The tech-investment stories moving Africa's markets — what moved, and why it matters.
Mon, Jul 27
Icasa's rollover rules exist because South Africa's big two operators were found to have "evaded the spirit" of existing consumer protections — that's the regulator's own finding, not a campaigner's allegation.
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The entire upper 6GHz band — 700MHz of high-capacity radio frequencies that the world's telecoms industry has been fighting over — now belongs to South Africa's mobile networks, not Wi-Fi.
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Gabon has secured a €312 million financing package from Proparco and the IFC to modernise its national railway system. The deal is reported as one of the largest African transport infrastructure financings concluded recently.
DP World has completed dredging works at Senegal's Port de Ndayane 13 months ahead of schedule. The milestone is a major trade logistics development for West Africa, advancing one of the region's most significant port infrastructure projects.
Nigerian factories are paying between two and ten times more for electricity than their counterparts in competing Asian manufacturing economies, according to an industry body. The cost differential presents a stark competitiveness challenge for operators and investors assessing Nigeria's industrial sector.
Analysis details Nigeria's strategic regulatory shift from crypto prohibition to a structured virtual-asset blueprint, extending the Tinubu executive order narrative.
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