eFinance for Digital and Financial Investments, a leading technology-focused investment firm in Egypt, announced today its acquisition of a 25% stake in “Al Ahly Momken”, as well as a 13% stake in “EasyCash for Digital Payments”. This comes as part of eFinance’s role in promoting and enabling digital services for its partner companies operating in the payment and collection field by leveraging the Group’s highly secure digital technology infrastructure, in addition to facilitating and providing the highest possible level of service to the general public, in line with the Group’s strategy.The transactions come as part of eFinance’s strategy of expanding its reach to new customer bases. Additionally, the transactions aim to facilitate digital payments for individuals and businesses by offering digital payment services in support of the efforts of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), as well as other banking and non-banking sectors in accelerating digital transformation and achieving Egypt’s Vision 2030.“Al Ahly Momken” currently occupies a leading position in the digital payments market, with over 90 thousand merchants and more than 5 million customers using the company’s services, generating an average of 750 million transactions annually. Additionally, the value of the company’s collections currently stands at around EGP 39 billion per year, and the company is looking to double this figure over the coming period.“Al Ahly Momken” also enjoys a number of important competitive advantages which place it at the forefront of the Egyptian market. On that front, “Al Ahly Momken” is the exclusive invoicing partner of “InstaPay”. Additionally, the company offers around 700 different types of services, ranging from invoice payments, amenities, education, consumer financing installments, and microfinance.In parallel, “EasyCash”, which obtained its digital payments license from the CBE in 2019, provides payment services for individuals, merchants, and businesses. The company has managed to obtain exclusive payment contracts, and over the next three years, aims to expand its reach to encompass 95 thousand merchants.  “EasyCash” has also obtained several approvals and licenses from the CBE to operate its EasyCash wallet, which provides mobile payment services for individuals and merchants through the use of QR codes as an alternative to cash payments. Additionally, the wallet also allows for the payment of invoices and government dues, simplifying selling and purchasing operations by providing an alternative payment method through the wallet and the merchant app. Shahid Law Office represented eFinance in legal consultations to conclude the two deals.Ibrahim Sarhan, Chairman and CEO of eFinance for Digital and Financial Investments, said: “The acquisitions come as part of the Group’s investment strategy which focuses on maximizing shareholder returns and financing future growth by conducting investments that add value to the Group and its subsidiaries. On that front, the two strategic transactions represent a prominent step in supporting the acceleration of the Group’s efforts in implementing its growth strategy, which is strongly backed by all our shareholders”.“The fact that the National Bank of Egypt is the largest strategic partner in both “Al Ahly Momken” and “EasyCash” further adds to the significance of the transactions. The addition of eFinance to the two companies’ shareholders will provide a great opportunity for both companies to enhance their operations and increase their market share by facilitating the provision of new digital payment products and services. This constitutes a major opportunity for achieving a breakthrough in the electronic payments market, as well as the overall digitalization of the Egyptian economy”, Ibrahim Sarhan continued.“We are pleased with these transactions as they provide the two companies with the opportunity to benefit from our shared potential and capabilities to enhance methods of collaboration and advance the digital payments sector across Egypt. By leveraging eFinance’s use of the latest cybersecurity technology and infrastructure in the field of managing and operating digital payment services, coupled with “Al Ahly Momken” and “EasyCash’s” strong on the ground presence, the transactions will contribute to the increased expansion of financial inclusion services and culture,” Ibrahim Sarhan concluded.Ahmed Elsaeed, Chairman of “Al Ahly Momken”, stated: “I am confident that this partnership between two of the largest institutions in their respective fields will pave the way for the provision of innovative digital financial services on a wide scale, complementing the existing activities of the two companies, and that the “Al Ahly Momken” transaction will act as the starting point for this partnership”.Ahmed Ragaei, Managing Director of “EasyCash for Digital Payments”, commented: “eFinance’s acquisition of a stake in the company represents a significant value-adding step for “EasyCash”, owing to eFinance’s position as one of the largest Egyptian companies operating in the fintech field, especially as both parties possess the capabilities necessary to achieve the desired outcome. The non-banking financial services market remains a promising market underpinned with a high level of demand for the types of services it offers, thus encouraging the company to expand and work towards supporting and enabling electronic payments”.–End–About eFinance for Digital and Financial Investments:eFinance Investment Group is a homegrown developer of digital payments infrastructures that was established in 2005 to develop the Government of Egypt’s financial network. Over the course of nearly two decades, the Group has penetrated all corners of Egypt’s digital market and transformed itself into a leading technology-focused investment firm. With a dynamic business model and a flexible organizational structure, eFinance is able to focus on multiple target markets through its subsidiaries and maximize its ability to unlock value in the digital payments space. The Group boasts a portfolio of subsidiaries that has enabled eFinance’s growth across multiple markets, unlocked synergies across its business lines, and enabled digital transformation for various strategic sectors throughout the nation to support the development of Egypt’s digital economy and drive towards financial inclusion.  

