Tanzanian bankers tap skills from Egyptian Banking Institute

 

Tanzanian bankers tap skills from Egyptian Banking Institute

DODOMA, Tanzania, 20  December 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Within the framework of the Egyptian Banking Institute's strategy to develop the human capital in the African banking sector, the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI), the training arm of the Central Bank of Egypt, has successfully launched the first round of “EBI Executive Program” for the African banking sector. The program aims at developing the executive leadership talents and competencies as well as enriching technical knowledge for the senior executives from the African banking and financial sectors by raising the efficiency of human cadres working in these sectors.

The program was conducted during the period from 23rd to 27th of October in Cairo with the participation of a number of senior executives from four banks in Tanzania and Zambia. During the program, the latest trends and developments in various topics were discussed and presented such as Strategy, Sustainability, Corporate Governance, Agility, Disruptive Innovation, Dealing with the Media and Banking Digital Transformation. The in-class training program has been designed to include different training methodologies based on case studies, simulation game, and role-playing activities in order to achieve the utmost benefit of the program.    In this context, Dr. Abdel Aziz Nossier, the Executive Director of the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI), said: “The African continent is an important pillar in our strategy, therefore we continually develop cooperation opportunities and implement training programs that invest in the human capital within the African financial and banking sectors.”     Dr. Nossier expressed his happiness with the participation of several senior executives from various African banks in the first round of the program, adding that several rounds of program are planned to be conducted in the future in other African countries including Sudan and Rwanda.    He added, "The EBI Executive program targeting senior executives in the African banking sector comes as a continuation of EBI's efforts over the past years to intensify its activities in the African continent with the aim of supporting the development of human capital, where EBI has provided its training services for more than 4000 trainees from 44 African countries till now.”    It is worth mentioning that EBI is constantly working on developing and increasing the diversity of its programs offered to the African banking sector, whether by receiving trainees at EBI's headquarters or through interactive distance learning programs.