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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 3)

(Mark One)

☒    ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the year ended December 31, 2021

Or

☐  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                to              

Commission File Number 333-205835

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 847- 0144

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

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Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in the definitive proxy or information statement incorporated by reference in Part III of this 10-K. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

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Approximate aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant: $37,487,422 computed on the basis of $2.00 per share, the closing price of the registrant’s common stock on OTC Markets on June 30, 2021. For purposes of calculating this amount only, all directors and executive officers of the registrant have been treated as affiliates. There were 1,205,016,211 shares of the registrant’s Class A common stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding as of March 15, 2022.

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). ☐

Portions of the Proxy Statement for the registrant’s 2022 Annual Shareholder’s meeting are incorporated by reference in Parts II and III.

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Explanatory Note

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As disclosed in the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 15, 2022, in preparation for the planned merger of a subsidiary of Tingo, Inc. (the “Company”) with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed MICT, Inc., the Company has reviewed and considered its accounting treatment of its acquisition of Tingo Mobile PLC (“Tingo Mobile”) on August 15, 2021 (the “Acquisition”). Based on this review, the Company has elected to modify its accounting treatment of the Acquisition as a reverse acquisition of the Company by Tingo Mobile instead of as a forward acquisition of Tingo Mobile by the Company as had been previously presented.

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In addition, the Company has revised its accounting treatment of asset classifications and costs associated with the operating leases for its mobile phone devices. While this revision did not affect the Company’s gross revenue or net income, it did reallocate prepayments for the devices to property, plant, and equipment, and reallocated costs associated with the devices from cost of sales to depreciation expense.

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Further, as disclosed in the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 24, 2022, the Company is revising its accounting treatment relating to the expensing of restricted stock awards (“Stock Awards”) granted pursuant to the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan adopted on October 12, 2021 (“Incentive Plan”). Most of the Stock Awards granted under the Incentive Plan are subject to time-based vesting requirements of up to two years. Accounting Standards Codification 718 – Compensation-Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”), requires that all Stock Awards which are subject to time-based vesting requirements should be ratably expensed over the vesting period based on the fair value of the Stock Award on the grant date, instead of being fully-expensed. Such treatment should be applied without regard as to whether the recipient is an employee, director, or contractor.

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In the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 31, 2022 (“Original Filing”), as well as in the Company’s Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed by the Company on April 7, 2022 and July 22, 2022, respectively (collectively, with the Original Filing, the “Previous Filings”), the Company’s Stock Awards to non-employees were all fully-expensed, even though some of these Stock Awards were subject to time-based vesting requirements. As a result, stock-based expenses for the Company were overstated for the year 2021 in the Previous Filings.

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This Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (“Amended 10-K”) now ratably allocates expenses associated with time-based vested Stock Awards for all Incentive Plan participants during their respective vesting periods. In this Amended 10-K, the proper allocation of these non-cash expenses in accordance with ASC 718 has resulted in a smaller net loss for the year as compared to the Previous Filings.

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Accordingly, this Amended 10-K supersedes and replaces in their entirety the Previous Filings.

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This Amended 10-K does not reflect events occurring after the Original Filing except as noted above. Except for the foregoing amended information concerning the Acquisition and accounting treatment of the Stock Awards, this Form 10-K/A continues to speak as of the date of the Original Filing and the Company has not otherwise updated disclosures contained therein or herein to reflect events that occurred at a later date.

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The highly contagious nature of the coronavirus has caused numerous private and public organizations to substantially alter the way in which they operate. Many such organizations have, to the extent possible, required employees to work remotely to reduce opportunities for contagion. We are presently unable to predict either the potential near-term or longer-term impact that the coronavirus may have on our financial and operating results due to numerous uncertainties regarding the duration and severity of the crisis. Moreover, we are unable to predict the effect that the economic dislocation caused by the coronavirus will have on our efforts to grow our business internationally. The ultimate impact of the coronavirus pandemic is highly uncertain and subject to change, and our business, results of operations, and financial condition have been and will likely continue to be impacted by future developments concerning the pandemic and the resulting economic disruption.

Impact of the Coronavirus on Africa. While morbidity and mortality rates in Africa resulting from Covid-19 have been substantially lower than in other world regions, the economic effects have nevertheless been severe. The pandemic initially caused a drop in global demand and prices for African natural resource exports (especially oil and some minerals), disrupted trade and tourism, stemmed remittances from African workers abroad, and promoted local lockdown measures. Some African economies began to rebound in 2021, but the region is recovering more slowly than others due, in part, to African governments’ limited stimulus resources. The effects of increased poverty, food insecurity, and school closures (often without virtual alternatives) are likely to endure. In late 2021, scientists in South Africa provided genomic identification and notification to international health authorities of the new ‘Omicron’ variant first detected in Botswana. Public fatigue with infection control measures, the Delta variant, and low vaccination rates helped drive earlier waves of cases in many African countries in 2021. Omicron’s rapid spread prompted countries around the world to restrict travel from southern Africa. As access to testing has been low in many countries, some health experts posit that actual caseloads and mortality may be higher than previously reported. Although we have managed to avoid a material disruption to our operations as a result of Covid-19, as of the date of filing of this Amended 10-K, we cannot predict the impact that the pathogen or its attendant economic effects will have on the Company in 2022 or beyond.

Competition

In Nigeria, we compete with a large number of mobile phone carriers. Current competitors may seek to intensify their investments in those markets and also expand their businesses in new markets. Competitive pressure from current or future competitors or our failure to quickly and effectively adapt to a changing competitive landscape could adversely affect our growth. Current or future competitors may offer lower prices and enhanced features, and we may be forced to lower our prices and upgrade our phones and network in order to maintain our market share.

