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Kenya and Rwanda sign EAC PSP licence passporting MOU
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One Licence, Two Markets: Kenya and Rwanda Just Redrew East Africa’s Fintech Map

  • March 12, 2026
Kenya and Rwanda’s central banks have signed a landmark MOU to build a mutual recognition framework for payment service providers — the first concrete step in a five-year plan to integrate East Africa’s fragmented payments landscape.
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Spiro’s $50M Debt Round Signals Africa’s Battery-Swap Model Has Reached Infrastructure Scale

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 12, 2026
Spiro has closed a $50M debt round — the largest single debt raise for an African e-mobility company. It signals that the battery-swap model has crossed from pilot to infrastructure scale.
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How M-Pesa Captured at Least 40% of Kenya’s Stock Exchange in Weeks

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 12, 2026
Safaricom launched Ziidi Trader, connecting M-Pesa directly to the Nairobi Securities Exchange. Within weeks, M-Pesa payments captured at least 40% of NSE transaction volume — a structural shift in Kenya’s capital markets.
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Japan’s African Bet: How Tokyo Became the Continent’s Fastest-Growing Startup Investor

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 12, 2026
Japan recorded the sharpest increase of any investor geography in African tech in early 2026. Behind that data point is a deliberate strategic pivot — not aid, but venture capital with a distinctive industrial logic.
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Ghana Admits 11 Crypto Firms to Regulatory Sandbox — The VASP Act 2025 Is Now Operational

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 12, 2026
Ghana has admitted 11 crypto firms to its regulatory sandbox under the VASP Act 2025 — making it one of the first African countries to operationalise a formal virtual asset regulatory framework.
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South Africa’s Crypto Reporting Regime Is Now Live — What CASPs Must Do

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 12, 2026
South Africa’s crypto asset reporting framework is live. Every CASP operating in the country now has mandatory reporting obligations to SARS. Here’s what the new regime requires and who it applies to.
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AfDB and UNDP Launch $10 Billion AI Initiative to Create 40 Million Jobs Across Africa by 2035

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 12, 2026
The African Development Bank and UNDP have jointly launched a $10 billion AI initiative — the largest multilateral AI investment targeting Africa. The goal: 40 million new jobs by 2035 across a three-phase roadmap.
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Zimbabwe’s 15% Digital Services Tax Is the Steepest on the Continent

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 12, 2026
Zimbabwe’s new 15% withholding tax on digital services is the steepest on the continent. For platform operators and digital service providers, it sets a precedent that other African governments are watching closely.
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African Data Labour Rights: Gig Workers, Military AI, and the Informed Consent Gap

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 12, 2026
Tens of thousands of African gig workers are annotating AI training data — including military AI systems — without knowing it. The informed consent gap is Africa’s most overlooked AI governance problem.
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South Africa draft national AI policy 2026 — 60-day public consultation for business
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South Africa’s Draft National AI Policy: What the 60-Day Consultation Means for Business

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 12, 2026
South Africa’s draft National AI Policy is open for consultation. What’s in it, what’s missing, and what does the 60-day window mean for businesses operating in the continent’s most advanced AI market?
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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
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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
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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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