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Africa Deep Tech Research Foundation Gap 2026
  • Research
  • Technology
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Africa’s Deep Tech Boom Is Built on a Fragile Research Foundation

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 20, 2026
UNECA projects 4.3% African growth driven by frontier technologies. But Africa’s researcher pipeline — PhDs per capita, R&D spending, institutional capacity — is nowhere near ready to sustain that ambition.
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Ghana 5G Spectrum Reset NGIC 2026
  • Technology
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Ghana’s 5G Reset: How the NGIC Experiment Failed and What Comes Next

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 20, 2026
Ghana is scrapping its shared-infrastructure 5G model after Next-Gen InfraCo defaulted on licence fees. A competitive spectrum auction will reshape the market — and MTN Ghana’s 73% market share puts it in pole position.
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Persistent $52M Africa Climate Venture Fund First Close 2026
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  • Technology
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Persistent Closes $52M First for Africa’s Most Patient Climate Fund

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 20, 2026
Persistent’s $52M first close for its Africa Climate Venture Fund backs pre-seed climate founders that growth-stage VCs routinely pass on — and reshapes who writes the smallest cheques in Africa’s climate ecosystem.
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East Africa Gulf Digital Infrastructure Corridor Map 2026
  • Research
  • Technology
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Who Really Owns East Africa’s Internet Infrastructure?

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 20, 2026
A Gulf capital corridor is quietly reshaping who owns East Africa’s digital backbone — from submarine cables to hyperscale data centres. The sovereignty implications are officially unasked.
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South Africa JETP: America Exited, Germany Doubled Down, and the Money Is Still Not Moving

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 20, 2026
The 10B Just Energy Transition Partnership for South Africa is the template for climate finance globally. After the US withdrew and Germany scaled up, the fundamental problem — disbursement lagging pledges — remains ahead of COP30.
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Africa Has the Battery Minerals. Morocco Has the Gigafactory. Here Is the Gap.

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 20, 2026
The Kenitra gigafactory is Africa first battery cell plant. But the lithium arrives from Zimbabwe, the refining happens in China, and the cars go to Europe. The structural question mineral-rich African governments cannot afford to ignore.
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Nigeria $750M DARES Programme: World Largest Public Solar Mini-Grid Network

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 20, 2026
Nigeria DARES programme has 391 signed grant agreements and is commissioning 28 solar mini-grids in Q1 2026, backed by $750M in World Bank financing. Inside the performance-based model building distributed clean power for 17.5 million Nigerians.
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Ethiopia telecom revenue levy rural connectivity fund 2026 — BETAR.africa
  • Policy & Regulation
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Ethiopia’s Telecom Revenue Levy: A 5% Tax That Could Fund Rural Connectivity — or Kill Competition

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 20, 2026
Ethiopia has introduced a 5% levy on telecom revenues to fund rural connectivity. It’s a significant policy step — but the economics of taxing a market with only two operators are complicated.
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Ghana VASP sandbox crypto regulation 2026 — 11 firms West Africa digital assets, BETAR.africa
  • Policy & Regulation
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Ghana’s VASP Sandbox: 11 Firms, Live Crypto Regulation, and What It Means for West Africa’s Digital Asset Market

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 20, 2026
Ghana has admitted 11 firms to a crypto VASP sandbox — the most structured digital asset licensing framework in West Africa. What it means for regional crypto operators.
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Rwanda digital services tax 1.5% Africa DST wave 2026 — BETAR.africa
  • Policy & Regulation
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Rwanda’s Digital Services Tax: Why a 1.5% Levy Could Reshape How Africa Taxes the Platform Economy

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 20, 2026
Rwanda’s 1.5% digital services tax is live. It joins South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe in taxing the platform economy. What the wave means for digital businesses across Africa.
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MTN War Chest Q2 2026: Acquisition Pipeline Update
  • Business
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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
  • Business
  • Finances
  • 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
  • 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
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