United Arab Emirates-based payments processing company Network International is expanding its influence in North Africa’s digital payments landscape with deals in Egypt and Libya. Tokenization deal in EgyptEarly this month, Network International also announced that it powered card tokenization to enable Apple Pay for customers of four Egyptian banks. According to the announcement, the development, which follows the issuance of tokenization licenses to some banks in Egypt, underscores not only Network’s innovation, but also strengthens the country’s digital payments landscape. Last year, the CEO of the company, Mohamed Elbelamachi, discussed broad issues around Africa’s digital payment future in an interview with Biometric Update. Article TopicsAfrica | biometric payments | biometrics | digital payments | Egypt | financial inclusion | Libya | Network International | tokenization

Source: Libya Today March 06, 2026 14:01 UTC