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Home Archives for March 11, 2026

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Ethiopia telecom revenue levy 1.5 percent ECA rural digital connectivity fund 2026
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Ethiopia’s 1.5% Telecom Revenue Levy: How the Rural Connectivity Fund Works

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  • March 11, 2026
Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers approved a 1.5% annual levy on gross telecom revenue on March 10, 2026, creating a dedicated fund for rural digital connectivity. The levy will be administered…
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Rwanda 1.5 percent digital services tax Africa DST continental wave 2026
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Rwanda’s 1.5% Digital Services Tax: Joining Africa’s Continental DST Wave

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  • March 11, 2026
Rwanda has formally gazetted a 1.5% Digital Services Tax on the gross revenue that foreign digital platforms earn from Rwandan users, effective from the 2026-27 financial year. The move makes…
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South Africa CARF Is Live: What Every CASP Must Now Report to SARS

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  • March 11, 2026
South Africa became the first African country to operationalise the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework on March 1, 2026, when the first mandatory reporting period formally opened. Every Crypto Asset Service…
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Illustration: Ghana VASP crypto licence — 11 firms in sandbox, VC deployment ready
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Ghana VASP Sandbox: 11 Firms Cleared to Pilot Crypto Trading Under New Law

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  • March 11, 2026
Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission has admitted 11 crypto-asset companies into a regulatory sandbox, marking the first operational step under the country’s Virtual Asset Service Providers Act 2025 — the…
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Safaricom Ziidi Trader M-Pesa NSE Kenya stock market 40 percent trades 2026
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How M-Pesa Captured at Least 40% of Kenya’s Stock Exchange in Weeks

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Mobile money has just become Africa’s stock market. On February 10, 2026, Safaricom embedded a full-featured equities and bonds trading platform — Ziidi Trader — directly inside the M-Pesa app,…
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AU-Google AI MOU: Can Partnership With a Tech Giant Deliver Sovereign AI for Africa?

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Cape Town fintech double: NjiaPay and Orca Fraud raise $4.45M seed funding
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Cape Town Fintech Double: NjiaPay and Orca Fraud Raise $4.45M on the Same Day

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  • March 11, 2026
NjiaPay ($2.1M, Newion) and Orca Fraud ($2.35M, Norrsken22) both close Cape Town seed rounds on March 9 — two complementary B2B fintech infrastructure plays targeting African payment reliability.
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Morocco’s Digital X.0 Law: Africa’s Most Comprehensive AI and Data Governance Framework

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  • March 11, 2026
Morocco’s Digital X.0 framework law covers AI governance, data governance, and digital identity under the Maroc Digital 2030 strategy — and it is further along than any comparable African initiative. Here is what it means for businesses in North Africa.
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Rwanda’s Dual-Track Digital Currency Strategy: Virtual Assets Law and the e-FRW CBDC Pilot

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  • March 11, 2026
Rwanda has simultaneously approved a Virtual Assets Law and launched a real-user CBDC pilot — the only African country pursuing both strategies at once. Here is what it means for crypto businesses and financial institutions in East Africa.
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South Africa VAT Digital Platforms 2026 — Intermediary Liability Shift
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South Africa Flips the VAT Switch on Digital Platforms

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  • March 11, 2026
From April 1, 2026, South Africa’s Section 54(2B) amendment makes platforms — not foreign suppliers — the default VAT collectors for electronic services. Here is what changes, who is affected, and why SARS pushed for this.
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  • Ghana VASP Sandbox: 11 Firms Cleared to Pilot Crypto Trading Under New Law
  • How M-Pesa Captured at Least 40% of Kenya’s Stock Exchange in Weeks

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Ethiopia telecom revenue levy 1.5 percent ECA rural digital connectivity fund 2026
  • Business
  • Tech
  • 5 minute read

Ethiopia’s 1.5% Telecom Revenue Levy: How the Rural Connectivity Fund Works

  • March 11, 2026
Rwanda 1.5 percent digital services tax Africa DST continental wave 2026
  • Business
  • Tech
  • 5 minute read

Rwanda’s 1.5% Digital Services Tax: Joining Africa’s Continental DST Wave

  • March 11, 2026
  • Business
  • Crypto
  • 5 minute read

South Africa CARF Is Live: What Every CASP Must Now Report to SARS

  • March 11, 2026
Illustration: Ghana VASP crypto licence — 11 firms in sandbox, VC deployment ready
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  • Crypto
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Ghana VASP Sandbox: 11 Firms Cleared to Pilot Crypto Trading Under New Law

  • March 11, 2026
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