority’s supervisory role across the capital market, insurance, and non-bank financial activities, and to connect academic study with practical understanding of regulated financial markets. During the meeting with students, Azam outlined recent developments in Egypt’s non-bank financial sector, including the introduction of derivatives to the stock exchange, the launch of an index futures market, and the expected activation of securities borrowing and lending and market-maker mechanisms. He also pointed to growing youth interest in precious metals funds, stating that gold and silver funds recorded quarterly returns of more than 20% in the first quarter, and reiterated the authority’s oversight of those funds as well as consumer finance, mortgage finance, financial leasing, factoring, microfinance, and small and medium enterprise finance. A further presentation by the authority’s assistant chair covered the authority’s broader market-regulation role and its Iinvest platform, which is designed to improve understanding of non-bank financial services and their regulatory framework.
Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority2026-05-18
Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority steps up youth financial literacy outreach at Cairo University and highlights market reforms
The Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority reported that its chairperson, Islam Azam, visited Cairo University to promote financial literacy and explain the authority’s supervisory role across capital markets, insurance and non-bank financial activities. Azam highlighted recent non-bank market developments, including derivatives and index futures, and growing youth interest in precious metals funds, while officials also presented the authority’s broader regulatory role and its Iinvest platform for non-bank financial services.