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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

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April 21, 2026

MTN Group committed $1.2bn of its $2bn fintech war chest to IHS Towers infrastructure. Moniepoint — the most speculated acquisition target — bought its own Kenyan bank. BETAR tracks what the pipeline actually looks like 90 days on.

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MTN Ayoba super app shutdown Africa telco digital strategy 2026

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MTN Kills Ayoba: What Africa’s Failed Super App Experiment Tells Us About Telco Digital Strategy

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April 3, 2026

Seven years and 35 million MAUs later, MTN has shut down Ayoba. The post-mortem is short: African telcos cannot build messaging apps. The interesting question is what they can build instead.

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MTN IHS Towers capital allocation war chest MoMo fintech strategy 2026

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MTN Spent Its War Chest on Towers. Now What?

UphivaBETAR
March 28, 2026

MTN’s 2.2 billion dollar IHS Towers acquisition consumes 60 percent of its fintech war chest. BETAR analyses the balance sheet impact, dividend risk, and what it means for MoMo’s product ambitions in 2026-2027.

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Airtel Africa vs MTN FY2025 earnings comparison Africa telecoms

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Two Telecoms, One Continent: What Airtel Africa and MTN’s FY2025 Results Reveal About Africa’s Biggest Strategic Bet

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March 22, 2026

Airtel Africa and MTN have both reported FY2025 results. Both recovered sharply from currency-driven losses. But their strategies — asset-light vs infrastructure build, fintech IPO vs acquisition war chest — could not be more different.

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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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Africa-telecoms

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

MTN Kills Ayoba: What Africa’s Failed Super App Experiment Tells Us About Telco Digital Strategy

MTN Spent Its War Chest on Towers. Now What?

Two Telecoms, One Continent: What Airtel Africa and MTN’s FY2025 Results Reveal About Africa’s Biggest Strategic Bet

Ethiopia Mandates 1.5% Telecom Levy to Fund Rural Connectivity

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?

COMESA Clears Vodacom’s Safaricom Stake: What 55% Ownership Means for East Africa’s Telecoms Map

Airtel-Starlink Direct-to-Cell in Kenya: The End of the Coverage Excuse

Nigeria BRIDGE Fibre Rollout: How the World Bank’s Pay-for-Results Architecture Is Funding Africa’s Biggest Broadband Project

Nigeria BRIDGE Fibre Rollout: How the World Bank’s Pay-for-Results Architecture Is Funding Africa’s Biggest Broadband Project

GITEX Africa 2026 Day 2: STAR Summit — AI, Cybersecurity and Fintech Take Centre Stage

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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?

COMESA Clears Vodacom’s Safaricom Stake: What 55% Ownership Means for East Africa’s Telecoms Map