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SOLA Naos-1 South Africa largest private solar BESS project — industrial wheeling to Sasol and Air Liquide

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SOLA Naos-1: South Africa’s Largest Private Solar+BESS Project Closes — Built to Decarbonise Sasol and Air Liquide

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March 22, 2026

SOLA Group reaches financial close on Naos-1 — a 300MW solar plant with 660MWh of battery storage in the Free State, South Africa’s largest private renewable+storage project, built specifically for industrial wheeling to Sasol and Air Liquide.

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Showmax shutdown — Africa streaming wars, MultiChoice and Canal+ strategy

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Showmax Is Shutting Down. Africa’s Most Ambitious Streaming Play Couldn’t Make the Numbers Work

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March 22, 2026

Canal+ confirms Showmax closes April 30. After a €2.6B acquisition, 82 Nigerian originals commissioned, and losses of $285M in a single year, Africa’s homegrown streaming champion couldn’t solve the ARPU problem.

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South Africa VAT digital platform operators April 2026 — SARS compliance

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South Africa Flips the VAT Switch on Digital Platform Operators — Effective April 1, 2026

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March 14, 2026

From April 1, South Africa’s platform operators become default VAT collectors for electronic services. What changes, who is affected, and why SARS pushed for this.

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NjiaPay and Orca Fraud founders — Cape Town fintech double raise 2026

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Cape Town Fintech Double: NjiaPay and Orca Fraud Raise $4.45M on the Same Day

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March 11, 2026

NjiaPay ($2.1M, Newion) and Orca Fraud ($2.35M, Norrsken22) both close Cape Town seed rounds on March 9 — two complementary B2B fintech infrastructure plays targeting African payment reliability.

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Illustration: Cape Town fintech double — NjiaPay $2.1M and Orca Fraud $2.35M closing same day

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Cape Town Fintech Double: NjiaPay $2.1M + Orca Fraud $2.35M Close Same Day

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March 11, 2026

NjiaPay and Orca Fraud both close Cape Town seed rounds on the same day — two B2B fintech infrastructure plays targeting African payment reliability.

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[VC] Cape Town Fintech Double: NjiaPay $2.1M + Orca Fraud $2.35M Close Same Day

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March 10, 2026

NjiaPay and Orca Fraud both close Cape Town seed rounds on March 9 — two B2B fintech infrastructure plays targeting African payment reliability.

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SOLA Naos-1: South Africa’s Largest Private Solar+BESS Project Closes — Built to Decarbonise Sasol and Air Liquide

Showmax Is Shutting Down. Africa’s Most Ambitious Streaming Play Couldn’t Make the Numbers Work

South Africa Flips the VAT Switch on Digital Platform Operators — Effective April 1, 2026

Cape Town Fintech Double: NjiaPay and Orca Fraud Raise $4.45M on the Same Day

Cape Town Fintech Double: NjiaPay $2.1M + Orca Fraud $2.35M Close Same Day

[VC] Cape Town Fintech Double: NjiaPay $2.1M + Orca Fraud $2.35M Close Same Day

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

GITEX Africa 2026 Day 1: Africa’s AI Governance Moment Lands in Marrakech

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

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What the Numbers Actually Say