DStv: foreign ownership with a local fig leaf
The creation of LicenceCo — a separate South African entity set up purely to hold the broadcasting licences — is the detail that tells the real story here.
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Nigeria Remittances: PayPal finally found the workaround it couldn't build alone
PayPal pulled out of Nigeria in 2004 over fraud concerns and never truly came back. Two decades later, it's returned — twice in one year — and both times through a local partner handling the part PayPal won't touch: converting dollars into…
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Kuiper vs Starlink: the licence terms are the real competition
Kenya's 30% local ownership rule is the detail that actually decides this race.
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OPay IPO: your options are only worth what you can prove
OPay's impending IPO is the moment thousands of African startup employees dream about — the point where years of equity awards finally become real money.
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Rain's 5G: Africa built the blueprint the world will copy
Low-band spectrum travels far and punches through walls — that's why every operator wants it. The problem has always been that it carries far less data than the high-band frequencies powering dense urban 5G. Rain and Huawei just cracked…
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