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Africa Spent $2 Billion on Chinese AI Surveillance. No Country Has Laws to Govern It.

Africa Spent $2 Billion on Chinese AI Surveillance. No Country Has Laws to Govern It.

Eleven African countries spent $2B+ on Chinese-financed AI surveillance. Not one has laws that adequately govern it. BETAR maps the country-by-country regulatory gap and the compliance risks for African businesses.

Kenya's AI Bill Would Require Pre-Deployment Approval. Here's What That Means for 600+ Tech Companies.

7 minute read

Technology

Kenya’s AI Bill Would Require Pre-Deployment Approval. Here’s What That Means for 600+ Tech Companies.

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

Kenya AI Bill 2026 compliance guide: pre-deployment approval, high-risk AI categories, criminal liability, and what 600+ tech companies in Nairobi must do now.

Africa EV Manufacturing Gap: Who Actually Builds the Cars?

5 minute read

Energy & Climate

Africa EV Manufacturing Gap: Who Actually Builds the Cars?

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

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.

I&M Bank and SIDA's $30M Green Finance Facility: How DFI Risk-Sharing Is Migrating Into Kenya's Commercial Banking Sector

4 minute read

Energy & Climate

I&M Bank and SIDA’s $30M Green Finance Facility: How DFI Risk-Sharing Is Migrating Into Kenya’s Commercial Banking Sector

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

A USD 15 million SIDA guarantee unlocks USD 30 million in green lending at I&M Bank Kenya. The structure shows how DFI risk-sharing instruments can migrate from development bank balance sheets into commercial banking.

I&M Bank Kenya Closes $30M SIDA Green Facility: How Development Finance Enters Commercial Banking

6 minute read

Energy & Climate

I&M Bank Kenya Closes $30M SIDA Green Facility: How Development Finance Enters Commercial Banking

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

I&M Bank Kenya SIDA $30M green finance — DFI risk-sharing structure, lending targets, and the model for mobilising commercial bank climate capital.

Africa's Tech Brain Drain: Are Diaspora Return Programmes Actually Working?

7 minute read

Research

Africa’s Tech Brain Drain: Are Diaspora Return Programmes Actually Working?

BETAR Newsroom
March 20, 2026

Africa tech brain drain and diaspora return programmes — evidence on what works, what fails, and the structural pull factors that dominate.

Kenya AI Bill 2026: Silicon Savanna Gets Rules — How It Compares to Nigeria's Framework

6 minute read

Technology

Kenya AI Bill 2026: Silicon Savanna Gets Rules — How It Compares to Nigeria’s Framework

BETAR Newsroom
March 20, 2026

Kenya AI Bill 2026 vs Nigeria — prior approval versus post-hoc enforcement, compliance implications, and what it means for African AI startups.

Kenya Has Africa's Greenest Grid. Why Is Electricity Still Unaffordable?

6 minute read

Energy & Climate

Kenya Has Africa’s Greenest Grid. Why Is Electricity Still Unaffordable?

BETAR Newsroom
March 20, 2026

Kenya clean grid electricity paradox — 93% renewable power but high industrial tariffs. The cost structure behind Africa’s greenest grid.

Safaricom's Ziidi Money Market Fund: M-Pesa Meets the NSE

5 minute read

Business

Safaricom’s Ziidi Money Market Fund: M-Pesa Meets the NSE

BETAR Newsroom
March 11, 2026

Safaricom Ziidi Trader — how M-Pesa connects to the NSE, what the money market fund product means for Kenyan capital markets.

Aga Khan Exits Nation Media Group. Rostam Azizi Takes Over. What Changes?

4 minute read

Business

Aga Khan Exits Nation Media Group. Rostam Azizi Takes Over. What Changes?

BETAR Newsroom
March 11, 2026

Aga Khan exits Nation Media Group — Rostam Azizi acquisition, editorial independence implications, and NMG’s future in East African media.