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MTN Group FY2025 Nigeria overtakes South Africa EBITDA earnings 2026

Business

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MTN Group FY2025: Nigeria Is Now the Engine

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

MTN Nigeria generated EBITDA of $1.926B in FY2025 — 84% above South Africa’s $1.048B. Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as MTN Group’s top profit contributor for the first time in the group’s 30-year history.

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

UphivaBETAR
March 20, 2026

Ghana is scrapping its shared-infrastructure 5G model after Next-Gen InfraCo defaulted on licence fees. A competitive spectrum auction will reshape the market — and MTN Ghana’s 73% market share puts it in pole position.

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Ghana VASP sandbox crypto regulation 2026 — 11 firms West Africa digital assets, BETAR.africa

Policy & Regulation

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Ghana’s VASP Sandbox: 11 Firms, Live Crypto Regulation, and What It Means for West Africa’s Digital Asset Market

UphivaBETAR
March 20, 2026

Ghana has admitted 11 firms to a crypto VASP sandbox — the most structured digital asset licensing framework in West Africa. What it means for regional crypto operators.

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Ghana Admits 11 Crypto Firms to Regulatory Sandbox — The VASP Act 2025 Is Now Operational

UphivaBETAR
March 12, 2026

Ghana has admitted 11 crypto firms to its regulatory sandbox under the VASP Act 2025 — making it one of the first African countries to operationalise a formal virtual asset regulatory framework.

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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

UphivaBETAR
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

UphivaBETAR
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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WAEC computer-based testing digital exam rollout West Africa

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West Africa’s Digital Exam Bet: Can WAEC’s CBT Rollout Deliver at Scale?

UphivaBETAR
March 9, 2026

WAEC’s 2026 computer-based testing pilot is ambitious — but with 1,080 centres serving 7.2 million candidates across five countries, the gap between policy intent and ground reality is wide. A BETAR.africa investigation.

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MTN Group FY2025: Nigeria Is Now the Engine

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

Ghana’s VASP Sandbox: 11 Firms, Live Crypto Regulation, and What It Means for West Africa’s Digital Asset Market

Ghana Admits 11 Crypto Firms to Regulatory Sandbox — The VASP Act 2025 Is Now Operational

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

Ghana Crypto Move Reshapes West Africa Digital Finance Map

West Africa’s Digital Exam Bet: Can WAEC’s CBT Rollout Deliver at Scale?

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.

Nigeria Banks at Day 35: The CBN Blinks, the Courts Are Deciding, and No Buyer Has Moved

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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?