With respect to our payment services, we face competition from financial institutions with payment processing offerings, debit and credit card service providers, other offline payment options and other electronic payment system operators, in each of the markets in which we operate. We expect competition to intensify in the future as existing and new competitors may introduce new services or enhance existing services. New entrants tied to established brands may engender greater user confidence in the safety and efficacy of their services.

We believe that developing and maintaining awareness of our brand is critical to achieving widespread acceptance of the Tingo network and is an important element in attracting new users. Furthermore, we believe that the importance of brand recognition will increase as competition in our market increases. Successful promotion of our brand will depend largely on the effectiveness of our marketing efforts and our ability to ensure that the Tingo network remains reliable, and useful at competitive prices. Brand promotion activities may not yield increased revenue, and even if they do, any increased revenue may not offset the expenses we incur in building our brand. If we fail to successfully promote and maintain our brand or incur substantial expenses in an unsuccessful attempt to promote and maintain our brand, we may fail to attract new organizations to us or to grow or maintain our telecommunications network.

If we fail to compete effectively, we may lose existing users and fail to attract new users, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. 

Transfer and Disbursing Agent

We employ Action Stock Transfer as our transfer agent to record transfers of our shares, maintain proxy records and to process distributions. The principal business office of our transfer agent is 2469 East, Fort Union Blvd, Suite 214, Salt Lake City, UT 84121.

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and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and were attached as exhibits to that report. These certifications have also been filed as exhibits to this Amended 10-K.

Forward-Looking Statements 

All statements contained herein that are not historical facts including, but not limited to, statements regarding anticipated activity are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and are based on the beliefs and assumptions of Management, based on information currently available to Management. Actual results may differ materially. In some cases, readers can identify forward-looking statements by words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “objective,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “Management believes,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “forecast,” “continue,” “strategy,” or “position” or the negative of such terms or other variations of them or by comparable terminology. In particular, statements, express or implied, concerning future actions, conditions, or events, future operating results, or the ability to generate sales, income, or cash flow are forward-looking statements. 

Among the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from what we project or are anticipating are the following:

We caution you that the foregoing list may not contain all of the forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report. We further caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which statements are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and, as such, speak only as of the date made.

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Risks Related to COVID-19 

The coronavirus could have an adverse impact on our operations.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the response to the pandemic has had a limited impact on our business in a number of ways, including, but are not limited to, the following:

Risks Related to Doing Business in Africa

Many of our countries of operation are, or have been, characterized by political instability or changes in regulatory or other government policies.

Frequent and intense periods of political instability make it difficult to predict future trends in governmental policies. For example, the Arab Spring of 2010 and 2011 caused substantial political turmoil across the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in Egypt. During this period of instability in Egypt, the government temporarily dissolved the parliament, suspended the constitution and shut down the internet. In addition, if government or regulatory policies in a market in which we operate were to change or become less business-friendly, our business could be adversely affected.

Governments in Africa frequently intervene in the economies of their respective countries and occasionally make significant changes in policy and regulations. Governmental actions have often involved, among other measures, nationalizations and expropriations, price controls, currency devaluations, mandatory increases on wages and employee benefits, capital controls and limits on imports. Our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected by changes in government policies or regulations, including such factors as exchange rates and exchange control policies, inflation control policies, price control policies, consumer protection policies, import duties and restrictions, liquidity of domestic capital and lending markets, electricity rationing, tax policies, including tax increases and retroactive tax claims, and other political, diplomatic, social and economic developments in or affecting the countries where we operate. For example, the Central Bank of Nigeria requires domestic companies to obtain a certificate to obtain foreign exchange for operation in other countries. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in obtaining these certificates. Any failure to obtain the required certificates could impact Tingo’s ability to utilize corporate funds in Nigeria for business purposes outside of Nigeria, or adversely affect the exchange rate at which such foreign exchange could be obtained.

In the future, the level of intervention by the Nigerian Centra Bank may continue to increase. These or other measures could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

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Our business may be materially and adversely affected by an economic slowdown in any region of Africa.

While we believe that economic conditions in Africa will improve, poverty in Africa will decline and the purchasing power of African consumers will increase in the long term, there can be no assurance that these expected developments will actually materialize. The development of African economies, markets and levels of consumer spending are influenced by many factors beyond our control, including consumer perception of current and future economic conditions, political uncertainty, employment levels, inflation or deflation, real disposable income, poverty rates, wealth distribution, interest rates, taxation, currency exchange rates and weather conditions. For example, a collapse in oil prices in early 2016 placed pressure on Nigeria’s currency, causing a currency shortage and threatening substantial inflation. Consumer spending declined in the face of significant price increases. As our operations in Nigeria generate the substantial majority of our revenues than our operations in any other country in which we currently operate, adverse economic developments in Nigeria could have a much more significant impact on our results than a similar downturn in other countries.

The occurrence of any of these risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Uncertainties with respect to the legal system in certain African markets could adversely affect us.

Legal systems in Africa vary significantly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Many countries in Africa have not yet developed a fully integrated legal system, and recently-enacted laws and regulations may not sufficiently cover all aspects of economic activities in such markets. In particular, the interpretation and enforcement of these laws and regulations involve uncertainties. Since local administrative and court authorities have significant discretion in interpreting and implementing statutory provisions and contractual terms, it may be difficult to predict the outcome of administrative and court proceedings and our level of legal protection in many of our markets. Moreover, local courts may have broad discretion to reject enforcement of foreign awards. These uncertainties may affect our ability to enforce our contractual rights or other claims. Uncertainty regarding inconsistent regulatory and legal systems may also embolden plaintiffs to exploit such uncertainties through unmerited or frivolous legal actions or threats in attempts to extract payments or benefits from us.

