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Africa electricity tariff reform Nigeria Ghana Kenya 2026 energy transition
  • Energy & Climate
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Africa’s Electricity Tariff Reckoning: Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya Are Raising Power Prices — Here Is Who Gains, Who Loses, and What It Means for the Energy Transition

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 6, 2026
Seven African markets raised electricity tariffs in the past twelve months. The economics are defensible — subsidies are unsustainable. Here is who gains, who loses, and what it means for the energy transition.
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Africa 50B gas LNG expansion NDC climate finance contradiction 2026
  • Energy & Climate
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Africa’s $50B Gas Bet: The Economic Logic That Could Cost the Continent Its Climate Finance

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 6, 2026
Twelve African countries are building or approving $50 billion in LNG and gas infrastructure. The economic logic is defensible — the NDC financing trap is the hidden cost.
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Kenya Communications Authority QoS report Telkom Kenya compliance failure 2026
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Kenya’s Third Operator Is Failing Its Network Test. The CA Has the Numbers. Now What?

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 6, 2026
Telkom Kenya scored 52.76% in the CA’s latest QoS assessment against an 80% compliance threshold. That’s not a close miss. It is a structural failure of network quality at the country’s third operator.
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Airtel Starlink direct-to-cell Kenya satellite connectivity 2026 — BETAR.africa
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Airtel-Starlink Direct-to-Cell in Kenya: The End of the Coverage Excuse

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 6, 2026
Airtel Africa’s Starlink Direct-to-Cell pilot proves the technology works on unmodified 4G handsets in rural Kenya. The CA-Kenya audit will determine whether it is allowed.
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Maziv Dark Fibre Africa Vodacom R11 billion South Africa fibre deal
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South Africa’s Fibre Consolidation Is Done. Now the Real Test Begins.

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 6, 2026
The R11 billion Vodacom-Maziv deal closed in December after four years of regulatory attrition. What Remgro, Vodacom, and South Africa’s 900-plus ISPs do next will determine whether it was worth the wait.
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Q1 2026 Africa tech funding review 535M 38 deals — BETAR.africa
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Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: $535M, 38 Deals, and the Signals Under the Headline

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 6, 2026
Africa’s tech funding market produced 38 confirmed deals worth approximately $535M in the first quarter of 2026 — the most comprehensive deal-by-deal analysis of the quarter.
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Africa cross-border payments corridor race 2026 — BETAR.africa
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Africa’s Cross-Border Payments Corridor Race 2026: Who Wins the Pan-African Payments Layer?

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 6, 2026
The corridor connecting West and East Africa’s most active payments markets has never lacked for ambition. EAC passporting, Moniepoint’s Kenya entry, and Wise’s IMTO licence have changed that.
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NCC TIRMS system Nigeria telecoms fraud infrastructure dual-regulator
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Nigeria’s Two-Regulator Fraud Infrastructure: NCC TIRMS Is Live. CBN Is Building Its Own. They Don’t Talk to Each Other.

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 6, 2026
Nigeria has built two parallel fraud-fighting systems — one for telecoms, one for banking. TIRMS flags scam calls in real time. CBN mandates AI-powered AML. Neither shares an API or enforcement framework.
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Africa private equity exit crisis 2026 — BETAR.africa
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Africa PE Exit Crisis 2026: $10B in Private Equity, Nowhere to Go

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 6, 2026
Africa’s 2016–2019 PE vintage holds an estimated $10B in unrealised value. IPOs, strategic sales, and secondaries cannot absorb the backlog. BETAR maps the crisis.
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MTN IHS Towers capital allocation war chest MoMo 2026
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MTN Spent Its War Chest on Towers. Now What?

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 6, 2026
MTN’s $2.2B IHS Towers acquisition consumes 60% of its fintech war chest. BETAR analyses what it means for MoMo’s product ambitions.
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MTN War Chest Q2 2026: Acquisition Pipeline Update
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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
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  • Nigeria
  • Policy & Regulation
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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
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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
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  • Telecoms
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COMESA Clears Vodacom’s Safaricom Stake: What 55% Ownership Means for East Africa’s Telecoms Map

  • April 12, 2026
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