BETAR
  • Business
  • Tech
  • AI
  • Creative Economy
  • Education
  • Research
  • About
  • Terms

Archives

  • April 2026
  • March 2026
  • May 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • April 2020

Categories

  • 1124
  • 13
  • 1471
  • 15
  • 16
  • 2187
  • 2682
  • 2683
  • 3006
  • 3008
  • 3015
  • 3186
  • 3307
  • 3319
  • 339
  • 34
  • 417
  • 55
  • 568
  • 72
  • 732
  • 810
  • Africa
  • AI
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Banking
  • Blockchain
  • Breaking
  • Business
  • Career Growth
  • Community Impact
  • Corporate Strategy
  • Creative Economy
  • Creative Projects
  • Crypto
  • Education
  • Energy & Climate
  • Energy & Climate Tech
  • Energy and Climate Tech
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finances
  • Fintech
  • Fintech & Investment
  • Future Trends
  • Global
  • Infrastructure
  • Kenya
  • Media
  • Nigeria
  • Policy & Regulation
  • Policy and Regulation
  • Research
  • Startups
  • Tech
  • Technology
  • Telecoms
  • Venture Capital
BETAR

Business, Education, Technology, Arts and Research

  • Business
  • Tech
  • AI
  • Creative Economy
  • Education
  • Research
  • About
  • Terms
0
0
0
Morocco Gotion battery gigafactory breaking ground in Kenitra as Africa's first EV battery manufacturing facility in 2026
  • Energy & Climate
  • 5 views
  • 6 minute read

Morocco Gotion: Africa’s First Battery Gigafactory Breaks Ground in Kenitra — What It Means for the Continent

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 3, 2026
Morocco Gotion: Africa’s First Battery Gigafactory Breaks Ground in Kenitra — What It Means for the Continent | BETAR.africa Morocco Gotion: Africa’s First Battery Gigafactory Breaks Ground in Kenitra —…
View Post
African smallholder farmer with AI technology representing the localisation challenge for agricultural AI on the continent
  • Technology
  • 2 views
  • 7 minute read

Why Africa’s Smallholder Farmers Are AI’s Hardest Localisation Problem

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 3, 2026
Why Africa’s smallholder farmers are AI’s hardest localisation problem | BETAR.africa Why Africa’s smallholder farmers are AI’s hardest localisation problem By BETAR Research Desk | Research | 20 March 2026…
View Post
South Africa ICASA spectrum auction 2026 showing 6GHz battleground that will define the 5G rollout
  • Technology
  • 1 view
  • 6 minute read

South Africa’s Spectrum Auction Returns: The 6GHz Battleground That Will Define 5G

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 3, 2026
South Africa’s Spectrum Auction Returns: The 6GHz Battleground That Will Define 5G ICASA is preparing its second major spectrum auction in five years, targeting six frequency bands for release in…
View Post
Kenya Rwanda EAC PSP licence passporting MOU redrawing East Africa's fintech regulatory map in 2026
  • Technology
  • 2 views
  • 6 minute read

One Licence, Two Markets: Kenya and Rwanda Just Redrew East Africa’s Fintech Map

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 3, 2026
One Licence, Two Markets: Kenya and Rwanda Just Redrew East Africa’s Fintech Map | BETAR.africa One Licence, Two Markets: Kenya and Rwanda Just Redrew East Africa’s Fintech Map The Central…
View Post
AfDB and UNDP 10 billion dollar AI initiative for Africa highlighting the continent's compute infrastructure gap in 2026
  • Technology
  • 1 view
  • 6 minute read

AfDB and UNDP Launch $10 Billion AI Push — And Africa’s Compute Gap Is the Hardest Part

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 3, 2026
AfDB and UNDP Launch $10 Billion AI Push — And Africa’s Compute Gap Is the Hardest Part The African Development Bank and UNDP have pledged $10 billion to unlock 40…
View Post
Aga Khan exiting Nation Media Group after 66 years as Tanzanian billionaire Rostam Azizi takes control in 2026
  • Business
  • 2 views
  • 4 minute read

Aga Khan Exits Nation Media Group After 66 Years — Tanzanian Billionaire Rostam Azizi Takes Control

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 3, 2026
For 66 years, the Nation Media Group was Aga Khan territory. The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development built East African Newspapers from a regional print operation into the continent’s…
View Post
Morocco Digital X.0 AI governance framework representing Africa's most comprehensive digital regulation in 2026
  • Technology
  • 2 views
  • 6 minute read

Morocco’s Digital X.0 Law: Africa’s Most Comprehensive AI and Data Governance Framework

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 3, 2026
Morocco’s Digital X.0 Law: Africa’s Most Comprehensive AI and Data Governance Framework Morocco’s Digital X.0 Law: Africa’s Most Comprehensive AI and Data Governance Framework Morocco has moved further and faster…
View Post
Rwanda dual-track digital currency strategy combining virtual assets law and e-FRW CBDC pilot in 2026
  • Technology
  • 1 view
  • 5 minute read

Rwanda’s Dual-Track Digital Currency Strategy: Virtual Assets Law and the e-FRW CBDC Pilot

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 3, 2026
Rwanda’s Dual-Track Digital Currency Strategy: Virtual Assets Law and the e-FRW CBDC Pilot Rwanda’s Dual-Track Digital Currency Strategy: Virtual Assets Law and the e-FRW CBDC Pilot On March 4, 2026,…
View Post
Spiro electric motorcycle battery swap station in Africa representing 50M debt round for emobility infrastructure
  • Energy & Climate
  • 1 view
  • 6 minute read

Spiro’s $50M Debt Round Signals Africa’s Battery-Swap Model Has Reached Infrastructure Scale

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 3, 2026
In late February, Spiro became the first African e-mobility company to close two institutional financing rounds in less than six months — a $50 million debt facility announced on 24…
View Post
Japan Africa investment partnership showing Tokyo as fastest-growing startup investor on the continent in 2026
  • Business
  • 2 views
  • 6 minute read

Japan’s African Bet: How Tokyo Became the Continent’s Fastest-Growing Startup Investor

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 3, 2026
Japan’s African Bet: How Tokyo Became the Continent’s Fastest-Growing Startup Investor New data shows Japan recorded the sharpest rise of any investor geography in African tech in early 2026 —…
View Post

Get Africa's tech & business briefing — free

Africa's sharpest business, technology and innovation stories, delivered weekly. Join thousands of readers.

Subscribe Free →
MTN War Chest Q2 2026: Acquisition Pipeline Update
  • Business
  • 6 minute read

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

  • April 21, 2026
Nigeria banking sector M&A wave 2026 — recapitalisation acquirers and consolidation map
  • Business
  • Finances
  • Nigeria
  • Policy & Regulation
  • 6 minute read

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

  • April 14, 2026
Nigeria bank M&A wave 2026 — who acquires Polaris Keystone Union Bank after CBN recapitalisation deadline
  • Africa
  • Banking
  • Business
  • Corporate Strategy
  • 7 minute read

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

  • April 14, 2026
COMESA clears Vodacom Safaricom 55% stake East Africa telecoms 2026
  • Africa
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Telecoms
  • 4 minute read

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

  • April 12, 2026
BETAR
Business, Education, Technology, Arts and Research