Qalaa Holdings
Qalaa Holdings is a venture capital firm based in Cairo, Egypt, focused on startups in Fintech. This profile covers its focus and how founders can get in front of it in 2026.
- Investment focus
- Fintech
- Location
- Cairo, Egypt
- Founded
- 2004
- Team size
- 501-1000
- Investments
- 2
- Latest deal on record
- October 2013
About Qalaa Holdings
Qalaa Holdings (fka CITADEL CAPITAL (CCAP.CA on the EGX),) the leading investment company in Africa and the Middle East, is transforming its business model to capture the compelling upside of longer holding periods while shedding non-core investments to focus on top companies in high-growth industries. The firm controls investments of US$ 9.5 billion and focuses on five core industries: Energy, transportation, agrifoods, mining, and cement. Citadel Capital builds businesses that will help define our region's future. Drawing on our roots as Africa's largest private equity firm, our businesses cater to the needs of more than 1.3 billion consumers. We prize innovation, value creation and sustainability at all our investments.
Source: the organization's public company profile.
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