EFIG announces the launch of the first biggest multi cloud platform in Egypt during the activities of our strategic partnership with Cairo ICT 2022 exhibition, in partnership with 13 leading global companies in technology and cloud hosting services as follows: F5, Redhat, Huawei, Pure storage, Dell, IBM, Cisco, VMware, Commvault, BMC, Fortinet, Paloalto & Citrix. For the first time, the group was able to bring together all these leading global institutional expertise in the fields of technology and integrated cloud computing within one project led by "eFinance" to serve the digital transformation operations in Egypt with the most advanced and latest global technologies in a way that suits the needs of various sectors, ministries, institutions, ,public and private sectors companies. The multi cloud platform will offer a unique package of multiple products and services, The platform has been equipped with the latest secure computing technologies, and the provision of multiple digital services including the latest software, cloud platforms, cybersecurity applications, artificial intelligence, big data processing, and others. Ibrahim Sarhan, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of eFinance Investment Group said that this platform reflects the great leap achieved by the group in developing its cloud computing services system, as it succeeded in supporting it with large investments to upgrade its necessary infrastructure, in cooperation with major international institutions and companies, to contribute to advancing digital transformation in Egypt. He added that the tremendous development carried out by the group will contribute mainly to supporting the efforts of the Central Bank of Egypt for digital transformation and serving digital banks and startups in the field of financial inclusion, where cooperation between the group and the Central Bank in those areas, and the integrated cloud computing from eFinance will provide its services to banks in line with all standards, requirements and requirements of digital transactions for the banking sector. Moreover eFinance has obtained the quality certificate in operating cloud computing ISO 20001 and many international certificates from the largest technology companies specialized in the field of cloud computing to be among the top 200 cloud computing providers globally in a market with more than ten thousand service providers globally, which contributes to achieving the highest level of service performance, availability, insurance and ensuring business continuity while reducing time and internal costs.

eFinance Investment Group has revealed its contribution to the establishment of Nexta, one of the leading fintech startups, and led a successful funding round for NEXTA worth $3 million. The eFinance Group's funding for Nexta comes within the framework of its investment objectives that support fintech innovations and digital transformation in Egypt, support fintech startups to enhance the Group's leading developmental role, and in line with the digital transformation trends and Egypt's Vision 2030. EFIG is looking forward to Nexta getting its final license within a few weeks, after meeting all central bank regulations and securing provisional approval 6 months ago, funding is set to continue in support of Nexta until the next round. Through Nexta, EFIG aims to create a new and distinctive experience in the Egyptian market known as "Next Generation Banks", redefining the digital banking experience for all digital customers and their families. Ibrahim Sarhan, Chairman and Managing Director of eFinance investment group, said that Nexta is one of the promising companies that the group is funding within several targeted investments, as the group has previously participated in the establishment of an investment fund (Nclude) to invest in fintech startups, which strengthens eFinance's current and future leadership in fintech in Egypt. Nexta's CEO and Managing Director, Ahmed Hisham commented "I will not call it a funding round, it is more than a strategic partnership, eFinance has strengthened its position as a key partner in pushing the Egyptian government towards digitization by developing integrated platforms that are driving the digital revolution in Egypt, and we are already part of this digital transformation at the local level, I would like to express our happiness to having them with us"