UphivaBETAR, Author at BETAR

MTN 30 million connected homes fixed wireless broadband Africa strategy 2026

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MTN’s 30 Million Connected Homes Play: The Fixed Wireless Bet That Could Reshape African Broadband

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

MTN is targeting 30 million connected homes across Africa through fixed wireless access — a bet that could redefine who controls African home broadband.

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CESA 2026-2035 Africa continental education strategy AU blueprint

Education

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CESA 2026–2035: Africa’s New Education Blueprint — Bolder Targets, Same Funding Gap

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

The African Union’s new continental education strategy sets ambitious targets for 2035 — but the financing gap that derailed CESA 2016-2025 remains unsolved.

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Wise Nigeria IMTO licence UK-Nigeria remittance corridor 2026

Business

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Wise Is Now in Nigeria. Here Is What That Actually Means for the $24 Billion Corridor

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Wise has received its IMTO licence from the CBN. What it means for pricing on the UK-Nigeria corridor, who it threatens, and what it cannot do.

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Africa LLM localisation race — African language models, AI sovereignty, Lelapa AI, Masakhane

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Africa LLM Localisation Race: Who Will Own the African Language Stack?

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

A race is underway to build the foundational language models for Africa’s 2,000+ languages. The winner will shape who controls African AI for the next decade.

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MTN Group FY2025 results war chest acquisition strategy Africa 2026

Business

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MTN’s FY2025 Results Validate the War Chest Thesis — Now Comes the Harder Part

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

MTN Group’s FY2025 numbers confirm the capital is intact and cash generation has accelerated. The harder question: when does the $2B acquisition war chest actually get deployed?

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Africa BESS battery energy storage systems making solar reliable for business 2026

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Africa’s Battery Storage Moment: How BESS Is Finally Making Solar Reliable for Business

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Battery energy storage systems are transforming Africa’s solar installations from intermittent to reliable — and unlocking a commercial energy market.

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Tanzania contactless mobile money — Africa's first M-Pesa tap-to-pay service, 76.5M accounts

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Tanzania’s Contactless Lead: The East Africa Payments Story BETAR Is Missing

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Tanzania has 76.5 million mobile money accounts and just launched Africa’s first mobile money tap-to-pay service. Yet Africa’s fintech coverage systematically ignores it. Here’s what the market actually looks like.

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Africa learning poverty crisis - 89% of children cannot read by age 10 in sub-Saharan Africa

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Africa’s Learning Poverty Crisis: The Foundation Beneath the Tech Skills Gap

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

89% of sub-Saharan African children cannot read a simple text by age 10. Without fixing this foundation, Africa’s tech talent ambitions sit on sand.

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Africa clean energy finance Q1 2026 - DFI and commercial bank investment shift

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Africa Clean Energy Finance Q1 2026: DFI Dominance, Commercial Bank Breakout, and the $8B Quarter

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Africa’s clean energy finance hit an $8B quarter in Q1 2026 — with commercial banks finally stepping in where DFIs once led alone.

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SOLA Naos-1 South Africa largest private solar BESS project — industrial wheeling to Sasol and Air Liquide

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SOLA Naos-1: South Africa’s Largest Private Solar+BESS Project Closes — Built to Decarbonise Sasol and Air Liquide

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

SOLA Group reaches financial close on Naos-1 — a 300MW solar plant with 660MWh of battery storage in the Free State, South Africa’s largest private renewable+storage project, built specifically for industrial wheeling to Sasol and Air Liquide.

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MTN’s 30 Million Connected Homes Play: The Fixed Wireless Bet That Could Reshape African Broadband

CESA 2026–2035: Africa’s New Education Blueprint — Bolder Targets, Same Funding Gap

Wise Is Now in Nigeria. Here Is What That Actually Means for the $24 Billion Corridor

Africa LLM Localisation Race: Who Will Own the African Language Stack?

MTN’s FY2025 Results Validate the War Chest Thesis — Now Comes the Harder Part

Africa’s Battery Storage Moment: How BESS Is Finally Making Solar Reliable for Business

Tanzania’s Contactless Lead: The East Africa Payments Story BETAR Is Missing

Africa’s Learning Poverty Crisis: The Foundation Beneath the Tech Skills Gap

Africa Clean Energy Finance Q1 2026: DFI Dominance, Commercial Bank Breakout, and the $8B Quarter

SOLA Naos-1: South Africa’s Largest Private Solar+BESS Project Closes — Built to Decarbonise Sasol and Air Liquide

MTN War Chest Q2 2026: 90 Days In, the Acquisition Pipeline Has Changed

Nigeria Bank M&A Wave 2026: Who Acquires the Recapitalisation Failures and at What Price?

Nigeria Bank M&A Wave: Who Acquires the Recapitalisation Failures — and at What Price?

COMESA Clears Vodacom’s Safaricom Stake: What 55% Ownership Means for East Africa’s Telecoms Map

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

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MTN War Chest Q2 2026: 90 Days In, the Acquisition Pipeline Has Changed

Nigeria Bank M&A Wave 2026: Who Acquires the Recapitalisation Failures and at What Price?

Nigeria Bank M&A Wave: Who Acquires the Recapitalisation Failures — and at What Price?

COMESA Clears Vodacom’s Safaricom Stake: What 55% Ownership Means for East Africa’s Telecoms Map