About Iqraa Trust
Our Mission
Our Mission is to uplift the quality of life for all South Africans from impoverished backgrounds by promoting and supporting humanitarian programmes that are designed to help those who are most in need, to help themselves.
We intend to use the resources that are placed at our disposal to develop and implement solutions that will empower people to obtain knowledge and skills and to contribute positively towards the building of a better society in South Africa irrespective of race, colour or creed.
The Late Shaikh Saleh Kamel Founder of Iqraa Trust
Dr Mahmoud Youssef Baker is an economist, banker and philanthropist from Egypt. He was the economic adviser of sheikh Saleh Kamel, one of the founding directors of Albaraka Bank and the founder of the Iqraa Trust knowledge centre. He is the first Executive chairman of both Iqraa Trust and the Orphans Endowment Fund. Dr Baker is also one of the academic moderators of banking, finance and governance at Regent Business School and a member of the board of trustees of the Durban University of Technology Foundation.
The First Executive Chairman of Iqraa Trust, Dr. Mahmoud Youssef Baker