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COMESA clears Vodacom Safaricom 55% stake East Africa telecoms 2026

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

UphivaBETAR
April 12, 2026

COMESA’s unconditional clearance of Vodacom’s Safaricom stake increase — raising ownership to 55% — marks the first time a South African telco holds majority control of East Africa’s dominant operator. BETAR analyses the strategic, regulatory, and market implications.

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GITEX Africa 2026 Day 1 — AI governance forum and data centre showcase, Marrakech

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

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April 8, 2026

GITEX Africa 2026 Day 1 in Marrakech: Morocco’s AI governance push, 55,000 delegates, data centre commitments, and the continent’s largest startup showcase.

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Chart showing Africa Q1 2026 tech funding split between equity and development finance debt

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Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What the Numbers Actually Say

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April 7, 2026

Africa’s technology sector raised $537 million in Q1 2026. Strip out development finance debt and the equity story looks very different. BETAR’s proprietary tracker breaks down the numbers.

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Africa Comic Book and Graphic Novel Economy — BETAR.africa

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The IP Ownership Lesson That African Comics Learned the Hard Way

UphivaBETAR
April 6, 2026

When Comic Republic sold its Vanguards IP for television, the production house earned nearly twice what the Nigerian publisher made. The gap between those two numbers is the central economic lesson of Africa’s comics and illustration industry.

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Africa Fashion Week Circuit Economics — BETAR.africa

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Africa’s Fashion Week Economics: Who Pays, Who Profits, Who Converts

UphivaBETAR
April 6, 2026

Lagos Fashion Week just won the Earthshot Prize. South Africa Fashion Week just announced a strategic pause. Both events tell the same economic story: Africa’s fashion week circuit sits at the intersection of cultural prestige and structural fragility.

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Nigeria Fintech M&A Pipeline Q2 2026: Who Is Buying the Compliance Laggards?

UphivaBETAR
April 6, 2026

CBN’s compliance window has closed. An estimated 40–60 tier-two and tier-three fintechs cannot meet the four-mandate stack. Who has the capital and strategic logic to be the acquirer — and who will be acquired?

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Africa creator merchandise economy — Shopify take rates and cross-border fulfilment costs

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The Merch Gap: Why African Creators Leave Money on the Table With Physical Products

UphivaBETAR
April 6, 2026

African creators with millions of followers consistently under-earn on physical merchandise. The problem is not audience size — it is a compound cost stack: production premiums, dollar-denominated platform fees, and cross-border fulfilment that often doubles the landed price.

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Africa talent competition reality TV format economics — Big Brother Naija, format fees and sponsor economics

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Africa’s Reality TV Format Economy: Inside the Business of Big Brother Naija, Format Fees, and the Sponsor Arms Race

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April 6, 2026

Big Brother Naija generates N10 billion in seasonal sponsorship against N5.6 billion in production costs. A full breakdown of Africa’s reality TV format economy — format fees, sponsor structures, voting economics, and who owns the IP.

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Africa video game development studio economics — app store cuts and developer costs

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Building a Game Studio in Africa Costs $3,000 a Month. Publishing One Game Costs Three Times That. The Unit Economics Explain Why African Studios Struggle to Scale.

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April 6, 2026

Africa has 349 million gamers and fewer than 200 commercially active studios. The gap is a unit economics problem — and it starts before a single line of code is written.

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Nigeria bank recapitalisation Day 35 — CBN enforcement, Union Bank court battle, Polaris and Keystone in limbo

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Nigeria Banks at Day 35: The CBN Blinks, the Courts Are Deciding, and No Buyer Has Moved

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April 6, 2026

Thirty-five days after Nigeria’s March 31 banking recapitalisation deadline, the CBN has issued no formal enforcement action against the three non-compliant banks. What the regulator’s containment posture means — and when it has to end.

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Trademark Tangles: What the Zap Africa vs. Paystack Clash Means for Startups

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

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

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What the Numbers Actually Say

The IP Ownership Lesson That African Comics Learned the Hard Way

Africa’s Fashion Week Economics: Who Pays, Who Profits, Who Converts

Nigeria Fintech M&A Pipeline Q2 2026: Who Is Buying the Compliance Laggards?

The Merch Gap: Why African Creators Leave Money on the Table With Physical Products

Africa’s Reality TV Format Economy: Inside the Business of Big Brother Naija, Format Fees, and the Sponsor Arms Race

Building a Game Studio in Africa Costs $3,000 a Month. Publishing One Game Costs Three Times That. The Unit Economics Explain Why African Studios Struggle to Scale.

Nigeria Banks at Day 35: The CBN Blinks, the Courts Are Deciding, and No Buyer Has Moved

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

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

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

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

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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