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Key Points
- Beltone launches Robin AI unit to drive MENA digital transformation and enterprise automation from Cairo headquarters.
- Robin offers AI-powered dashboards, predictive analytics, and strategic tools to boost business efficiency across key MENA sectors.
- Dalia Khorshid steers Beltone’s tech-driven shift beyond investment banking with strong earnings and impact-focused capital injections.
Beltone Holding, the Cairo-based financial services group led by Egyptian business executive Dalia Khorshid, has unveiled Robin, a new data science and artificial intelligence subsidiary aimed at accelerating digital transformation across the MENA region.
The wholly owned unit, headquartered in Cairo, is positioned to deliver intelligent, scalable AI solutions tailored to large enterprises, startups, and key sectors across Egypt and the broader Middle East and North Africa. “We’re turning data into decisions and decisions into impact,” said Basma Rady, Chief Data Scientist at Beltone and Managing Director of Robin.
AI-powered tools to boost enterprise efficiency
Robin’s offerings include real-time market monitoring tools, intelligent dashboards, predictive analytics, and automated strategic reporting. These tools are designed to enhance operational efficiency, support data-driven decision-making, and unlock measurable business value.
The company’s team blends deep technical expertise with cross-sector insights to build customized AI solutions. Rady emphasized the unit’s human-first approach: “Transformation begins with people. Our strength lies in the diverse minds behind the innovation.”
Beltone’s broader shift beyond investment banking
The launch of Robin is part of Beltone Holding’s strategic expansion under Khorshid, who has rapidly repositioned the company into one of MENA’s most diversified financial services groups. Since her appointment, Beltone has scaled operations across leasing, factoring, asset management, venture capital, and non-banking financial services (NBFIs).
In Q1 2025, Beltone reported operating revenues of EGP2.8 billion ($56.73 million), more than doubling from EGP1.34 billion ($27.15 million) in Q1 2024, a 111 percent year-on-year growth driven by strong performance in its NBFI and investment banking segments. Net profit reached EGP 703 million ($14.24 million).
Capital infusion and impact investment
Beltone recently secured $20 million from impact-focused funds SANAD and the Green for Growth Fund (GGF) to expand access to finance for MSMEs and green energy projects across the region. In addition, the group raised EGP 10.5 billion ($212.7 million) through a highly subscribed capital increase, further fueling its regional expansion strategy.
With Robin, Khorshid aims to position Beltone at the intersection of finance and frontier technology, advancing AI-driven transformation for a new era of business in the MENA region.
