Numou and Abhi Partner to Revolutionise SME Financing in the UAE

Editorial Team

Last updated 17-11-2025

3 min

Numou and Abhi are teaming up to help SMEs solve invoice payment delays.

This partnership embeds Abhi's lending tools into Numou for faster credit checks and loan access.

The collaboration is designed to improve cash flow, crucial for SME growth in the UAE.

Both companies position this deal as potentially more impactful than major funding rounds.

While it won't solve every issue, it can significantly ease daily operations for many SMEs.

Numou has just teamed up with Abhi in what looks like a meaningful push to ease one of the biggest headaches for SMEs: waiting forever for invoices to be paid. I’ve seen this story play out so many times with founders around the region, and honestly, it can make or break a young business. This new agreement, announced out of Abu Dhabi, aims to cut that gap by giving SMEs quicker and more flexible access to working capital right from the Numou platform.

The idea is pretty straightforward. By embedding Abhi’s digital lending tools into Numou’s ecosystem, businesses get faster credit checks and quicker loan disbursements—avoiding the endless paperwork that usually turns financing into, well… a bit of a faff. Mohamed Al Binali, who heads Numou, said the partnership helps tackle one of the toughest challenges for smaller firms, highlighting how crucial timely financing is for growth across the UAE and beyond.

Abhi’s co-founder and CEO, Omair Ansari, echoed that sentiment, saying access to finance *should* enable growth instead of slowing it down. He painted a picture of a future where capital is simply easier to reach, and entrepreneurs aren’t left hanging between issued invoices and actual cash in the bank. Spot on, if you ask me—I've often reckoned that liquidity crunches hit promising founders harder than any market fluctuation.

What’s interesting here is how both sides position the deal. Numou is already known within ADGM as a platform that tries to surround SMEs with the right mix of advisors, financiers, and government-linked opportunities. On the flip side, Abhi has built its name on digital financial services, from earned wage access to financing for thousands of companies across the region. They’ve even picked up attention from the World Economic Forum, Endeavor, and Mastercard programmes, which says a lot about their traction.

And believe it or not, sometimes partnerships like this end up being more impactful than big funding rounds, especially when they give SMEs breathing room to take on new contracts without worrying about cash flow. One founder once told me during an Arageek community event that bridging the “invoice gap” felt like unlocking a secret level in a video game—suddenly everything becomes possible. I’m not usually one for dramatic metaphors, but I was chuffed to bits hearing how something so basic could change the pace of a business.

The collaboration between Numou and Abhi definately won’t fix every challenge SMEs face, but it could make day-to-day operations smoother for many. And sometimes, that’s exactly the kind of quiet progress that keeps a whole ecosystem moving.

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