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Africa’s Cross-Border Payments Corridor Race 2026: Who Wins the Pan-African Payments Layer?

UphivaBETAR
April 6, 2026

The corridor connecting West and East Africa’s most active payments markets has never lacked for ambition. EAC passporting, Moniepoint’s Kenya entry, and Wise’s IMTO licence have changed that.

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Africa cross-border payments corridor race 2026

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Africa’s Cross-Border Payments Corridor Race 2026: Who Wins the Pan-African Payments Layer?

UphivaBETAR
April 4, 2026

The corridor connecting West and East Africa’s most active payments markets has never lacked for ambition — but who wins the pan-African payments layer?

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Africa cross-border payments corridor race map 2026

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Africa Cross-Border Payments Corridor Race 2026: Who Wins the Pan-African Payments Layer?

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April 3, 2026

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COMESA Clears Vodacom Safaricom Stake Increase: What 55% Ownership Means for East Africa

UphivaBETAR
April 3, 2026

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Tanzania contactless mobile money — Africa's first M-Pesa tap-to-pay service, 76.5M accounts

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Tanzania’s Contactless Lead: The East Africa Payments Story BETAR Is Missing

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Tanzania has 76.5 million mobile money accounts and just launched Africa’s first mobile money tap-to-pay service. Yet Africa’s fintech coverage systematically ignores it. Here’s what the market actually looks like.

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Safaricom stake sale Vodacom Kenya capital markets analysis

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Kenya Sells the Crown Jewel: What the Safaricom-Vodacom Deal Tells Us About Africa’s Fiscal Reckoning

UphivaBETAR
March 20, 2026

Kenya has approved the sale of a 15% Safaricom stake to Vodacom for KES 204 billion ($1.5B). The real story: a debt-distressed government has monetised Africa’s most valuable fintech asset through a bilateral deal — not the capital markets Safaricom has been democratising.

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How M-Pesa Captured at Least 40% of Kenya’s Stock Exchange in Weeks

UphivaBETAR
March 12, 2026

Safaricom launched Ziidi Trader, connecting M-Pesa directly to the Nairobi Securities Exchange. Within weeks, M-Pesa payments captured at least 40% of NSE transaction volume — a structural shift in Kenya’s capital markets.

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Africa’s Cross-Border Payments Corridor Race 2026: Who Wins the Pan-African Payments Layer?

Africa’s Cross-Border Payments Corridor Race 2026: Who Wins the Pan-African Payments Layer?

Africa Cross-Border Payments Corridor Race 2026: Who Wins the Pan-African Payments Layer?

COMESA Clears Vodacom Safaricom Stake Increase: What 55% Ownership Means for East Africa

Tanzania’s Contactless Lead: The East Africa Payments Story BETAR Is Missing

Kenya Sells the Crown Jewel: What the Safaricom-Vodacom Deal Tells Us About Africa’s Fiscal Reckoning

How M-Pesa Captured at Least 40% of Kenya’s Stock Exchange in Weeks

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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