The shutdown of Showmax is not a pivot, a restructuring, or a market pause. It is a verdict. Africa’s most capitalised attempt to build a home-grown…
Showmax Is Over. What the $429 Million Failure Means for African Content.
Month: March 2026
153 posts
America’s Africa Energy Pivot: Clean Cooking and Critical Minerals Instead of Climate Aid
America’s Africa energy pivot in 2026: from Power Africa aid to DFC commercial lending, critical minerals extraction, and clean cooking market development.
Africa Clean Energy Finance Q1 2026: DFI Dominance, Commercial Bank Breakout, and the $8B Quarter That Rewrote the Investment Map
Q1 2026 produced more than $8 billion in committed clean energy capital across Africa. But the bigger story is structural: commercial banks are finally arriving on their own terms.
Nigeria’s Fintech Regulatory Commission Bill: A Fourth Body Nobody Asked For
Nigeria’s House of Representatives held a public hearing on March 2, 2026 on HB.2389 — the Nigerian Fintech Regulatory Commission Bill. The bill proposes…
Africa EV Manufacturing Gap: Who Actually Builds the Cars?
The Africa EV market has an infrastructure gap and a manufacturing gap. The charging problem gets the attention. The question of who builds the vehicles — and whether Africa captures any of that industrial value — is the harder and more consequential one.
Africa’s $2 Billion Surveillance Blind Spot: 11 Governments, AI Policing Systems, and the Laws That Don’t Apply
Eleven African governments collectively spent more than $2 billion on AI-powered surveillance systems built on Huawei and ZTE infrastructure, financed by…
Tanzania’s Contactless First: Why Africa’s Underreported Payments Market Just Beat Kenya to Tap-to-Pay
Tanzania is not the African fintech market that makes headlines. That distinction has long belonged to Nigeria, with its scale and regulatory turbulence…
The Queue Behind Wise: Nigeria’s Post-FATF Fintech Entry Pipeline
Wise’s CBN IMTO licence — secured via the UK-Nigeria Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership ministerial dialogue in March — is the first significant…
Luno Launches Prediction Markets in Nigeria and South Africa — and Tests Regulatory Boundaries
Luno launches prediction markets in Nigeria and South Africa. Analysis of the regulatory classification question and what it means for crypto product expansion in Africa.
Africa Clean Energy Finance Q1 2026: $8B Quarter, Commercial Banks Break Through
Africa clean energy finance Q1 2026 review: $8B in transactions, record commercial bank participation, and the structural shift in how African clean energy gets funded.