JSE-listed Optasia posted 50–60% revenue growth for the first half of 2026, driven by expansion outside Nigeria, even as the company’s oldest African market grapples with an unresolved regulatory dispute over airtime credit.
• Optasia reported 50–60% revenue growth in H1 2026, with adjusted EBITDA up 40–50%, driven by new deployments in West Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
• Nigeria, the company’s oldest market, was flagged as a disruption risk with unrecovered transaction volumes.
• Foreign capital inflows into Nigeria’s telecom sector fell from $80.78 million to $7.24 million in Q1 2026, per NBS data.
• Industry leaders say the trajectory could reverse if regulatory certainty is restored ahead of a July 20 court ruling.
