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Valu gets FRA nod to enter SME lending
Plus: FRA greenlights three non-banking financial activity licenses, including the country’s first third-party healthcare administrator
EFG Corp-Solutions and Infinity ink EV charger leasing agreement
Plus: Our natural gas import bill will jump 26% y-o-y next fiscal year
Kiwe gets Central Bank green light to launch nationwide
The startup is backed by our friends at EFG Hermes, Valu, Cairo Capital, Dfin Holding, Marakez Group, and EFG EV
Growing stablecoin use threatens monetary control in emerging markets
Stablecoins have become a tool for bypassing government-imposed restrictions on foreign currency access
Fawry secures FRA license for a new EGP 60 mn micro-ins. arm
Fawry will add ins. services to its massive existing digital payment network
Valu clears secondary sale to institutional investors
The sale pencils out to EGP 603 mn, valuing the homegrown BNPL at roughly EGP 24.1 bn, by our math
IBF & Company doubles down on logistics with Techno Metal acquisition
Plus: Lucky lands USD 23 mn in Series B round, Madinet Masr launches Day 2 Night integrated complex
Instapay hits profitability as demand keeps up one year into 0.1% transaction fee
Instapay has also become the bridge between bank accounts and mobile network operator-run e-wallets, representing some 65% of incoming funds
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