Many African legal systems are based in part on government policies and internal rules, some of which are not published on a timely basis, or at all, and may have retroactive effect. There are other circumstances where key regulatory definitions are unclear, imprecise or missing, or where interpretations that are adopted by regulators are inconsistent with interpretations adopted by a court in analogous cases. In Nigeria, for example, there are Sharia law courts that operate in the predominantly Muslim north, to which only Muslims are subject. Decisions of these courts are subject to appeal and reversal by the secular courts. As a result, we may not be aware of our violation of certain policies and rules until after the violation. In addition, any administrative and court proceedings in Africa may be protracted, resulting in substantial expenses and the diversion of resources and management attention.

Our business may be materially and adversely affected by violent crime or terrorism in any region of Africa.

Many of the markets in which we operate suffer from a high incidence in violent crime and terrorism, which may harm our business. Violent crime has the potential to interfere with our delivery and fulfilment operations.

Further, the terrorist attacks of Boko Haram have created considerable economic instability in north-eastern Nigeria for nearly a decade. Although it is difficult to quantify the economic effect of Boko Haram’s terrorist activities, countless markets, shops, and schools have been temporarily or permanently closed over the years out of fear of coordinated attacks. In some of the areas most devastated by terrorism, commercial banks have chosen to remain open for only three hours per day. Many Nigerians have also chosen to migrate from the north to the south, or out of the country altogether. If Boko Haram’s terrorist activities were to spread throughout Nigeria, the increasing violence could have material adverse effects on the Nigerian economy. Recently there have been nationwide protests resulting in deaths of demonstrators in clashes with the armed forces in Nigeria calling for the ban of a police unit, the Special Anti- Robbery Squad, which demonstrations have continued after the squad was disbanded as broader protests against police brutality and corrupt government. A terrorist attack in Nairobi in January 2019 by Somalia-based militant group al-Shabab drew increased attention to the risks of destabilization in Kenya. An increase in violent crime or terrorism in any region of Africa may interfere with transportation activities and discourage economic activity, weaken consumer confidence, diminish consumer purchasing power or cause harm to our sellers and consumers in other ways, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and prospects.

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The operations of our agricultural customer base in Nigeria may be affected by climate change.

The global climate is changing, and will continue to change, in ways that affect the planning and day to day operations of businesses, government agencies and other organizations. The manifestations of climate change include higher temperatures, altered rainfall patterns, and more frequent or intense extreme events such as heatwaves, drought, and storms. Nigeria is still practicing rain fed agriculture which renders agricultural operations there vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Extreme events such as flooding, extreme heat and drought has led to soil degradation which has resulted in decreased agricultural production. These effects can impact agricultural operations in Nigeria and other African countries directly, as well as the personnel, physical assets, supply chain and marketing and distribution involved in those operations, and in turn adversely affect our customer base.

The Company is experiencing difficulties in obtaining foreign exchange for use in its operations outside of Nigeria and is dependent for those operations on financing providers not situated in Nigeria.

The Company and other businesses in Nigeria generally are having difficulty sourcing foreign exchange through the Central Bank of Nigeria, which has restricted access to foreign exchange in an effort to support the local Naira currency. This has adversely affected our customers and the business community generally in Nigeria. As a result, it has been necessary for the Company to arrange financing outside of Nigeria for compliance, operations, and other expenses associated with our business in the United States and other locations outside of Nigeria. As described under Liquidity and Capital Resources below, we have filed a Form D pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with our efforts to raise capital from private investors outside of Nigeria, and we have also sought out other means we can derive dollar-denominated revenue from our business activities outside of Nigeria. Nevertheless, if we are unsuccessful in raising capital or generated cash flow outside of Nigeria, the operations of our parent company, Tingo Inc., may be adversely affected.

Our cash reserves are not diversified across a variety of financial institutions.

Our company generates considerable cash flow from operations which we manage in conjunction with our primary deposit institution. We have not, thus far, diversified our deposits among other financial institutions in Nigeria, and the amount that we have on hand vastly exceeds the maximum deposit insurance provided by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation. If our primary deposit institution were to experience a liquidity shortage or an interruption in banking activity, we could be constrained from having access to our funds, and our operations could be materially adversely affected as a result.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry Sectors in Which We Operate

Inflation may have an adverse effect on our subscriber base.

Throughout 2020 and 2021, growing demand and supply chain disruption had resulted in increased prices of agricultural inputs, such as seeds and fertilizer, which in turn constrained growers’ ability to preserve margins on agricultural production, particularly for smaller farmers. Phosphate prices, for example, had increased approximately 139% from February 2020 to the end of 2021, while nitrogen had increased more than 80% during that period. The invasion of Ukraine by Russian armed forces in February 2022 has exacerbated inflationary pressure for these inputs, particularly inasmuch as Russia accounts for 13% of global production of potash, phosphate, and nitrogen and has been subjected to sweeping sanctions from western governments and the global financial system. Because of these input price pressures, our subscribers may find it more cost effective to produce at lower rates than historical levels, or abandon the current growing season entirely. Any diminution of growing activity by our subscriber base could also lead to lower activity on our Nwassa platform and lower revenue overall. We cannot guarantee you that our subscriber base will not be adversely affected by inflationary pressures regarding agricultural inputs, or that our financial condition or results of operations will not be adversely affected as a result.

We face competition, which may intensify.

In Nigeria, we compete with a large number of mobile phone carriers. Current competitors, such as MTN, Airtel, Glo and 9 Mobile, being the four largest mobile networks, may seek to intensify their investments in those markets and also expand their businesses in new markets. Competitive pressure from current or future competitors or our failure to quickly and effectively adapt to a changing competitive landscape could adversely affect our growth. Current or future competitors may offer lower prices and enhanced features, and we may be forced to lower our prices and upgrade our phones and network in order to maintain our market share.

