March 2026 - Page 36 of 50

MTN Huawei AI antenna deal Ghana MWC 2026 — network operations, BETAR.africa

Technology

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Africa First: MTN and Huawei’s AI Antenna Deal Is Rewriting the Rules of Network Operations

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March 20, 2026

MTN and Huawei announced an AI antenna MOU at MWC 2026, with Ghana as the first deployment market. An analysis of what the technology actually does and what it means for African telecoms.

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Africa satellite internet price war — Starlink, SME connectivity costs, BETAR.africa

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Africa’s Satellite Internet Price War Is Arriving — What It Means for SME Connectivity Costs

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March 20, 2026

Satellite internet competition is arriving in Africa. Starlink leads, rivals are entering, and prices are falling — but the economics for African SMEs are more complex than the headlines suggest.

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Africa streaming wars — MultiChoice, Netflix, Showmax market analysis, BETAR.africa

Creative Economy

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Africa’s Streaming Wars Are Over. The Market Won.

UphivaBETAR
March 20, 2026

In 24 months, Africa’s three biggest streaming bets were unwound. Amazon, Netflix, and Showmax all retreated. What the market actually decided — and what comes next.

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Creative Economy

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Africa’s Influencer Economy: The Real Numbers Behind the Brand Deals

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March 20, 2026

Africa’s creator economy is worth $3 billion and growing. But the brand deal economics reveal a structural gap — between platform hype and what creators actually take home.

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Africa social commerce economy — TikTok, WhatsApp, creator revenue analysis, BETAR.africa

Creative Economy

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Africa’s Social Commerce Economy: What Creators Earn, What Platforms Take, and Who Controls the Revenue Stack

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March 20, 2026

Africa’s social commerce economy is growing fast. But TikTok takes a cut, brands set the rates, and creators are left with a fraction. An analysis of who controls the revenue stack.

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Safaricom stake sale Vodacom Kenya capital markets analysis

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Kenya Sells the Crown Jewel: What the Safaricom-Vodacom Deal Tells Us About Africa’s Fiscal Reckoning

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March 20, 2026

Kenya has approved the sale of a 15% Safaricom stake to Vodacom for KES 204 billion ($1.5B). The real story: a debt-distressed government has monetised Africa’s most valuable fintech asset through a bilateral deal — not the capital markets Safaricom has been democratising.

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CBN BVN phone lock — Nigeria fintech compliance, SIM-swap fraud prevention, digital identity restriction for 68.59 million BVN holders

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CBN BVN Phone Lock: Nigeria’s Hardest Fintech Constraint — and the Inclusion Question Nobody Has Answered

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March 20, 2026

The CBN’s once-per-lifetime BVN phone restriction closes a SIM-swap fraud window. For 68.59 million BVN holders who lose a SIM, change carriers, or upgrade, the circular does not say what happens.

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Nigeria fintech regulation — CBN directives on FATF grey list removal, AML compliance, and liveness checks for Africa's largest fintech market

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Nigeria After FATF: Can Africa’s Biggest Fintech Market Now Set the Rules?

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March 20, 2026

Nigeria’s removal from the FATF grey list in October 2025 unlocked a capital flow argument. The IMF estimates grey-listing cost ~7.6% of GDP in capital inflows. Now the CBN is pushing to become Africa’s fintech regulatory standard-setter.

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Africa’s $66 Billion Beauty Economy: The Brand, Creator and Salon Revenue Structures That Power It

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March 20, 2026

Africa’s beauty and personal care market is projected at $66.19 billion in 2024 — but multinationals capture most of the value. Here is who controls the market, where creators earn, and why the continent’s manufacturing gap persists.

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Girls in STEM in Sub-Saharan Africa: CESA 2016-2025 gender gap audit across 10 countries

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Girls in STEM: Why a Decade of African Targets Failed — and What Three Countries Are Doing Differently

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March 20, 2026

The AU’s CESA 2016–2025 decade closed without meeting its STEM gender parity goals. Rwanda, Ghana, and South Africa offer three distinct policy models producing measurable results — but without binding targets and adequate funding, Africa’s most replicable successes are not spreading fast enough.

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Month: March 2026

Africa First: MTN and Huawei’s AI Antenna Deal Is Rewriting the Rules of Network Operations

Africa’s Satellite Internet Price War Is Arriving — What It Means for SME Connectivity Costs

Africa’s Streaming Wars Are Over. The Market Won.

Africa’s Social Commerce Economy: What Creators Earn, What Platforms Take, and Who Controls the Revenue Stack

Kenya Sells the Crown Jewel: What the Safaricom-Vodacom Deal Tells Us About Africa’s Fiscal Reckoning

CBN BVN Phone Lock: Nigeria’s Hardest Fintech Constraint — and the Inclusion Question Nobody Has Answered

Nigeria After FATF: Can Africa’s Biggest Fintech Market Now Set the Rules?

Africa’s $66 Billion Beauty Economy: The Brand, Creator and Salon Revenue Structures That Power It

Girls in STEM: Why a Decade of African Targets Failed — and What Three Countries Are Doing Differently

Airtel-Starlink Direct-to-Cell in Kenya: The End of the Coverage Excuse

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

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Airtel-Starlink Direct-to-Cell in Kenya: The End of the Coverage Excuse

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