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Careem in talks with banks in Egypt to finance drivers’ cars
Ride-hailing app Careem is in talks with three Egyptian banks to expand financing plans for Careem drivers who want to…
CBE looking into issuing digital currency
Central bank still poking into crypto: The CBE is still working on feasibility studies on the potential issuance of a…
The airwaves were abuzz with praise for El Sisi’s speech in Vienna on digitization
El Sisi in Austria dominates airwaves: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s speech at the High-Level Africa Europe-Forum was (expectedly) the…
Too much screen time can be physically changing youth’s brains, early study finds
Too much screen time can physically change your child’s brain: A study funded by the National Institute of Health suggests…
Careem diversifies with the launch of a delivery service
Careem launches delivery service in Saudi and the UAE: Careem has launched Careem Now, a separate app that aims to…
Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza makes Uber’s list of “most popular travel destination in 2018”
Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza makes Uber’s list of “most popular travel destination in 2018,” according to the Uber Newsroom. Topping…
Egypt’s CIB sets up VC arm CVentures to invest in fintech startups
CIB launches corporate venture capital arm: Our friends at CIB have launched a captive venture capital arm, CVentures, to invest…
Central Bank of Egypt could raise ceiling for mobile lending
The CBE is studying raising the credit ceiling for mobile nano-lending to EGP 1000-1500, up from EGP 500 currently, banking…
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