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With respect to our payment services, we face competition from financial institutions with payment processing offerings, debit and credit card service providers, other offline payment options and other electronic payment system operators, in each of the markets in which we operate. We expect competition to intensify in the future as existing and new competitors may introduce new services or enhance existing services. New entrants tied to established brands may engender greater user confidence in the safety and efficacy of their services. The expansion of mobile network operators and independent payment service providers may increase competition in the medium term.

If we fail to compete effectively, we may lose existing users and fail to attract new users, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

If we fail to maintain our brand cost-effectively, our ability to expand the number of users of the Tingo network will be impaired, our reputation may be harmed, and our business, results of operations, and financial condition may suffer.

We believe that developing and maintaining awareness of our brand is critical to achieving widespread acceptance of the Tingo network and is an important element in attracting new users. Furthermore, we believe that the importance of brand recognition will increase as competition in our market increases. Successful promotion of our brand will depend largely on the effectiveness of our marketing efforts and on our ability to ensure that the Tingo network remains reliable, and useful at competitive prices. Brand promotion activities may not yield increased revenue, and even if they do, any increased revenue may not offset the expenses we incur in building our brand. If we fail to successfully promote and maintain our brand or incur substantial expenses in an unsuccessful attempt to promote and maintain our brand, we may fail to attract new organizations to us or to grow or maintain our telecommunications network.

We may not be able to respond quickly enough to changes in technology and technological risks, and to develop and maintain our intellectual property.

Changes in legislative, regulatory or industry requirements or in competitive technologies may render certain of our planned products obsolete or less attractive. Our communications equipment may become obsolete, and our ability to anticipate changes in technology and regulatory standards and to successfully develop and introduce new and enhanced products on a timely basis will be a significant factor in our ability to remain competitive. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to achieve the technological advances that may be necessary for us to remain competitive or that certain of our products will not become obsolete.

Interruptions or delays in the services provided by cellular networks or Internet service providers could impair our operations and our business could suffer.

Any damage to or failure of our systems generally would prevent us from operating our business. We rely on the cellular networks and Internet and, accordingly, depend upon the continuous, reliable, and secure operation of these networks and Internet servers, related hardware and software, and network infrastructure that we use are vulnerable to damage or interruption from human error, intentional bad acts, earthquakes, floods, fires, severe storms, war, terrorist attacks, power losses, hardware failures, systems failures, telecommunications failures, and similar events, many of which are beyond our control, any of which could disrupt our service, destroy user content, or prevent us from being able to continuously back up or record changes in our users’ content. In the event of significant physical damage to one of these data centers, it may take a significant period of time to achieve full resumption of our services, and our disaster recovery planning may not account for all eventualities. Moreover, negative publicity arising from these types of disruptions could damage our reputation and may adversely impact use of our products. We may not carry sufficient business interruption insurance to compensate us for losses that may occur as a result of any events that cause interruptions in our service.

We have entered into, or may enter into, agreements with various parties for certain business operations. Any difficulties experienced by us in these arrangements could result in additional expense, loss of subscribers and revenue, interruption of our services, or a failure or delay in the roll-out of new technology.

We have entered into, and may in the future enter into, agreements with various third parties for the day-to-day execution of services, provisioning, maintenance, and upgrading of our wireless and wireline networks, including the permitting, building, and installation of network upgrades; leases and subleases for space on communications towers; the development and maintenance of certain systems necessary for the operation of our business; customer service, related support to our wireless subscribers, outsourcing aspects of our wireline network and back office functions; and to provide network equipment, handsets, devices, and other equipment. For example, we depend heavily on local access facilities obtained from ILECs to serve our data and voice subscribers, and payments to ILECs for these facilities are a significant cost of service for our wireless customers. We also expect our dependence on key suppliers to continue as more advanced technologies are developed, which may lead to additional significant expenses. If our key vendors fail to

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meet their contractual obligations or experience financial difficulty, or if we fail to adequately diversify our reliance among vendors, we may experience disruptions to our business operations or incur significant expenses implementing alternative arrangements.

We may not be able to protect the intellectual property rights upon which we rely, or the products and services utilized by us and our suppliers and service providers may infringe on intellectual property rights owned by others.

We rely on various patent, service mark, trademark, and trade secret laws and contractual restrictions to establish and protect our proprietary rights. Despite these actions, they only offer limited protection and may not prevent the misappropriation of our rights. Also, we may not be able to discover or determine the extent of or protect against any unauthorized use of our proprietary rights, which may increase the cost of protecting these rights or reduce our revenues. Any of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and operating results. We also purchase products from suppliers, including device suppliers, and outsource services to service providers, including billing and customer care functions, that incorporate or utilize intellectual property. We and some of our suppliers and service providers have received, and may receive in the future, assertions and claims from third parties that the products or software utilized by us or our suppliers and service providers infringe on the patents or other intellectual property rights of these third parties. These claims could require us or an infringing supplier or service provider to cease certain activities or to cease selling the relevant products and services. These claims can be time-consuming and costly to defend and divert management resources. If these claims are successful, we could be forced to pay significant damages or stop selling certain products or services or stop using certain trademarks, which could adversely affect our results of operations.

Negative outcomes of legal proceedings may adversely affect our business and financial condition.

We are regularly involved in a number of legal proceedings before various courts. These proceedings may be complicated, costly, and disruptive to our business operations. We may incur significant expenses in defending these matters and may be required to pay significant fines, awards, or settlements. In addition, litigation or other proceedings could result in restrictions on our current or future manner of doing business. Any of these potential outcomes, such as judgments, awards, settlements, or orders could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results, or ability to do business.

Our reputation and business may be harmed and we may be subject to legal claims if there is a loss, disclosure, misappropriation of, unauthorized access to, or other security breach of our proprietary or sensitive information. Any disruption of our business operations due to a cyber attack, even for a limited amount of time, may adversely affect our business and financial condition.

