Africa’s Research-to-Revenue Gap: Why University IP Rarely Becomes a Product
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African universities produce more research than ever — but the pipeline from lab to market is almost entirely broken.
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The CESA Decade in Review: Africa Enrolled More Children and Lost More Ground
A ten-year audit of the Continental Education Strategy for Africa shows enrolment gains masking a quality collapse that went unmeasured.
TVET in Africa: Can Technical Training Scale to Meet the Digital Economy Demand?
Africa needs 230 million skilled digital workers by 2030. Technical and vocational training holds the answer — if institutional reform follows.
Africa’s Radio Economy: The $130M Advertising Market Streaming Cannot Reach
Radio reaches the audiences streaming never touches — and the commercial mechanics behind that reach are largely invisible to analysts.
The Pan-African Streaming Wars: MultiChoice vs Netflix vs Showmax — Who Wins Africa?
The pan-African streaming market is consolidating. MultiChoice, Netflix, and Showmax are fighting for subscriber dominance — and the battle economics matter.
Africa’s Social Commerce Boom: What Creators Are Actually Earning on TikTok and WhatsApp
TikTok Shop and WhatsApp Channels are reshaping how African creators monetise their audiences. The economics are more complex than they look.
Africa’s Animation Economy: IP Ownership Is the Only Business That Scales
Kugali and Triggerfish have proven African animation can travel globally. The business model that makes it work is IP ownership — not production services.
AI-Industrialised Identity Fraud: Africa Fintech’s 160,000-Attacks-a-Month Problem
A fraud syndicate launched 160,000 identity attacks using just 100 stolen faces. African fintechs are being forced to rebuild their identity infrastructure.
Africa’s Cross-Border Payments Corridor Race 2026: Who Wins the Pan-African Payments Layer?
EAC passporting, Moniepoint’s Kenya entry, and Wise’s IMTO licence have put the pan-African payments race on a live footing. BETAR assesses who holds the structural advantage.
Persistent’s M Africa Climate Venture Fund: First Close, Investment Thesis, and the Gap It’s Targeting
Persistent Energy’s Africa Climate Ventures fund has closed its first million — targeting climate tech startups in a segment that traditional VC has underserved. An analysis of the fund structure, investment thesis, and the opportunity it’s betting on.
