Dawar Acquires Stake in Bekya Pay to Expand Digital Waste Network

Dawar by Environ Adapt, a Cairo-based circular economy platform, has acquired a strategic percentage in Bekya Pay, a digital waste collection application that incentivises households to exchange sorted recyclables for cash. The move is part of Dawar’s strategy to vertically integrate Egypt’s fragmented waste recovery landscape through technology, data, and structured governance, connecting collection, verification, trade, and reporting through a unified digital platform.

Founded to digitise waste traceability and recovery operations, Dawar has recorded more than 90,000 verified tons over three years and built a registered operational network spanning 22 governorates. The company’s platform links recovery workflows from collection to reporting, aiming to standardise transactions and material movement across its network.

Launched in 2025, Bekya Pay has onboarded over 30,000 registered users and is active in two governorates. The platform integrates more than 500 dark stores and 120 collectors, and serves residential communities as well as commercial entities, including educational institutions and major hypermarkets.

Following the acquisition, Bekya Pay is set to expand into four additional governorates, increasing its household and commercial recovery footprint. Its incentive-driven model enables households and commercial spaces to monetise recyclable materials such as plastics, cardboard, and aluminium, encouraging source segregation at scale. With this addition, Dawar extends its traceability framework beyond post-consumer materials aggregated at compactor and trade levels to include direct household inputs, integrating residents into the formal waste management system, enhancing take-back mechanisms, and addressing a data gap within Egypt’s waste value chain.