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Showmax closure Canal+ Netflix Africa streaming war 2026

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Africa’s Streaming War Is Over. Netflix Won.

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March 11, 2026

Canal+ has shut down Showmax after $309 million in losses. Netflix won Africa’s streaming war — not by outspending the competition, but by locking up the continent’s dominant distribution infrastructure.

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MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita acquisition strategy African fintech 2026

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MTN’s $2B War Chest: The Acquisition Strategy That Could Reshape African Fintech

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March 11, 2026

MTN Group enters 2026 with $2B in cash and CEO Ralph Mupita’s stated intent to transform from telco to platform — what that means for African fintech’s competitive landscape.

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Africa tech M&A consolidation wave 2025-2026 fintech acquisitions super-conglomerates

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Africa’s Tech Consolidation Wave: 67 Acquisitions, Super-Conglomerates, and the End of Blitzscaling

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March 11, 2026

African tech recorded a record 67 M&A deals in 2025 — a 72% surge. From Flutterwave-Mono to Moniepoint-Sumac, the continent’s largest fintechs are buying capabilities rather than building them.

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African enterprise software startups B2B SaaS landscape 2026

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Africa B2B SaaS Landscape: Enterprise Software Startups to Watch in 2026

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March 11, 2026

Africa’s venture capital conversation has long revolved around consumer fintech: mobile money, remittances, lending apps built for the unbanked millions. But a structural shift is underway. Enterprise software — the…

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Illustration: Africa social commerce economy — TikTok and WhatsApp platform revenue split

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Africa’s 4.45 Billion Social Commerce Economy: TikTok’s Monetisation Gap and WhatsApp’s Retail Dominance

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March 11, 2026

Africa’s social commerce market hit 3.51 billion in 2024 and is growing at 26.7 percent annually. TikTok’s creator monetisation exclusion and WhatsApp’s zero-fee dominance are reshaping who captures the value.

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South Africa brings cryptocurrency under exchange control regulation

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South Africa Is Bringing Crypto Under Exchange Control

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March 11, 2026

South Africa’s Minister of Finance announced in February 2026 that the Treasury is developing draft regulations under the Currency and Exchanges Act that will bring cross-border cryptocurrency transactions explicitly under…

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Africa’s $4.45 Billion Social Commerce Economy: TikTok’s Monetisation Gap and WhatsApp’s Retail Dominance

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March 10, 2026

Africa’s social commerce market is growing at 26.7% annually, yet TikTok excludes most African creators from direct monetisation while WhatsApp quietly dominates the continent’s commerce infrastructure.

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Illustration: South Africa draft national AI policy — multi-regulator model and business compliance

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South Africa’s Draft National AI Policy: What the Multi-Regulator Model Means for Business

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March 10, 2026

South Africa has chosen a sectoral multi-regulator AI model — no single AI authority. With a 60-day consultation window opening soon, here’s what financial services, health, and enterprise tech firms need to do now.

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Illustration: Nigeria NCC telecom policy overhaul — first major review in 26 years, March 2026

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Nigeria’s First Telecom Policy Overhaul in 26 Years: What Every Business Needs to Know Before March 20

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March 10, 2026

Nigeria’s NCC is rewriting its 26-year-old telecoms policy — with submissions due March 20. Right-of-way costs, one-stop permitting, and 6GHz spectrum are all on the table.

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Africa Digital Infrastructure Index 2025 - ADII scores for 10 African economies across broadband speed data centers regulatory readiness and workforce

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Africa’s Digital Infrastructure Divide: Who Is Ready — and Who Is Being Left Behind

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March 10, 2026

BETAR.africa’s Africa Digital Infrastructure Index (ADII) scores ten economies across five pillars. South Africa leads with 88/100; Ethiopia trails at 23. The gap is structural — and wider than any comparable pair of economies on any other continent.

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Technology

Africa’s Streaming War Is Over. Netflix Won.

MTN’s $2B War Chest: The Acquisition Strategy That Could Reshape African Fintech

Africa’s Tech Consolidation Wave: 67 Acquisitions, Super-Conglomerates, and the End of Blitzscaling

Africa B2B SaaS Landscape: Enterprise Software Startups to Watch in 2026

South Africa Is Bringing Crypto Under Exchange Control

South Africa’s Draft National AI Policy: What the Multi-Regulator Model Means for Business

Nigeria’s First Telecom Policy Overhaul in 26 Years: What Every Business Needs to Know Before March 20

Africa’s Digital Infrastructure Divide: Who Is Ready — and Who Is Being Left Behind

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

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

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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