Egypt-based retail investment platform Thndr has been ranked #1 on the Financial Times Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies 2026, becoming the first Egyptian company to lead the list in its five-year history.
Compiled by the Financial Times in partnership with Statista, the ranking evaluates absolute revenue growth, compound annual growth rate, and employee growth between 2021 and 2024. Thndr placed ahead of companies from South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, and elsewhere. Since launch, the platform has reached over 5.5 million downloads, with 75–80% of users investing for the first time. Thndr has been Egypt’s #1 retail investing platform for three consecutive years. As one of the first fully digital onboarded investment platforms in Egypt, the company says it is becoming the primary investment account for everyday individuals, offering stocks, gold, savings products, fixed income, and investment funds via mobile.
Thndr now accounts for around 18% of Egyptian Exchange (EGX) equity trading value and 40% of total order volume, processing more than 200,000 trades per day, up from 50,000 a year ago. Over 40% of users are based outside Cairo and Alexandria. The average user is around 30 years old, and 12% of users are female.
Regionally, Thndr launched in Abu Dhabi in 2025 as the first remote broker on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and plans to expand to Saudi Arabia. The platform provides access to the Egyptian Exchange, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, and United States exchanges. In the United Arab Emirates, it is the first and only remote broker licensed by the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.
