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One Licence, Two Markets: What the Kenya-Rwanda Payment Passporting Deal Means for East African Fintech

Kenya and Rwanda signed the Kigali Declaration on Fintech Licence Passporting on 11 March 2026. We break down which payment firms benefit, who is left out, and what this means for East African financial integration.

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M-PESA's Phone Number Decision Is East Africa's Biggest Merchant Data Change in a Decade

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Technology

M-PESA’s Phone Number Decision Is East Africa’s Biggest Merchant Data Change in a Decade

BETAR Newsroom
March 22, 2026

M-PESA begins phone number masking on March 24 for P2P transactions. By year-end, merchants won’t see full customer numbers at all. What PSPs and merchant-side fintechs need to rebuild — and why Kenya’s ODPC made this inevitable.

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Airtel Africa FY2025: The Telecoms Rival MTN Coverage Missed

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Business

Airtel Africa FY2025: The Telecoms Rival MTN Coverage Missed

BETAR Newsroom
March 22, 2026

Airtel Africa posted $4.955 billion in FY2025 revenue and swung to a $328 million profit. Its mobile money arm generates 21% of group revenue — five times MoMo’s share at MTN. Here’s why that gap matters.

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East Africa's New Data Landlords: Gulf Capital, Digital Sovereignty, and Who Controls the Backbone

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Technology

East Africa’s New Data Landlords: Gulf Capital, Digital Sovereignty, and Who Controls the Backbone

BETAR Newsroom
March 20, 2026

Gulf capital is building East Africa’s digital backbone — cable systems, data centres, and what it means for regional digital sovereignty.

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Carbon Credits Are Financing Clean Cooking in East Africa — and the AfDB Just Made It Official

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Energy & Climate

Carbon Credits Are Financing Clean Cooking in East Africa — and the AfDB Just Made It Official

BETAR Newsroom
March 20, 2026

AfDB BEEP carbon finance for clean cooking in East Africa — how carbon credits fund cookstove programmes and whether the model scales.

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MTN's $2 Billion War Chest: The Acquisition Plan That Could Reshape African Fintech

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Business

MTN’s $2 Billion War Chest: The Acquisition Plan That Could Reshape African Fintech

BETAR Newsroom
March 10, 2026

With $2B+ in cash and 300 million subscribers, MTN Group is actively targeting fintech acquisitions in payments, lending and remittances. CEO Ralph Mupita confirms the strategy.

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East Africa

One Licence, Two Markets: What the Kenya-Rwanda Payment Passporting Deal Means for East African Fintech

M-PESA’s Phone Number Decision Is East Africa’s Biggest Merchant Data Change in a Decade

Airtel Africa FY2025: The Telecoms Rival MTN Coverage Missed

East Africa’s New Data Landlords: Gulf Capital, Digital Sovereignty, and Who Controls the Backbone

Carbon Credits Are Financing Clean Cooking in East Africa — and the AfDB Just Made It Official

MTN’s $2 Billion War Chest: The Acquisition Plan That Could Reshape African Fintech

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