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COMESA Clears Vodacom’s Safaricom Stake: What 55% Ownership Means for East Africa’s Telecoms Map
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.
Airtel-Starlink Direct-to-Cell in Kenya: The End of the Coverage Excuse
A March 2026 Kenya pilot confirmed that direct-to-cell satellite connectivity works on ordinary smartphones — no hardware needed. BETAR analyses what Airtel and Starlink’s breakthrough means for Africa’s operators, regulators, and tower economics.
Nigeria BRIDGE Fibre Rollout: How the World Bank’s Pay-for-Results Architecture Is Funding Africa’s Biggest Broadband Project
Nigeria’s Project BRIDGE will expand the national fibre backbone from 35,000km to 125,000km. BETAR analyses the $2B funding architecture, ISP commercial case, and the structural barriers that have ended every previous Nigerian infrastructure commitment.
Nigeria BRIDGE Fibre Rollout: How the World Bank’s Pay-for-Results Architecture Is Funding Africa’s Biggest Broadband Project
Nigeria’s Project BRIDGE will expand the national fibre backbone from 35,000km to 125,000km. BETAR analyses the $2B funding architecture, ISP commercial case, and the structural barriers that have ended every previous Nigerian infrastructure commitment.
Ghana Just Did What No West African Country Has Done: Put a Price on Charging an EV
Buried inside Ghana’s routine quarterly electricity rate review was something historic: Africa’s first regulated commercial EV charging tariff. Here is what it means for EV infrastructure investment across West Africa.
Africa Offshore Wind: Zero Commissioned Capacity Despite 100GW Announced Projects
Africa has extraordinary offshore wind resources and precisely zero commissioned megawatts — an investigation into the regulatory, financing, and infrastructure barriers blocking the continent’s highest-potential energy source.
Africa Offshore Wind: Zero Commissioned Capacity Despite 100GW Announced Projects
Africa has extraordinary offshore wind resources and precisely zero commissioned megawatts. An investigation into the regulatory, financing, and infrastructure barriers blocking the continent’s highest-potential energy source.
Nigeria Fintech M&A Pipeline Q2 2026: Who Is Buying the Compliance Laggards?
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?
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.
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.
CBN VASP AML Supervision Pilot: Nigeria Names Paystack and Flutterwave to Monthly Compliance Reporting
The CBN has named six VASPs — including Paystack and Flutterwave — to a new AML supervision pilot requiring monthly compliance reports and Travel Rule readiness plans. BETAR analyses the compliance cost stack and what comes next for all Nigerian fintechs.