Our information technology and other systems—including those of our third-party service providers—that maintain and transmit our proprietary information, the confidential information of our business partners and our employees, and our subscribers’ information, including credit card information, location data, or other personal information, may be compromised by a malicious third-party penetration of our network security, including by state-sponsored parties, or company employees or external actors, and impacted by advertent or inadvertent actions or inactions by our employees and agents. As a result, our proprietary or confidential information or the proprietary or confidential information of our business partners, employees and subscribers may be lost, disclosed, accessed, used, corrupted, destroyed, or taken without consent. Cyber attacks, such as the use of malware, computer viruses, dedicated denial of service attacks, or other means for disruption or unauthorized access, and data breaches have increased in frequency, scope, and potential harm in recent years. Cyber attacks may occur in conjunction with physical attacks on our network infrastructure. We also purchase equipment and software from third parties that could contain software defects, Trojan horses, malware, or other means by which third parties could access our network or the information stored or transmitted on such network or equipment.

While, to date, we are not aware of any cyber attacks or other cyber incidents that, individually or in the aggregate, have been material to our operations or financial condition, the preventive actions we take to reduce the risk of cyber incidents and protect our information technology and networks may be insufficient to repel a cyber attack in the future. In addition, the expenses of such preventative actions, including insurance coverage that we maintain relating to cybersecurity incidents, may be significant, which may adversely affect our results of operations. Any disruption of the information technology systems that are necessary to conducting normal business operations due to a cyber attack, even for a limited amount of time, may prevent us from conducting normal business operations and adversely affect our financial condition. Any major compromise of our data or network security or that of our third-party service suppliers, failure to prevent or mitigate a loss of our services or network, our proprietary information, or our subscribers’ information, and delays in detecting any such compromise or loss, even for a limited amount of time, could disrupt our operations, impact our reputation and subscribers’ willingness to purchase our service, and subject us to significant additional expenses. Such expenses could include incentives offered to existing subscribers and other business relationships in order to retain their business, increased expenditures on cyber security measures and the use of alternate resources, lost revenues from business interruption, significant penalties under

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privacy laws, and litigation, which could be material. Furthermore, the potential expenses associated with any such cyber attacks could be greater than the insurance coverage we maintain.

Equipment failure, natural disasters or terrorist acts may affect our infrastructure and result in significant disruption to our business.

Major equipment failures, natural disasters, including severe weather, terrorist acts or other disruptions that affect our wireline and wireless networks, including transport facilities, communications switches, routers, microwave links, cell sites, or other equipment or third-party owned local and long-distance networks on which we rely, could disrupt our operations, require significant resources to remedy, result in a loss of subscribers or impair our ability to attract new subscribers, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. If any of these events occur, our business could suffer and the market price of our common stock may decline.

We are subject to anti-corruption, anti-bribery, and similar laws, and non-compliance with such laws can subject us to criminal penalties or significant fines and harm our business and reputation.

We are subject to anti-corruption and anti-bribery and similar laws, such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or the FCPA, the U.S. domestic bribery statute contained in 18 U.S.C. § 201, U.S. Travel Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, Nigeria anti-corruption statutes and other anti-corruption, anti-bribery and anti-money laundering laws in countries in which we conduct activities. Anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws have been enforced aggressively in recent years and are interpreted broadly and prohibit companies and their employees and agents from promising, authorizing, making, or offering improper payments or other benefits to government officials and others in the private sector. As we expand our networks in Africa and internationally, our risks under these laws may increase. Noncompliance with these laws could subject us to investigations, sanctions, settlements, prosecution, other enforcement actions, disgorgement of profits, significant fines, damages, other civil and criminal penalties or injunctions, adverse media coverage, and other consequences. Any investigations, actions or sanctions could harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

We may also be subject to consumer privacy or consumer protection laws that may impact our sales, marketing, and compliance efforts, including laws related to subscriptions, billing, and auto-renewal. Consumer privacy and consumer protection laws may be interpreted or applied by regulatory authorities in a manner that could require us to make changes to our contracts, or our operations, or incur fines, penalties, or settlement expenses, which may result in harm to our business, results of operations, financial condition, and brand.

We are also subject to other Nigeria and international laws. Although we take precautions to prevent violations of these laws, our exposure for violating these laws increases as we continue to expand our international presence and any failure to comply with such laws could harm our reputation and our business.

Required licenses, permits or approvals may be difficult to obtain in the countries in which we currently operate, and once obtained may be amended or revoked arbitrarily or may not be renewed.

Given our diversified offering of services, we require approvals and licenses from national, regional, and local governmental or regulatory authorities in the countries in which we currently operate. For example, we may be required to obtain licenses to be able to continue offering or expand certain of our payment solutions, and there can be no assurance that we will obtain any such licenses in a timely manner or at all. Even if obtained, licenses are subject to review, interpretation, modification or termination by the relevant authorities. Any unfavorable interpretation or modification or any termination of a required license may significantly harm our operations in the relevant country or may require us to close down parts or all of our operations in the relevant country.

We can offer no assurance that the relevant authorities will not take any action that could materially and adversely affect these licenses, permits or approvals or our to provide our telecommunications services, We may experience difficulties in obtaining or maintaining some of these licenses, approvals and permits, which may require us to undertake significant efforts and incur additional expenses. If we operate without a license, we could be subject to fines, criminal prosecution or other legal action. Any difficulties in obtaining or maintaining licenses, approvals or permits or the amendment or revocation thereof could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

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We depend on our executive officers and other key employees, and the loss of one or more of these employees or an inability to attract and retain other highly skilled employees could harm our business.

