MEII is established as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation based in Washington DC. Berl Bernhard becomes the first Chair of the Board, which included Sec. Madelaine K. Albright, Henry E. Catto, William E. Mayer, and Ann McLaughlin Korologos.

In partnership with OPIC, PIF, and the Norwegian MFA, MEII launches its inaugural $160 million Loan Guarantee Facility (LGF1) at the Bethlehem investment conference.

Amb. Thomas Pickering and Mara Rudman join the MEII Board of Directors.

MEII approves its first guaranty for a commercial loan to a Palestinian SME.

Elizabeth Liechty, Randa Masri, George Salem and Nafez Husseini join the MEII Board of Directors.

MEII guarantees $16 million in loans from two local banks to help launch the second mobile phone operator in the West Bank.

MEII board of directors visit Ramallah.

MEII reaches $50 million in approved SME loans.

MEII guarantees $5 million for the first ever locally syndicated loan in the West Bank.

MEII guarantees the first ever commercial loan to a local microfinance intermediary.

Launch of Affordable Mortgage and Lending Company (AMAL), a $500 million mortgage facility to provide long-term housing loans.

MEII trained and developed the SME underwriting capabilities of 120 loan officers.

MEII adds another bank to LGF1 bringing the total number of participating banks to 9 representing 85% of the local credit market.

Ziad Asali joins the MEII Board of Directors.

MEII has created and/or sustained 5,000 private sector jobs.

MEII mourns the passing of board member Henry E. Catto.

Henrietta Fore, Lars Thunnel, Douglas Steenland and Stephen B. Ashley join the MEII Board of Directors.

Launch of Palestinian Political Risk Insurance (PPRI), a pilot project to insure goods in transit against damage at Israeli checkpoints.

Tunisia office is established.

MEII reaches $100 million in approved loans.

Ronald Bruder joins the MEII Board of Directors

In partnership with Sida, MEII launches a $20 million guaranty facility (SGF1) and technical assistance program for SMEs in the marginalized communities in Area C of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip.

Clare Muñana joins the MEII Board of Directors.

Henrietta Fore becomes Chair of the Board.

In partnership with OPIC, the $50 million Tunisian Credit Guaranty Facility (TCGF) is launched with three Tunisian banks.

MEII has created and/or sustained 15,000 private sector jobs.

John Negroponte, Cathy Isaacson, Betsy Cohen and Jonathan Fairbanks join the MEII Board of Directors.

First loan in Tunisia is approved.

MEII Board of Directors visit Ramallah.

In partnership with OPIC, MEII launches a $100 million revolving loan guaranty facility (LGF3).

For the first time ever in the West Bank, MEII includes a local microfinance intermediary under LGF3.

Palestinian Political Risk Insurance is terminated.

Teresa Ressel, Diane Morris, and Charles Dallara join the MEII Board of Directors.

MEII reaches $200 million in approved loans.

MEII board of directors visit Tunis

MEII expands SME financial literacy TA to Jordan.

MEII’s first loan guaranty facility (LGF1) is successfully completed.

Tamweeli adds personal loans as new product offering.

Ann Korologos becomes Chair.

Amb. Dwight L. Bush joins the MEII Board of Directors.

Board of Directors visit Jordan.

MEII celebrates its 10th Anniversary with a fundraiser dinner at the House of Sweden in Washington DC.

Tamweeli launched in Jordan.

Samer Asfour joins the MEII Board of Directors.

MEII featured in the Ripon Forum on Middle East Stability.

MEII financial literacy TA rounds 1,000 SMEs.

Tamweeli won an honorary mention as a product innovation of the year within the SME finance forum, global SME finance conference.

Carl Bildt, Amb. Martin Indyk, and Newman T. Halvorsen join the MEII Board of Directors.

MEII co-hosts event in Brussels with the Netherlands Permanent Representation to the EU on MENA job creation.

Virtual event with RAND Corporation on COVID-19’s economic impact in MENA;

Tamweeli launched in Tunisia.

30 financial intermediaries have joined Tamweeli.

Amb. Martin Indyk and George Salem become Joint Chairs of the Board.

MEII reaches $400 million in approved loans.

MEII launched a follow on $30 million guarantee facility (SGF2) with Sida.

MEII starts financial literacy TA program for small and micro businesses under the USAID funded “Iqla3” project in Jordan.

MEII adds insurance products on the Tamweeli matchmaking platform.

David Wade joins the MEII Board of Directors.

40 financial intermediaries have joined Tamweeli.

MEII mourns the passing of founding board member the Honorable Madelaine Albright.

MEII reaches $500 million in approved loans.

MEII has created and/or sustained 40,000 private sector jobs.

Sir Ronald Cohen joins the MEII Board of Directors.

Tamweeli successfully matches $20 million in SME loans.

MEII mourns the passing of former chair of the Board Ann Korologos.

MEII financial literacy TA reaches 2,000 SMEs.

MEII Board of Directors visit Ramallah.

Tamweeli reaches 10,000 registered users.  

MEII reaches $600 million in approved loans.

GIZ-IFIN program launched in Jordan.

Cathy Isaacson becomes Chair of the Board.

John Glazer, Mac Bernstein, and Bashar Masri join the MEII Board of Directors.

50 financial intermediaries have joined Tamweeli.

MEII’s second loan guaranty facility (SGF1) is successfully completed.

MEII mourns the passing of former chair of the board Ambassador Martin Indyk.

Ambassador Tom Nides, Ambassador Tim Broas, Reem Gussous, and Toni Verstandig, join the MEII Board of Directors.

MEII’s Tunisian Credit Guaranty Facility is successfully completed.