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COMESA clears Vodacom Safaricom 55% stake East Africa telecoms 2026

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COMESA Clears Vodacom’s Safaricom Stake: What 55% Ownership Means for East Africa’s Telecoms Map

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April 12, 2026

COMESA’s unconditional clearance of Vodacom’s Safaricom stake increase — raising ownership to 55% — marks the first time a South African telco holds majority control of East Africa’s dominant operator. BETAR analyses the strategic, regulatory, and market implications.

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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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COMESA clears Vodacom Safaricom stake increase — 55% ownership and what it means for East Africa telecoms 2026

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COMESA Clears Vodacom’s Safaricom Stake Increase: What a 55% Ownership Means for East Africa’s Telecoms Map

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April 3, 2026

COMESA cleared Vodacom’s acquisition of an additional 20% in Safaricom — no conditions attached. Vodacom now holds 55%, making it the first South African telco with majority control of East Africa’s dominant mobile operator.

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

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April 3, 2026

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South Africa telecom M&A reform: Competition Authority, MTN and Vodacom in 5G race 2026

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South Africa Telecom M&A Reform: Competition Authority in Private Talks as 5G Race Heats Up

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March 30, 2026

South Africa’s Competition Authority enters private talks on telecom consolidation as MTN and Vodacom race to build 5G networks.

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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

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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

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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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COMESA Clears Vodacom’s Safaricom Stake: What 55% Ownership Means for East Africa’s Telecoms Map

Airtel-Starlink Direct-to-Cell in Kenya: The End of the Coverage Excuse

Nigeria BRIDGE Fibre Rollout: How the World Bank’s Pay-for-Results Architecture Is Funding Africa’s Biggest Broadband Project

Nigeria BRIDGE Fibre Rollout: How the World Bank’s Pay-for-Results Architecture Is Funding Africa’s Biggest Broadband Project