ARPUPlus
Cairo-based mobile value-added services company and venture builder serving telecom operators in the Middle East and North Africa. Founded in 2003, it is a subsidiary of A15.
Industry: Mobile value-added services | Location: Cairo, Egypt | Founded: 2003
About ARPUPlus
ARPUPlus is a Cairo-based company that provides mobile value-added services and builds digital ventures that reach consumers through telecom operators in the Middle East and North Africa and other emerging markets. Its website describes it as a venture builder and a provider of mobile entertainment and communication solutions. It was founded in 2003, is a subsidiary of the Cairo venture firm A15, and has its headquarters in New Maadi, Cairo.
Medhat Karam is chief executive. Enterprise described him in August 2025 as an engineer by training who has led several technology companies. The about page also lists Ahmed Erman as chief financial officer and deputy chief executive. Enterprise described ARPUPlus as a 21-year-old company that began with mobile value-added services and now gives its ventures legal, HR, finance and IT support and access to operator connections. The company says it is not an incubator or an accelerator.
The website lists video on demand, cloud communication, music, telehealth, gaming and sports, and direct carrier billing. Enterprise named Shofha, an Arabic video-on-demand platform operating across 35 telecom operators, and Cloudcom, which offers telecom data sets to developers through APIs. ARPUPlus says it works with more than 40 operators in more than 15 countries. It reports 11 offices, three research and development centres and more than 150 staff on its website, while a careers listing cites more than 200 employees and 15 offices. These figures are company-reported and differ.
Ventures that grew inside ARPUPlus have been sold. Enterprise said the mobile payment company TPay was spun off about ten years before 2025, and Launchbase Africa reported that A15 sold TPAY to Helios Investment Partners in 2018. Viral Wave, a music label and digital distribution company, was developed under ARPUPlus and sold by A15 to PopArabia, an acquisition announced in April 2026 and reported as A15's ninth exit. No price was disclosed.
The sources read give no funding rounds, valuation or financial results for ARPUPlus itself.
Leadership
- Medhat Karam, Chief Executive Officer
- Ahmed Erman, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer
- Shady Aziz, Director of Cloud Communication and Carrier Services