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DRC national digital plan 2026-2030 — EUR 8.7B investment in AI broadband and 30000 tower sites

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DRC National Digital Plan 2026-2030: The EUR 8.7B Bet on AI, Broadband, and 30,000 Tower Sites

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March 14, 2026

Congo’s €8.7B Digital Bet: 30,000 Towers, an AI Academy, and a Race Against Its Own Infrastructure Gap | BETAR.africa Congo’s €8.7B Digital Bet: 30,000 Towers, an AI Academy, and a…

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CBN AI AML baseline standards Nigeria fintech compliance 2026

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CBN Issues AI Baseline Standards for AML Compliance — Nigeria Fintech Has 18 Months

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March 14, 2026

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s new circular mandates six specific AI capabilities for anti-money laundering compliance, with an 18-24 month implementation window for all Nigerian banks and fintechs.

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Rwanda 1.5% digital services tax Africa DST wave 2026

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Rwanda’s 1.5% Digital Services Tax Joins a Growing Continental Wave

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March 14, 2026

Rwanda implements a 1.5% digital services tax for fiscal year 2026-27, joining a continental wave of African DST frameworks targeting foreign digital platforms.

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Nigeria NDPC CAR audit deadline March 31 2026 — data protection compliance

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Nigeria’s March 31 Data Compliance Deadline: What the NDPC CAR Audit Requires

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March 14, 2026

Nigeria’s NDPC March 31 Compliance Audit Return deadline is weeks away. What companies processing Nigerian personal data must submit and the penalties for non-compliance.

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CBN mandates liveness checks for Nigeria bank account openings 2026

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CBN Mandates Liveness Checks for All Nigerian Bank Account Openings

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March 14, 2026

Nigeria’s Central Bank has made biometric liveness detection mandatory for all bank and fintech account openings, effective immediately. What compliance teams must implement now.

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South Africa VAT digital platform operators April 2026 — SARS compliance

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South Africa Flips the VAT Switch on Digital Platform Operators — Effective April 1, 2026

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March 14, 2026

From April 1, South Africa’s platform operators become default VAT collectors for electronic services. What changes, who is affected, and why SARS pushed for this.

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Ethiopia 1.5% telecom revenue levy rural connectivity fund 2026

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Ethiopia Mandates 1.5% Telecom Levy to Fund Rural Connectivity

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March 14, 2026

Ethiopia’s 2026 Finance Law introduces a 1.5% levy on telecom operator revenues to fund a rural connectivity subsidy fund. What Safaricom and Ethio Telecom must pay and how the fund works.

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Cameroon 3% digital services tax SEP framework 2026 — foreign platforms compliance deadline

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Cameroon’s 3% Digital Tax Puts Foreign Platforms on Notice — First Filing Deadline March 15

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March 14, 2026

Cameroon’s 2026 Finance Law activates a 3% Significant Economic Presence tax on foreign digital platforms — Netflix, Meta, betting operators — with the first filing deadline March 15, 2026.

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Africa student financing crisis 2026 — NSFAS South Africa, NELFUND Nigeria, KALF Kenya comparison

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Africa’s Student Financing Crisis: Three Broken Promises, One Generation at Risk

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March 14, 2026

South Africa’s NSFAS is under administration. Nigeria’s NELFUND is unproven. Kenya is mid-transition. Across the continent’s three largest higher education markets, the scaffolding meant to carry first-generation students into the workforce is failing simultaneously.

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CBN AI AML compliance Nigeria fintech 2026

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Nigeria’s Central Bank Just Made AI Mandatory in Fintech Compliance — Here’s What That Means

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March 14, 2026

The CBN has embedded artificial intelligence requirements into its anti-money laundering framework for the first time. Nigerian banks and fintechs now have 18 to 24 months to build automated transaction monitoring with documented human oversight.

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DRC National Digital Plan 2026-2030: The EUR 8.7B Bet on AI, Broadband, and 30,000 Tower Sites

CBN Issues AI Baseline Standards for AML Compliance — Nigeria Fintech Has 18 Months

Rwanda’s 1.5% Digital Services Tax Joins a Growing Continental Wave

Nigeria’s March 31 Data Compliance Deadline: What the NDPC CAR Audit Requires

CBN Mandates Liveness Checks for All Nigerian Bank Account Openings

South Africa Flips the VAT Switch on Digital Platform Operators — Effective April 1, 2026

Ethiopia Mandates 1.5% Telecom Levy to Fund Rural Connectivity

Cameroon’s 3% Digital Tax Puts Foreign Platforms on Notice — First Filing Deadline March 15

Africa’s Student Financing Crisis: Three Broken Promises, One Generation at Risk

Nigeria’s Central Bank Just Made AI Mandatory in Fintech Compliance — Here’s What That Means

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

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?

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