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Is this the quarter when micro projects start going legit?
Small and micro projects are being urged to adopt digital payments by the Financial Regulatory Authority, which has launched its…
Micro-lending app Cassbana raises USD 1 mn+ from Distruptech
Microfinance startup Cassbana has raised USD 1 mn+ in a funding round led by Disruptech, former Fawry CEO Mohamed Okasha’s…
Fawry Microfinance to obtain EGP 310 mn loans from EAEF, Banque Misr
Fawry Microfinance greenlights EGP 310 mn debt to fuel expansion: Fawry subsidiary Fawry Microfinance is taking on an EGP 160…
Covid may have sparked a fintech revolution
2020 was the year e-payments went mainstream: Central bank data from around the world has shown the pandemic has coincided…
Infrastructure YiR Recap
As 2020 draws to a close, we’re running a recap of our Hardhat Year in Review issues. In part 1,…
Making It Season Three: Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here? Our guests in season three of Making It lead businesses that have endured devaluation,…
Egypt in the News on 27 December 2020
It’s a really mixed bag for Egypt in the international press, with a handful of eternal tropes (from antiquities in…
Also on our radar on 23 December 2020
Al Azhar issued a fatwa confirming that joining the Ikhwan is religiously forbidden on grounds that the group has engaged…
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