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    With 25% Stake, Swvl Founder Chooses Growth Over Dividends After Profit Turnaround

    Swvl Holdings Corp (Nasdaq: SWVL), an Egyptian-based pioneer in public transportation services, has outlined...

    Is Bolt Leaving Nigeria Behind? New $237 Million Raise Raises Concerns

    Estonian ride-hailing company Bolt, a major competitor to Uber in Africa, has secured a...

    Egypt Gets First Licensed Digital Bank: Banque Misr’s Onebank to Launch by Q4 2024

    In a landmark development for Egypt’s banking landscape, the Central Bank of Egypt has...

    Renda Secures $1.9 Million Pre-Seed Funding to Bolster Order Fulfillment Solutions in Africa

    Renda, a pioneering startup in the African logistics landscape, has closed a significant pre-seed...
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    Khazna Joins Egypt’s Consumer Finance M&A Rush With Pharos Acquisition

    A regulatory clampdown has turned existing consumer finance licences into scarce commodities, sparking a rush of high-stakes deals across Cairo.

    Aries Media Ventures Launches Fund I to Back Underfunded Mediatech Startups in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Former NBCUniversal exec is ditching Hollywood to back African mediatech

    Two Exits in Six Years: Dan Kleinbaum’s GTXN Acquired by Luno

    Deal gives the crypto exchange an owned settlement layer across developed–emerging market corridors - but proposed South African rules may restrict the very activity it enables.

    Cairo’s BPO Ecosystem Opens a New Front for Transatlantic Dealmaking

    While greenfield setups remain the main vehicle for corporate expansion in Egypt's tech export sector, cross-border M&A is emerging as an alternative for North American buyers seeking rapid scale.

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    Khazna Joins Egypt’s Consumer Finance M&A Rush With Pharos Acquisition

    A regulatory clampdown has turned existing consumer finance licences into scarce commodities, sparking a rush of high-stakes deals across Cairo.

    Aries Media Ventures Launches Fund I to Back Underfunded Mediatech Startups in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Former NBCUniversal exec is ditching Hollywood to back African mediatech

    9,228 Daily Swaps: Egyptian Billionaire-Backed Blu EV Tests the Limits of Battery-as-a-Service in MENA

    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.

    South African IoT Scaleup Karooooo Takes on Debt to Hoard AI Memory Chips

    The central question is whether the chip stockpile proves to be prudent insurance or an expensive bet.