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| 31.10.2024 | Moniepoint's Meteoric Rise: A New Era for African Fintech | In the bustling world of African fintech, Moniepoint has emerged as a shining star. The Nigerian startup recently achieved a staggering $1 billion valuation after securing $110 million in a Series C funding round led by Development Partners... |
| 29.10.2024 | Moniepoint gets $1 billion valuation in new funding round led by DPI | Moniepoint, a Nigerian fintech startup that processed 5.2 billion transactions in 2023, has raised $110 million in a Series C funding round led by Development Partners International (DPI), according to two people with direct knowledge of th... |
| 29.07.2024 | MNT-Halan, an Egyptian fintech, has raised $157.5 million in funding | MNT-Halan, an Egyptian fintech company, has secured US$157.5 million in funding to facilitate its forthcoming geographical expansion.
After raising US$157.5 million in cash, of which US$40 million came from the International Finance Corpora... |
| 29.07.2024 | MNT-Halan Acquires Tam Finans From Actera Group | MNT-Halan, a Cairlo, Egypt-based non-bank financial institution and fintech, acquired Tam Finans, a commercial finance company in Turkey, from Actera Group, a private equity firm, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EB... |
| 29.07.2024 | Egypt’s fintech MNT-Halan raised $157.5 M funding for expansion | Notable in Egypt’s FinTech scene, MNT-Halan closed a big funding round a few months ago, raising $157.5 million in total.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) contributed $40 million of this most recent capital infusion; the remainin... |
| 22.07.2024 | Egyptian Fintech Unicorn MNT-Halan Announces $157.5 Million Funding Round | Listen to this article
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MNT-Halan, an Egyptian FinTech firm and the nation’s first unicorn, has reportedly finalized a new investment round, acquiring a total of $157.5 million.
This new funding round included cont... |
| 02.07.2024 | How Egypt's MNT-Halan Went From Its Ride-Hailing Roots To Becoming A Payments Super App Unicorn In 2023 MNT-Halan offers loans, buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) options, e-commerce, and more through its payme... | MNT-Halan made headlines in February of last year, when it was crowned Africa's first unicorn of 2023. MNT-Halan describes itself today as Egypt's largest non-bank lender to the unbanked, but it may surprise you to learn that it originally ... |
| 26.06.2024 | 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... |
| 24.06.2024 | 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 m... | 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... |
| 23.04.2024 | MNT-Halan Named Most Innovative Financial Technology Company in Both Middle East and Africa in Global Finance Awards | Share this:
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| 25.03.2024 | Weekly Economic Index: Nigeria’s FX backlog clearance, Meta’s creators payouts, and Senegal’s elections | Here are the top three events from last week in Africa’s business and technology space that you might have missed. The CBN says it’s cleared FX backlogs
Nigeria’s naira recorded steep gains last week in official and parallel markets after a... |
| 18.12.2023 | Egypt’s MNT-Halan raised $130 M securitization to reach over $400 M in funding by 2023 | The first unicorn and fastest-growing fintech company in Egypt, MNT-Halan, has raised US $130 million through a securitization. This is one of five tranches of securitized bond issuances this year that have raised over US $400 million for t... |
| 15.12.2023 | Egypt’s MNT-Halan raised $130 M securitization to reach over $400 M funding by 2023 | The first unicorn and fastest-growing fintech company in Egypt, MNT-Halan, has raised US $130 million through a securitization. This is one of five tranches of securitized bond issuances this year that have raised over US $400 million for t... |
| 12.11.2023 | Egyptian Fintech MNT-Halan Closes $130M Securitization | MNT-Halan has reportedly closed a $130 million securitization.
As Egypt’s “first” unicorn and “fastest-growing” fintech, they’ve now “raised over US$ 400m in 2023, and target US$ 550 by the year’s end.”
MNT-Halan has closed five tranches of... |
| 09.11.2023 | MNT-Halan, an Egyptian fintech company, secures $130 million in funding for securitization | The first unicorn and fastest-growing fintech company in Egypt, MNT-Halan, revealed that it has closed five tranches of securitized bond issuances through its wholly-owned subsidiaries in consumer finance and microfinance in 2023 thus far.
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| 06.11.2023 | MNT-Halan Closes $130 Million Securitization | Share this:
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| 02.02.2023 | Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan lands $400m investment | Egyptian fintech platform MNT-Halan has landed $400 million worth of investment, which it claims is the largest amount of funding across Egypt and the Middle East over the past 12 months.