Our success depends largely upon the continued services of our executive officers and other key employees, and in particular on Dozy Mmobuosi, our founder and CEO, and senior management staff in Nigeria and elsewhere. We rely on our leadership team in the areas of research and development, operations, security, marketing, sales, customer experience, general, and administrative functions, and on individual contributors in our research and development and operations. From time to time, there may be changes in our executive management team resulting from the hiring or departure of executives, which could disrupt our business. While we have employment agreements with our executive officers or other key personnel that require them to continue to work for us it is not for any specified period and, therefore, they could terminate their employment with us at any time. The loss of one or more of our executive officers, especially our Chief Executive Officer, or key employees could harm our business. Changes in our executive management team may also cause disruptions in, and harm to, our business.

Our failure to raise additional capital or generate cash flows necessary to expand our operations and invest in new technologies in the future could reduce our ability to compete successfully and harm our results of operations.

Historically, we have funded our operations and capital expenditures primarily through equity issuances and cash generated from our operations along with negotiating credit terms with suppliers that allows to effectively match revenues from customers with supplier payment terms. Although we currently anticipate that our existing cash and cash equivalents and cash flow from operations will be sufficient to meet our cash needs for the foreseeable future, we may require additional financing, and we may not be able to obtain debt or equity financing on favorable terms, if at all and to manage any currency risk due to a mismatch in the currency of revenues, primarily Naira and those of expenses. If we raise equity financing to fund operations or on an opportunistic basis, our stockholders may experience significant dilution of their ownership interests. If we engage in debt financing, we may be required to accept terms that restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness, force us to maintain specified liquidity or other ratios or restrict our ability to pay dividends or make acquisitions.

We are subject to governmental regulation and other legal obligations related to privacy, data protection and information security. If we are unable to comply with these, we may be subject to governmental enforcement actions, litigation, fines and penalties or adverse publicity.

We collect personally identifiable information and other data from our consumers and prospective consumers. We use this information to provide services and relevant products to our consumers, to support, expand and improve our business, and to tailor our marketing and advertising efforts. We may also share consumers’ personal data with certain third parties as authorized by the consumer or as described in our privacy policy. As a result, we are subject to governmental regulation and other legal obligations related to the protection of personal data, privacy and information security in certain countries where we do business, and there has been, and we expect there will be a continuing increase globally in laws that restrict or control the use of personal data.

Additionally, the regulatory landscape surrounding data protection, data privacy and information security is rapidly changing across Africa. Among the African countries, only Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa and Tunisia have established comprehensive data protection and data privacy laws. These data protection laws and regulations were only recently enacted. For example, the National Information Technology Development Agency in Nigeria passed new data protection guidelines in 2017, and we have implemented new policies to comply with these regulations.

Compliance with the various data protection laws in Africa is challenging due to the complex and sometimes contradictory nature of the different regulatory regimes. Because data protection regulations are not uniform among the various African nations in which we operate, our ability to transmit consumer information across borders is limited by our ability to comply with conditions and restrictions that vary from country to country. In countries with particularly strict data protection laws, we might not be able to transmit data out of the country at all and may be required to host individual servers in each such country where we collect data. For example, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal, Morocco, and Tunisia all restrict data transfer across borders. Ghana also requires that a company notify consumers in the event of a personal data breach. Egypt currently has no data protection and privacy laws. However, the Egyptian government announced in 2017 that it is committed to doubling the size of its e-commerce sector by 2020 and intends to update all legislation and regulation relevant to e-commerce.

Moreover, many data protection regimes apply based on where a consumer is located, and as we expand and new laws are enacted or existing laws change, we may be subject to new laws, regulations or standards or new interpretations of existing laws,

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regulations or standards, including those in the areas of data security, data privacy and regulation of email providers and those that require localization of certain data, which could require us to incur additional expenses and restrict our business operations.

Any failure or perceived failure by us to comply with rapidly evolving privacy or security laws, policies, legal obligations or industry standards or any security incident that results in the unauthorized release or transfer of personally identifiable information or other consumer data may result in governmental enforcement actions, litigation (including consumer class actions), criminal prosecution, fines and penalties or adverse publicity and could cause our consumers to lose trust in us, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

We may be adversely affected by changes in the regulations applicable to the telecommunications sector.

As the internet continues to revolutionize commercial relationships on a global scale and online penetration increases, new laws and regulations relating to the use of the internet in general and the e-commerce sector in particular may be adopted. These laws and regulations may govern the collection, use and protection of data, consumer protection, online payments, pricing, anti-bribery, tax, country specific prices and website contents and other aspects relevant to our business. The adoption or modification of laws or regulations relating to our operations could adversely affect our business by increasing compliance expenses, including as a result of confidentiality or security breaches in case of non-compliance, and administrative burdens. In particular, privacy related regulation could interfere with our strategy to collect and use personal information as part of our data-driven approach along the value chain. We currently comply with these new guidelines, and our data protection and privacy policies address methods for continued compliance with such guidelines. We must comply with applicable regulations in all of the countries in which we operate, and any non-compliance could lead to fines and other sanctions.

Changes to the regulation applicable to the use of the internet and the e-commerce sector could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Our use of open-source software may pose particular risks to our proprietary software and systems.

We use open-source software in our proprietary software and systems and intend to continue using open-source software in the future. The licenses applicable to our use of open-source software may require that source code that is developed using open-source software be made available to the public and that any modifications or derivative works to certain open-source software continue to be licensed under open-source licenses.

From time to time, we may face claims from third parties claiming infringement of their intellectual property rights, or demanding the release or license of the open source software or derivative works that we developed using such software (which could include our proprietary source code) or otherwise seeking to enforce the terms of the applicable open source license. These claims could result in litigation and could require us to purchase a costly license, publicly release the affected portions of our source code, be limited in or cease using the implicated software unless and until we can re-engineer such software to avoid infringement or change the use of, or remove, the implicated open source software.

