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    A National Startup Unit Now Up and Running in Egypt: Here’s What It Offers Startups

    Egypt has officially launched a startup new unit. The Entrepreneurship and Startup Companies Unit,...

    Catalyst Fund’s Investment Series: Tanzania’s Waste-to-Protein Startup BioBuu Joins the List

    Catalyst Fund, a leading impact investor in Africa, has announced an investment in BioBuu,...

    Shorooq Partners, Backers of Egypt’s Breadfast, Closes Second Credit Fund at $100 Million

    Shorooq Partners, a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) alternative investment firm, announced the...

    Delivery Hero Leads $16 Million Funding Round for Egyptian HoReCa Disruptor OneOrder

    OneOrder, the Egyptian disruptor in HoReCa supply chain management, has secured $16 million in...
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    Branch Closure Rumours Put Egypt’s Non-Bank Finance Regulation Under the Spotlight

    Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has issued a statement categorically denying reports that it ordered the closure or operational suspension of branches operated by non-banking financial institutions, most of them fintech firms.

    Why Africa’s Current Capital Concentration at the Top Isn’t a Temporary Lag

    Fewer than one in twenty newly formed African-focused funds can write a cheque above $10m. The continent's largest deals in the first half of 2026 were financed by debt and by global capital with no African mandate at all.

    Airtel Africa Picks London for $245bn Mobile Money IPO but Faces Independence Test

    Rapid growth and 56.5m users make it Africa’s hottest tech float. But privately negotiated intra-group fees threaten to cloud its standalone public valuation.

    1M Users in 8 Years, 9M in 6: The Smartphone Pivot Driving M-KOPA’s Hypergrowth

    The group now signs up about 10,000 new customers daily.

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    Branch Closure Rumours Put Egypt’s Non-Bank Finance Regulation Under the Spotlight

    Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has issued a statement categorically denying reports that it ordered the closure or operational suspension of branches operated by non-banking financial institutions, most of them fintech firms.

    Why Africa’s Current Capital Concentration at the Top Isn’t a Temporary Lag

    Fewer than one in twenty newly formed African-focused funds can write a cheque above $10m. The continent's largest deals in the first half of 2026 were financed by debt and by global capital with no African mandate at all.

    Egypt’s BNPL Leader ValU Pivots to Payments as Central Bank Tightens Credit Vise

    As the Central Bank of Egypt raises risk weights and tightens bank funding rules, the country’s largest listed consumer lender is looking to fee-based revenue to protect its growth.

    Tokyo State Lenders Back Peach Cars in $3.7M Debt Facility for East Africa Expansion

    Tokyo-based Cordia Directions secures ¥600mn in loans from government-affiliated lenders to expand its Kenyan used-car platform.