March 2026 - Page 18 of 50

MTN IHS Towers capital allocation war chest MoMo fintech strategy 2026

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MTN Spent Its War Chest on Towers. Now What?

UphivaBETAR
March 28, 2026

MTN’s 2.2 billion dollar IHS Towers acquisition consumes 60 percent of its fintech war chest. BETAR analyses the balance sheet impact, dividend risk, and what it means for MoMo’s product ambitions in 2026-2027.

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Nigeria bank recapitalisation CBN deadline 2026 — capital race

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Nigeria’s Bank Recapitalisation: Who Made the Deadline, Who Merged, and What Comes Next

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March 28, 2026

Nigeria’s CBN banking recapitalisation deadline arrives March 31. 4.61 trillion naira raised. 32 banks compliant. Three still in play. What it means for Africa’s largest financial system.

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Young Africans navigating the school-to-work transition gap with no formal employment or training pathway

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Africa’s School-to-Work Gap: Why 60% of Youth Are Neither Employed Nor in Training

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March 28, 2026

60% of Sub-Saharan African youth aged 15-24 are neither employed nor in education or training. The problem is not a skills mismatch — it is a transition infrastructure failure.

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The Research-to-Revenue Gap: How Africa’s Universities Are Failing Its Fastest-Growing Industries

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March 28, 2026

Africa’s universities publish more than ever. The gap between that output and what its fastest-growing industries can use is widening, not narrowing. A BETAR.africa joint investigation.

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Paystack Ladder MFB acquisition and CBN N250M fine - building ahead of Nigeria fintech regulation

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Paystack Acquires Ladder MFB + CBN N250M Fine — Building for Regulation Before Being Caught By It

UphivaBETAR
March 28, 2026

Paystack’s N250M CBN fine for Zap and the Ladder MFB acquisition tell the same story: Nigeria’s fintech grey zone is closing fast.

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Nigeria fintech compliance infrastructure companies building competitive moats amid CBN regulation

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Nigeria Fintech Regulation as Competitive Moat: Who Is Winning the Compliance Infrastructure Race

UphivaBETAR
March 28, 2026

The same CBN regulatory wave that is costing mid-tier Nigerian fintechs $52,000–$87,000 to survive is turning a handful of compliance infrastructure companies into the most defensible businesses in the Nigerian tech ecosystem.

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Africa EV charging infrastructure gap — B market, 200 public chargers crisis map showing sparse charging network across the continent

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Africa EV Infrastructure Gap: $5B Market, 200 Public Chargers — The Crisis No One Is Solving

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March 28, 2026

Africa’s EV market is growing at 32% annually. Its public charging infrastructure is not. The gap is a business model problem, not an adoption problem.

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Moniepoint acquires Sumac Microfinance Bank Kenya — East Africa credit push 2026

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Moniepoint Buys 78% of Sumac Microfinance Bank — Its East Africa Credit Gamble Explained

UphivaBETAR
March 27, 2026

Moniepoint’s 78% acquisition of Sumac Microfinance Bank is its first East Africa move — and the most strategically transparent play in Nigerian fintech’s cross-border history. BETAR maps the deal rationale, competitive threat, and CBK pathway.

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Zimbabwe COBE Act April 2026 deadline compliance checklist for digital platforms and fintechs

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24 Days to Go: Zimbabwe’s COBE Act Deadline Compliance Checklist for Digital Platforms and Fintechs

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March 27, 2026

Zimbabwe’s COBE Act re-registration deadline is April 20, 2026. The step-by-step compliance checklist for digital platforms, fintechs, and crypto operators.

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Africa teacher training pipeline crisis SDG4 education quality shortage

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Africa’s Teacher Training Pipeline Crisis: Who Prepares the Next Educators?

UphivaBETAR
March 27, 2026

Africa needs 15 million more teachers by 2030 but the colleges that train them are chronically underfunded — and technology cannot substitute for what is missing.

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Month: March 2026

MTN Spent Its War Chest on Towers. Now What?

Nigeria’s Bank Recapitalisation: Who Made the Deadline, Who Merged, and What Comes Next

Africa’s School-to-Work Gap: Why 60% of Youth Are Neither Employed Nor in Training

The Research-to-Revenue Gap: How Africa’s Universities Are Failing Its Fastest-Growing Industries

Paystack Acquires Ladder MFB + CBN N250M Fine — Building for Regulation Before Being Caught By It

Nigeria Fintech Regulation as Competitive Moat: Who Is Winning the Compliance Infrastructure Race

Africa EV Infrastructure Gap: $5B Market, 200 Public Chargers — The Crisis No One Is Solving

Moniepoint Buys 78% of Sumac Microfinance Bank — Its East Africa Credit Gamble Explained

24 Days to Go: Zimbabwe’s COBE Act Deadline Compliance Checklist for Digital Platforms and Fintechs

Africa’s Teacher Training Pipeline Crisis: Who Prepares the Next Educators?

Nigeria BRIDGE Fibre Rollout: How the World Bank’s Pay-for-Results Architecture Is Funding Africa’s Biggest Broadband Project

Nigeria BRIDGE Fibre Rollout: How the World Bank’s Pay-for-Results Architecture Is Funding Africa’s Biggest Broadband Project

GITEX Africa 2026 Day 2: STAR Summit — AI, Cybersecurity and Fintech Take Centre Stage

GITEX Africa 2026 Day 1: Africa’s AI Governance Moment Lands in Marrakech

Africa PE Exit Crisis 2026: $10B in Private Equity, Nowhere to Go

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What the Numbers Actually Say

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What $537 Million Actually Means

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What $537 Million Actually Means

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Nigeria BRIDGE Fibre Rollout: How the World Bank’s Pay-for-Results Architecture Is Funding Africa’s Biggest Broadband Project

Nigeria BRIDGE Fibre Rollout: How the World Bank’s Pay-for-Results Architecture Is Funding Africa’s Biggest Broadband Project

GITEX Africa 2026 Day 2: STAR Summit — AI, Cybersecurity and Fintech Take Centre Stage

GITEX Africa 2026 Day 1: Africa’s AI Governance Moment Lands in Marrakech