MNT-Halan lands $400m investment
MNT-Halan received ... |
| 01.02.2023 | Top tech startup news for Wednesday, February 1, 2023: Dxcover, Match, MNT-Halan, ONE, OpenAI, Risilience | Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Wednesday, February 1, 2023. Tinder parent company to lay off 8% of its staff as growth slows
Match Group announced on Wednesday that it is laying off about 8% of... |
| 01.02.2023 | Egypt FinTech startup MNT-Halan raises $400M, making it the largest funding in Egypt and the Middle East | While tech startups in the United States and Europe are still struggling to raise new funding due to the ongoing economic slowdown, fintech startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continue to thrive as they empower and de... |
| 01.02.2023 | MNT-Halan Attracts $400 Million in Largest Funding in Egypt and the Middle East in the Past 12 Months | Share this:
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| 01.02.2023 | MNT-Halan Raises $400M in Funding | MNT-Halan, a Cairo, Egypt-based fintech company, raised $400m in funding.
The round included:
─ Chimera Abu Dhabi, which invested more than $200m in equity in exchange for over 20% of the company.
─ US $140m through two securitized bond iss... |
| 31.01.2023 | Egyptian financial services provider MNT-Halan valued at $1B in $400M funding | Egyptian fintech and e-commerce ecosystem MNT-Halan has raised up to $400 million in equity and debt financing from local and global investors as it continues to serve underbanked and unbanked customers in the North African country.
The rou... |
| 15.11.2021 | MNT-Halan’s Neuron Drives Massive Scalability for Egypt’s Leading Fintech | MNT-Halan, Egypt’s leading fintech ecosystem, has announced the successful roll out of Neuron, the proprietary core banking software it developed and launched earlier this year. This distributed system enables the frictionless handling of m... |
| 09.09.2021 | MNT-Halan, an Egyptian fintech, has raised $120 million in funding | MNT-Halan, a fintech startup founded in Egypt that digitizes traditional banking and cash-based marketplaces, has raised $120 million to strengthen its services and expand internationally.
Apis Growth Fund II, Development Partners Internati... |
| 09.09.2021 | Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan attracts $120M from global investors | Share this:
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| 09.09.2021 | Fintech ecosystem MNT-Halan lands $120m funding | Egyptian fintech platform MNT-Halan has secured a $120 million investment from global and regional investors.
MNT-Halan CEO, Mounir Nakhla
Apis Growth Fund II, Development Partners International (DPI), and Lorax Capital Partners participate... |
| 08.09.2021 | Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan lands $120M from Apis Partners, DisrupTech and others | More than 70% of Egypt’s young and fast-growing population of over 100 million is financially underserved, despite mobile penetration exceeding 90%.
Traditional banks often overlook this segment because of their spending power or financial ... |
| 08.09.2021 | Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan secures $120m for global expansion | MNT-Halan, the Cairo-based fintech startup digitizing traditional banking and cash-based markets, has raised $120 million to improve its product and expand globally.
The investment round, which is the largest investment ever secured by an E... |
| 08.09.2021 | MNT-Halan Raises Approx. US$120M in Funding | MNT-Halan, a Cairo, Egypt-based fintech company, raised approx. US$120m in funding.
The investor group includes:
Apis Growth Fund II, a London based private equity fund managed by Apis Partners LLP;
African Development Partners III, a Londo... |
| 08.09.2021 | Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan secures $120 million of investment | By Patrick Werr
CAIRO (Reuters) -Three private equity funds and a group of venture capitalists have invested about $120 million in Egyptian microfinance lending and payments company MNT-Halan, the investors said on Wednesday.
MNT-Halan has ... |
| - | MNT-Halan | “MNT Halan – DIGITALLY BANKING the unbanked” |
| - | MNT-Halan, an Egyptian fintech, has raised $120 million in funding | MNT-Halan, a fintech startup founded in Egypt that digitizes traditional banking and cash-based marketplaces, has raised $120 million to strengthen its services and expand internationally.
Apis Growth Fund II, Development Partners Internati... |
| - | Egyptian fintech MNT-Halan attracts circa US$120 million from global investors | |
| - | MNT-Halan | “MNT-Halan is Egypt’s largest and fastest growing lender to the unbanked. Founded in 2018, with roots dating back to 2010, the company is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.” |
