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South Africa ICASA spectrum auction 6GHz 5G 2026

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South Africa’s Spectrum Auction Returns: The 6GHz Battleground That Will Define 5G

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April 4, 2026

ICASA is preparing its second major spectrum auction in five years, targeting six frequency bands. The contested 6GHz band has turned a routine licensing process into a regulatory fight.

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Maziv R9 billion fibre infrastructure pledge South Africa SAIC 2026 open-access broadband

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Maziv’s R9 Billion Fibre Pledge: Open-Access Infrastructure Execution After the Vodacom Deal

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April 4, 2026

Maziv CEO Dietlof Maré committed R9 billion over five years at SAIC 2026 — the capital deployment moment the Vodacom deal was building toward. BETAR analyses what the pledge means for open-access accountability, ISP competition, and South Africa’s broadband gap.

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Satellite dish and African cityscape representing the satellite internet price war impact on SME costs

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Africa Satellite Internet Price War: What Starlink, Amazon LEO, and 2Africa Mean for SME Costs

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April 3, 2026

Africa Satellite Internet: Starlink vs Kuiper for SMEs | BETAR Africa Satellite Internet Price War: What Starlink, Amazon LEO, and 2Africa Mean for SME Costs By Technology Reporter, BETAR.africa |…

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Ghana 5G spectrum reset NGIC failure MTN NCA 2026

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Ghana’s 5G Reset: How the NGIC Experiment Failed and What Comes Next

UphivaBETAR
March 29, 2026

Ghana’s NGIC 5G exclusivity experiment collapsed under deployment failures and commercial disputes. BETAR maps what went wrong, what comes next, and who is best positioned in the reset auction.

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Africa satellite internet price war Starlink Kuiper SME costs 2026

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Africa Satellite Internet: Starlink vs Kuiper — What the Price War Means for SMEs

UphivaBETAR
March 29, 2026

Starlink and Amazon Kuiper are entering a price war across Africa. BETAR analyses what falling satellite internet costs mean for Africa’s 44 million SMEs and whether the economics of last-mile connectivity have finally changed.

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Nigeria Project BRIDGE fibre backbone rollout — 125,000km expansion map with World Bank milestone financing and ISP open access framework

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Nigeria’s $2 Billion Fibre Gamble: World Bank Milestones, EU Backing, and the Right-of-Way Problem That Could Derail Africa’s Most Ambitious Broadband Project

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March 29, 2026

Nigeria’s Project BRIDGE will extend the national fibre backbone from 35,000km to 125,000km using $2 billion in milestone-linked financing. The architecture is sound. The barriers — right-of-way, vandalism, power — are not.

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Ethiopia's Telecom Revenue Levy Will Fund Rural Connectivity. Here's the Math. — BETAR.africa

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Ethiopia’s Telecom Revenue Levy Will Fund Rural Connectivity. Here’s the Math.

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Ethiopia has enacted a telecom revenue levy to fund rural connectivity. How the fund is structured, how much it raises, and who pays.

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MTN's 30 Million Homes Bet: The Economics Behind Africa's Biggest Fixed Broadband Push — BETAR.africa

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MTN’s 30 Million Homes Bet: The Economics Behind Africa’s Biggest Fixed Broadband Push

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March 22, 2026

MTN Group is targeting 20–30 million connected homes via fixed wireless access. The unit economics behind the ambition.

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DRC's National Digital Plan: AI, Broadband Towers, and a Five-Year Infrastructure Bet — BETAR.africa

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DRC’s National Digital Plan: AI, Broadband Towers, and a Five-Year Infrastructure Bet

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March 22, 2026

The Democratic Republic of Congo has published its National Digital Plan 2026–2030. What the $2.7 billion infrastructure target actually means.

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Africa's Satellite Internet Price War Is Real. SMEs Are Still Paying Too Much. — BETAR.africa

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Africa’s Satellite Internet Price War Is Real. SMEs Are Still Paying Too Much.

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Starlink and OneWeb have driven down satellite internet prices across Africa — but structural costs keep SMEs priced out.

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South Africa’s Spectrum Auction Returns: The 6GHz Battleground That Will Define 5G

Maziv’s R9 Billion Fibre Pledge: Open-Access Infrastructure Execution After the Vodacom Deal

Africa Satellite Internet Price War: What Starlink, Amazon LEO, and 2Africa Mean for SME Costs

Ghana’s 5G Reset: How the NGIC Experiment Failed and What Comes Next

Africa Satellite Internet: Starlink vs Kuiper — What the Price War Means for SMEs

Nigeria’s $2 Billion Fibre Gamble: World Bank Milestones, EU Backing, and the Right-of-Way Problem That Could Derail Africa’s Most Ambitious Broadband Project

Ethiopia’s Telecom Revenue Levy Will Fund Rural Connectivity. Here’s the Math.

MTN’s 30 Million Homes Bet: The Economics Behind Africa’s Biggest Fixed Broadband Push

DRC’s National Digital Plan: AI, Broadband Towers, and a Five-Year Infrastructure Bet

Africa’s Satellite Internet Price War Is Real. SMEs Are Still Paying Too Much.

Africa PE Exit Crisis 2026: $10B in Private Equity, Nowhere to Go

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What the Numbers Actually Say

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What $537 Million Actually Means

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What $537 Million Actually Means

Ethiopia Is Selling Electricity to Half of East Africa. Here Is What That Actually Means.

The IP Ownership Lesson That African Comics Learned the Hard Way

Africa’s Fashion Week Economics: Who Pays, Who Profits, Who Converts

Ghana Just Did What No West African Country Has Done: Put a Price on Charging an EV

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Africa PE Exit Crisis 2026: $10B in Private Equity, Nowhere to Go

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What the Numbers Actually Say

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What $537 Million Actually Means

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What $537 Million Actually Means