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Kenya ODPC Enforcement Ramp-Up: First Fines Signal East African Data Rights Era

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Kenya ODPC Enforcement Ramp-Up: First Fines Signal East African Data Rights Era

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March 13, 2026

Kenya’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner is moving from registration to enforcement, issuing its first significant fines and signalling a new era of data rights compliance across East Africa.

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Kenya and Rwanda sign EAC PSP licence passporting MOU

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One Licence, Two Markets: Kenya and Rwanda Just Redrew East Africa’s Fintech Map

March 12, 2026

Kenya and Rwanda’s central banks have signed a landmark MOU to build a mutual recognition framework for payment service providers — the first concrete step in a five-year plan to integrate East Africa’s fragmented payments landscape.

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South Africa’s Crypto Reporting Regime Is Now Live — What CASPs Must Do

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March 12, 2026

South Africa’s crypto asset reporting framework is live. Every CASP operating in the country now has mandatory reporting obligations to SARS. Here’s what the new regime requires and who it applies to.

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Ethiopia telecom revenue levy 1.5 percent ECA rural digital connectivity fund 2026

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Ethiopia’s 1.5% Telecom Revenue Levy: How the Rural Connectivity Fund Works

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March 11, 2026

Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers approved a 1.5% annual levy on gross telecom revenue on March 10, 2026, creating a dedicated fund for rural digital connectivity. The levy will be administered…

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South Africa brings cryptocurrency under exchange control regulation

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South Africa Is Bringing Crypto Under Exchange Control

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March 11, 2026

South Africa’s Minister of Finance announced in February 2026 that the Treasury is developing draft regulations under the Currency and Exchanges Act that will bring cross-border cryptocurrency transactions explicitly under…

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Illustration: South Africa draft national AI policy — multi-regulator model and business compliance

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South Africa’s Draft National AI Policy: What the Multi-Regulator Model Means for Business

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March 10, 2026

South Africa has chosen a sectoral multi-regulator AI model — no single AI authority. With a 60-day consultation window opening soon, here’s what financial services, health, and enterprise tech firms need to do now.

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Illustration: Nigeria NCC telecom policy overhaul — first major review in 26 years, March 2026

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Nigeria’s First Telecom Policy Overhaul in 26 Years: What Every Business Needs to Know Before March 20

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March 10, 2026

Nigeria’s NCC is rewriting its 26-year-old telecoms policy — with submissions due March 20. Right-of-way costs, one-stop permitting, and 6GHz spectrum are all on the table.

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Illustration: Ghana VASP crypto licence — 11 firms in sandbox, VC deployment ready

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Ghana’s Crypto Licence Opens the Investment Gate — and VCs Are Ready to Move

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March 10, 2026

When Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission issued updated sandbox rules on March 9, 2026 — operationalising a VASP Act signed just ten weeks earlier — it completed the last piece…

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Ghana cryptocurrency regulation West Africa crypto market 2026

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Ghana Crypto Move Reshapes West Africa Digital Finance Map

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March 9, 2026

How Ghana’s VASP Act 2025 reshapes the West Africa digital finance landscape — and what it means for investors, fintechs, and Nigeria’s regulatory positioning.

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Ghana Legalises Crypto Trading: What the VASP Act Means for Businesses and Traders

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March 9, 2026

Ghana has formally legalised cryptocurrency trading, ending years of regulatory ambiguity. BETAR analysis: what the VASP Act means for traders, businesses, and institutional investors.

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Kenya ODPC Enforcement Ramp-Up: First Fines Signal East African Data Rights Era

One Licence, Two Markets: Kenya and Rwanda Just Redrew East Africa’s Fintech Map

South Africa’s Crypto Reporting Regime Is Now Live — What CASPs Must Do

Ethiopia’s 1.5% Telecom Revenue Levy: How the Rural Connectivity Fund Works

South Africa Is Bringing Crypto Under Exchange Control

South Africa’s Draft National AI Policy: What the Multi-Regulator Model Means for Business

Nigeria’s First Telecom Policy Overhaul in 26 Years: What Every Business Needs to Know Before March 20

Ghana’s Crypto Licence Opens the Investment Gate — and VCs Are Ready to Move

Ghana Crypto Move Reshapes West Africa Digital Finance Map

Ghana Legalises Crypto Trading: What the VASP Act Means for Businesses and Traders

The 1% Promise: Which African Governments Are Meeting the Kigali R&D Commitment — and What the Gap Costs the Continent

Africa Offshore Wind: Zero Commissioned Capacity Despite 100GW Announced Projects

Africa Offshore Wind: Zero Commissioned Capacity Despite 100GW Announced Projects

Nigeria Fintech M&A Pipeline Q2 2026: Who Is Buying the Compliance Laggards?

The Merch Gap: Why African Creators Leave Money on the Table With Physical Products

Africa’s Reality TV Format Economy: Inside the Business of Big Brother Naija, Format Fees, and the Sponsor Arms Race

Building a Game Studio in Africa Costs $3,000 a Month. Publishing One Game Costs Three Times That. The Unit Economics Explain Why African Studios Struggle to Scale.

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The 1% Promise: Which African Governments Are Meeting the Kigali R&D Commitment — and What the Gap Costs the Continent

Africa Offshore Wind: Zero Commissioned Capacity Despite 100GW Announced Projects

Africa Offshore Wind: Zero Commissioned Capacity Despite 100GW Announced Projects

Nigeria Fintech M&A Pipeline Q2 2026: Who Is Buying the Compliance Laggards?