El Araby eyes export growth through USD 480 mn factory push

El Araby targets export growth + localization with multi-mn-USD investment

El Araby Group is planning a USD 480 mn expansion in New Quesna City over the next five years, according to an Industry Ministry statement. While details about the homeware appliances manufacturer’s plan for the city are few and far between, what we do know is that it targets increasing exports and the ratio of local components used in production, which it claims already reaches 90% for some of its products.

E-finance sees broad-based growth in 2025

State-owned fintech giant E-finance reported a 35.4% increase in net income to EGP 2.4 bn in FY 2025, fueled by broad-based growth across the group’s core business segments, which pushed revenue up 30% y-o-y to EGP 6.8 bn, according to its latest earnings release (pdf). Growth was largely led by the cloud hosting segment, which jumped by 51% y-o-y to EGP 2.4 bn following new large-scale contracts and expanded client services. Also, transaction revenue rose 29.9% y-o-y during the year to EGP 2.7 bn, driven by higher throughput from variable-fee transactions.

Ibnsina Pharma’s financials surge, market share dips

EGX-listed Ibnsina Pharma’s bottom line jumped 54.9% y-o-y in FY 2025 to EGP 952 mn, it said in its latest earnings release (pdf). Meanwhile, revenue came in at EGP 76.6 bn, up 37.2% y-o-y, primarily driven by a 36.3% y-o-y increase in pharmacy revenues, which hit EGP 39.8 bn to account for nearly half of total top-line volume. Wholesale revenues also grew 33.8% y-o-y during the year to EGP 24.8 bn, while tenders and private hospitals revenues jumped 52.2% y-o-y to EGP 15 bn.

Market share: Despite the company’s strong financial performance, the distributor’s market share dipped slightly to 30.2% from 30.8% in FY 2024.

Fawry sees top-line + bottom-line growth in 2025

EGX-listed fintech giant Fawry saw its net income surge 79.8% y-o-y in 2025 to around EGP 2.9 bn, according to its latest earnings release (pdf). Its top line rose 57% y-o-y to EGP 8.7 bn for the same period thanks to “robust” growth across its business lines.

Behind the growth: Financial services led growth — it contributed 43.6% to the y-o-y top-line growth — with revenues up 135% y-o-y to EGP 2.4 bn. Revenues from banking services were up 52% y-o-y to EGP 3.5 bn, while alternative digital payments saw a 17.6% y-o-y jump in revenues.

In 4Q terms: Fawry’s net income rose 70.7% y-o-y in 4Q 2025, reaching EGP 853.6 mn. Revenues for the period climbed 55.6% y-o-y to around EGP 2.6 bn.

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