Naguib Sawiris's battery-swapping group has built the largest network of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa. Whether each cabinet earns back the batteries it cycles is a question it has not answered.
The move effectively places the Senegalese fintech company in control of all transactions related to the reloading and unloading of online player accounts, starting January 30, 2025.
One of Breadfast’s key investors, VNV Global AB, disclosed that its 8.6% stake in the startup is now valued at $23.1 million, up from an initial investment of $16.9 million in 2021.
Originally designed to support up to 15 startups, including early-stage ventures, i3’s third cohort will now concentrate on a few select companies with proven traction and the potential to scale quickly.
Naguib Sawiris's battery-swapping group has built the largest network of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa. Whether each cabinet earns back the batteries it cycles is a question it has not answered.
In the space of a fortnight, a handful of browser games built by Nigerian developers has generated more attention, and more argument, than the country’s game industry has seen in years. The question is whether any of it constitutes a market.