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Fawry is the leading digital transformation & E-payment platform in Egypt, offering financial services to consumers and businesses.
Overview
Location
Egypt, Cairo Governorate, Cairo
Employees
201-500
Founded date
2008
Mentions in press and media 20
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| Jul 17, 2025 | Moniepoint, PiggyVest, M-KOPA, Interswitch named among world’s top 300 fintechs by CNBC | Ten African fintechs, including Interswitch, Moniepoint, M-KOPA, OPay, and PiggyVest, have been named among the world’s top 300 fintech companies in 2025 by CNBC and Statista. The list highlights firms driving innovation across seven segmen... |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Three Egyptian fintech companies received $1.6 M investment from Fawry | Three well-known Egyptian technology companies—Dirac Systems, Virtual CFO, and Code Zone—have received strategic investments totaling EGP 80 million from Fawry, Egypt’s top fintech company. The companies will acquire equity stakes of 51.0%,... |
| Jan 21, 2025 | How Startup Genome is Helping MENA Entrepreneurs Turn Global Ambitions into Reality "While what worked in San Francisco may not always translate directly to Riyadh, the universal challenges and themes that scaling companies face can guide MENA entrepreneurs in overcoming barriers and accelerati... | Even before Samantha Evans joined Startup Genome, a global startup innovation ecosystem development organization nestled in the heart of America's Silicon Valley, in early 2024, she had gained ample experience across the US, the UK, Europe ... |
| Jan 21, 2025 | Egyptian fintech MoneyHash raises $5.2 million Pre-Series A from Flourish Ventures | MoneyHash, an Egyptian fintech startup that provides APIs to help businesses in Africa and the Middle East manage their online payments on a single platform, has raised $5.2 million in a pre-Series A funding round. MoneyHash will use the fu... |
| Jul 25, 2024 | Bridging the Gap: Europe's Climate Tax Dilemma and Egypt's Unicorn Success** ** | ** In the world of climate action and economic innovation, two narratives unfold. One is a tale of Europe, where climate awareness is high, yet support for carbon taxes lags. The other is Egypt, where a startup has soared to unicorn status,... |
| Jul 24, 2024 | Success Story: A Look At Fawry's Journey To Become Egypt's First Unicorn Startup Fawry's journey to reaching unicorn status was a long one driven with strategic moves and focused vision, up until a landmark moment in 2019 when the company put 36% of its shares on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX). | It was a monumental moment when Mohamed Okasha, the ex-Managing Director of Fawry, made this statement on his LinkedIn account in August 2020: "Fawry is officially a Unicorn." After all, Fawry was the first ever startup to reach a... |
| Jul 16, 2024 | They’re not copycats, they’re smart iterators | This article was contributed to TechCabal by Timothy Motte, through The Realistic Optimist, a paid newsletter covering the globalised startup scene. An ode to simplicity Paul Graham, Y-Combinator’s founder, excels at simplicity. His essays ... |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 10 Graphs You Need To See To Understand Egypt's Startup Ecosystem These modern-day dynasties are creating solutions that don't just serve Egypt, but reverberate across continents. | Today's Egypt is illuminated by startups spanning all sectors, from e-commerce and fintech to healthtech. These modern-day dynasties are creating solutions that don't just serve Egypt, but reverberate across continents. The original face of... |
| Jun 24, 2024 | A New Report By Lucidity Insights In Partnership With Entrepreneur Middle East Takes A Deep Dive Into Egypt's Startup And Investor Ecosystem Egypt is the MENA's most populous country, Africa's third most populous market, and the world's 15th most populous nation, being home to over 110 million i ... | This month, Lucidity Insights partnered with Entrepreneur Middle East to publish a comprehensive special report looking at Egypt's startup and investor ecosystem titled, Investing in Egypt's Startup Ecosystem in 2024. The special report loo... |
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FAQ about Fawry
When was Fawry founded?
Fawry was founded in 2008.
What has the press written about Fawry?
Parsers VC has collected 20 articles mentioning Fawry, among them “Moniepoint, PiggyVest, M-KOPA, Interswitch named among world’s top 300 fintechs by CNBC” (Jul 17, 2025) and “Three Egyptian fintech companies received $1.6 M investment from Fawry” (Mar 4, 2025).
Is Fawry still active?
Yes, Fawry is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 27, 2026.