In addition to risks related to license requirements, use of certain open source software can lead to greater risks than use of third-party commercial software, as open source licensors generally do not provide warranties, indemnities or other contractual protections with respect to the software (for example, non- infringement or functionality). Our use of open source software may also present additional security risks because the source code for open source software is publicly available, which may make it easier for hackers and other third parties to determine how to breach our website and systems that rely on open source software.

Any of these risks could be difficult to eliminate or manage, and, if not addressed, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Our planned risk management and compliance structure that will be implemented may prove inadequate.

Currently, we lack a dedicated centralized compliance function. However, we plan to adopt group-wide risk management and compliance program that is aimed at preventing corruption, fraud and other criminal or other forms of non-compliance by our management, employees, consultants, agents and sellers. The controls may we adopt may prove to be insufficient to prevent or detect non-compliant conduct. Additionally, certain employees, consultants, agents or sellers may still engage in illegal practices or corruption to win business or to conspire in order to circumvent our compliance controls. Similarly, our risk management function may fail to

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identify, mitigate or manage relevant risk exposures. Any failure of our compliance structure to prevent or detect non- compliant activities could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects

We cannot guarantee that we will continue to sustain profitability in the future.

We operate an agri-fintech, agritech and agricultural marketplace business primarily in Nigeria. We supply our mobile phones as the means by which our subscriber base can access our agri-fintech solutions – ‘Device as a Service’ strategy. We primarily generate revenue from sale and lease of our mobile phones, voice, internet, payment services and commissions from our agri-marketplace - Nwassa. There is no guarantee that we will generate sufficient revenue in the future to operate profitably and maintain and grow our business. If we cannot successfully generate revenue at a rate that exceeds the expenses associated with our business, we will not be able to achieve or sustain profitability or generate positive cash flow on a sustained basis and our revenue growth rate may decline. If we fail to remain profitable, this could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

An economic downturn could affect our operating results.

An economic downturn may have a particularly adverse effect upon small and medium-sized companies, which are our primary market for investments. During periods of volatile economic conditions, these companies often experience decreased revenues, financial losses, difficulty in obtaining access to financing and increased funding expenses. During such periods, these companies also may have difficulty expanding their businesses and operations and may be unable to meet their debt service obligations or other expenses as they become due. Any of the foregoing developments could cause the value of our investments in these companies to decline. In addition, during periods of adverse economic conditions, we may have difficulty accessing financial markets, which could make it more difficult or impossible for us to obtain funding for additional investments. Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may experience fluctuations in our quarterly results.

We may experience fluctuations in our quarterly operating results due to a number of factors, including variations in, and the timing of, the recognition of realized and unrealized gains or losses, the degree to which we encounter competition in our markets, the ability to find and close suitable investments and general economic conditions. The volatility of our results is exacerbated by our relatively small number of investments. As a result of these factors, you should not rely on our results for any period as being indicative of performance in future periods.

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In the United States, we are subleasing office space in New York at 43 West 23rd Street, 2nd Floor. Our sublease is on a month-to-month basis. In the intermediate term, we intend to secure an extended lease for office space for our U.S.-based and international executive teams visiting the New York area. Given vacancy rates for commercial office space in New York City, we do not expect to incur difficulty procuring such facilities.

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Agri-Fintech. The Agri-Fintech component of Tingo Mobile’s business was introduced in 2020, and grew from $98.6 million, or 16.8% of total revenue in 2020, to $198.6 million, or 22.9% of total revenue in the year ended December 31, 2021. This represents an increase of 36.0% in Agri-Fintech’s overall contribution to our total revenue. In addition, this trend demonstrates the increased activity resulting from the adoption of the smartphone ‘Device as a Service’ strategy the Company has implemented. Aggregate Nwassa revenue, which includes airtime, loan brokerage fees, insurance, transaction fees on agricultural produce trades, and transaction fees for utility payments, increased by 101.4% for 2021 as compared to 2020. The following table, which breaks out each revenue component, displays the growth, with no increase in airtime purchases for other networks on our Nwassa services by our existing customer base, from 2020 to 2021. We estimate that this represents over $4.0 billion in aggregate transaction processing for 2021 on our platforms.

The percentage growth in the various components of our Nwassa revenue from 2020 to 2021 is shown in the following table:

Mobile Sales and Leasing. Regarding the lease contracts for our mobile phones, the previous leasing cycle ended in May 2020. Due to Covid 19 and disruption to our supply chains, our new leasing cycles recommenced in May and August of 2021, concomitant with the commencement of leasing agreements with our two principal farmers’ cooperatives. Deliveries of 9.0 million devices were staggered between May 2021 and August 2021. We anticipate the level of revenue will increase significantly for subsequent quarters due to the full rollout of approximately 9.3 million devices as of August 2021.

In examining the financial model of Tingo, we believe it is important to understand that the provision of smartphones is the means to drive a higher level of access to Nwassa, our Agri-Fintech platform, to enable our customers to participate in our Agri-marketplace, top up their airtime, pay for utilities, insure their mobile devices and access credit services through partner institutions. Typical fees and commissions on these services can be up to 4.0%. Insurance revenue is fixed at $0.24 per device per month. Our focus on providing an affordable mobile device is core to the delivery of our fintech services and we call that ‘Device as a Service’ model. The richness of our Agri-Fintech service and related payment services deliver a very unique model of social upliftment and financial inclusion to rural communities. The agri-marketplace we have created provides our customers with an opportunity to market their fresh produce to reduce the ‘time to market’ and contribute towards our objectives to support the rural farming community with products and services that enable reduction in ‘post-harvest losses’ - a key area of focus for us as part of our investment to deliver services through use of smartphones to drive tangible social upliftment through increased sales for such farmers using the Nwassa platform.

