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Reporting on African technology, policy and capital.
Africa's Electricity Tariff Reckoning: Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya Are Raising Power Prices — Here Is Who Gains, Who Loses, and What It Means for the Energy Transition
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Africa’s Electricity Tariff Reckoning: Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya Are Raising Power Prices — Here Is Who Gains, Who Loses, and What It Means for the Energy Transition

Seven African markets have raised electricity tariffs in the past twelve months. The economics are defensible — subsidised electricity was destroying utility balance sheets and choking new investment. The distributional consequences are not simple, and the energy transition implications are larger than either side of the debate acknowledges.
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South Africa's Biggest Fibre Deal Is Done. Now Parliament Wants to Know Why the Regulator Changed Its Mind.
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South Africa’s Biggest Fibre Deal Is Done. Now Parliament Wants to Know Why the Regulator Changed Its Mind.

The R11bn Vodacom-Maziv transaction closed in December 2025, handing Remgro a R2.66 billion dividend and giving Vodacom a 30% stake in South Africa’s dominant fibre network. Three months on, Parliament is asking why the Competition Commission reversed its earlier opposition — and whether the Open Access conditions are worth the paper they’re printed on.
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