Africa's $11.4B M&A Boom: MTN's Tower Play and the Consolidation Era Arrives

Africa's tech ecosystem just crossed a milestone that says more about its maturity than any funding round: 84 M&A deals worth a disclosed $11.4 billion have closed so far in 2026, already surpassing the 68 deals logged across all four quarters of 2025. The headline number is staggering, but the real signal is structural. As TechCabal Insights reports, mergers and acquisitions have transformed from a rare exit route into a primary strategy for companies to scale, acquire banking...