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Africa’s technology sector raised $537 million in Q1 2026. Strip out development finance debt and the equity story looks very different. BETAR’s proprietary tracker breaks down the numbers.

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.

MTN is spending $240 million on an AI data centre in Lagos. Microsoft and G42 are spending $1 billion in Kenya. The investment is real. So is the power problem that could undermine it.

More Africans are graduating from university than ever before. More are also unemployed, underemployed, or working jobs that don’t require a degree. The credential trap is real.

Africa’s private tutoring market is worth over $6 billion — and growing fast. It is not a supplement to public education. It is the primary learning system for millions of students.

After years of chasing consumers who couldn’t pay, Africa’s surviving EdTech companies are pivoting to government contracts — a harder sale with very different unit economics.

Across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, electricity tariffs have risen sharply in 2026. The reform wave was necessary — but not equally shared.

Across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, electricity tariffs have risen sharply in 2026. The reform wave was necessary — but not equally shared.

After years of chasing consumers who couldn’t pay, Africa’s surviving EdTech companies are pivoting to government contracts — a harder sale with a very different unit economics.

African teachers are leaving for the UK, Gulf, and private schools at rates that threaten public education systems continent-wide. The numbers explain why.