MTN Spent Its War Chest on Towers. Now What?
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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 Spent Its War Chest on Towers. Now What?
MTN’s $2.2B IHS Towers acquisition consumes 60% of its fintech war chest. BETAR analyses what it means for MoMo’s product ambitions.
COMESA’s WhatsApp Case Just Crossed a Threshold. What Happens to Meta Next
The COMESA Competition Commission’s March 16 submission deadline has passed. Africa’s most ambitious digital antitrust case enters its evidence-weighing phase — and Meta’s exposure is larger than most observers have priced in.
Africa Has 349 Million Gamers. African Developers Capture Less Than 1% of the Revenue.
Africa has 349 million gamers and the fastest-growing gaming market by user count in the world. African game developers earn less than 1% of the revenue generated on the continent. The gap is structural — and closing it requires more than better games.
COMESA probes Meta over WhatsApp AI lockout across 21 African markets
Africa’s largest regional trade bloc has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Meta after October 2025 changes to the WhatsApp Business API effectively locked out third-party AI providers — while Meta’s own assistant retained full access.
When the Hustle Becomes a Heist: Sapphire Egemasi and the Unmasking of a Fake Tech Culture
Chinemezu Sapphire Egemasi wasn’t arrested for building a startup. She was arrested for building a lie — one dressed in tech jargon, wrapped in social media optics, and backed by…