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Our cost of revenues for 2021 was $284.2 million as compared to $364.4 million in 2020, a decrease of $80.2 million. Cost of revenues principally consists of obligations to our manufacturer for our branded mobile phones that we resell, as well as the cost of providing our agri-fintech services. With respect to our leased phones, we do not recognize the cost of the phones as a cost of sales, but rather depreciate such cost on a straight line basis over the useful life of the devices, estimated at three years. Because overall cost of revenues also includes the cost of our agri-fintech services, the trending decrease in cost of revenues as a percentage of overall revenue is inversely related to the proportional increase over time of revenue generation from our higher margin agri-fintech services as described below. In other words, as we expand our Nwassa platform and revenue streams associated therewith, we expect our overall cost of revenues, as a percentage of overall revenue, to decrease accordingly.

Cost of revenues consists of two key elements:

As the lessor of branded phones to our cooperative customers, we recognize depreciation expense ratably over the three-year estimated useful life of these devices. Other than the foregoing, prior year expenses mainly relate to general and administrative expenses only. Our acquisition of Tingo Mobile and the attendant expenses to maintain our status as a public reporting company has substantially increased these expenses. In addition, in 2021, we adopted our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan which provided for, among other awards, shares of restricted stock to Plan participants. This resulted in stock-based compensation expense of $149.4 million for the year, which included stock-based payments to officers, directors, and employees of $68.7 million and stock-based payments of professional fees of $80.8 million. Eliminating non-cash expenditures such as compensation expense relating to these stock awards, the Company had profit before tax of approximately $215.2 million on a consolidated basis during 2021. A detailed breakdown of other expenses included in Selling General and Administrative Expenses are contained in the Consolidated Profit and Loss Statement. A substantial part of these expenses relate to Tingo Mobile’s operations in Nigeria. Also included under Professional Fees is a finder’s fee paid in stock to third parties of $111.3 million in connection with the acquisition of Tingo Mobile.

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Gross Profit and Income from Operations

Our gross profit for 2021 was $581.7 as compared to $220.9 million in 2020, an increase of $360.8 million or 163.3%. The substantial increase in gross profit from 2020 to 2021 was consistent with the increase from 2019 to 2020, where gross profit rose $81.8 million, or 58.9%, from $139.1 million in 2019. The increases from 2019 through 2021 were principally due to a significant increase in the revenue growth of our Nwassa agri-fintech platform, where we earn up to a 4.0% commission on various financial transactions and have relatively insignificant marginal expenses as compared to our sales and leasing business. With increased adoption rates and growth in our subscriber base, as Nwassa becomes a progressively larger component of our aggregate revenue, we expect overall gross profit margins to increase accordingly.

This trend is evidenced by the increased level of income from operations we have posted for 2021 as compared to 2020. This illustrates the significant value of the increased mix of Nwassa revenues relative to mobile sales/leasing will have a significant impact on margins and profitability into the future.

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Other Income

Other income was insignificant in 2021, or less than $0.5 million, as compared to approximately $8.9 million in 2020, and $0.4 million in 2019. The principal reason for the significant increase in 2020 was the recovery of bad debts. Given the manner in which we bundle our services with our branded phones, we do not typically incur a substantial amount of bad debt. Accordingly, we do not expect other income relating to the recovery of bad debts to be a significant revenue item in future periods.

2021 Equity Incentive Plan

On October 6, 2021, the Board adopted our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (“Incentive Plan”), the purpose of which was to promote the interests of the Company by encouraging directors, officers, employees, and consultants of Tingo to develop a long-term interest in the Company, align their interests with that of our stockholders, and provide a means whereby they may develop a proprietary interest in the development and financial success of the Company and its stockholders. The Incentive Plan is also intended to enhance the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to attract and retain the services of individuals who are essential for the growth and profitability of the Company. The Incentive Plan permits the award of restricted stock, common stock purchase options, restricted stock units, and stock appreciation awards. The maximum number of shares of our Class A common stock that are subject to awards granted under the Incentive Plan is 131,537,545 shares. The term of the Incentive Plan will expire on October 6, 2031. On October 12, 2021, our stockholders approved our Incentive Plan and, during the fourth quarter of 2021, the Tingo Compensation Committee granted awards of restricted stock under the Incentive Plan to certain directors, executive officers, employees, and consultants in the aggregate amount of 108,870,000 shares. The majority of the awards so issued are each subject to a vesting requirement over a 2-year period unless the recipient thereof is terminated or removed from their position without “cause”, or as a result of constructive termination, as such terms are defined in the respective award agreements entered into by each of the recipients and the Company. We account for share-based compensation using the fair value method, as prescribed by ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation. Accordingly, for restricted stock awards, we measure the grant date fair value based upon the market price of our common stock on the date of the grant and amortize the fair value of the awards as share-based compensation expense over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting term. In connection with these awards, we recorded compensation expense of $149.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.

As of December 31, 2021, total compensation expense to be recognized in future periods is $66.4 million. The weighted average period over which this expense is expected to be recognized is 1.8 years.

The following table summarizes the activity related to granted, vested, and unvested restricted stock awards under the Incentive Plan for the year ended December 31, 2021:

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Current Market Conditions

After a weeks-long buildup of forces along the Ukranian border in January and February 2022, armed forces of the Russian Federation invaded the country along multiple points on February 24, 2022. Western countries, largely led by the United States, issued substantial economic sanctions against Russia, including a complete ban on oil and gas imports into North America, the suspension of a number of Russian banks from the SWIFT banking communication system, and the freezing of assets beneficially owned by individuals with ties to the Russian government. The short-term effect of the invasion and its economic repercussions has been most acute on commodity prices, particularly agricultural and extractive products, with wheat prices up more than 70% from twelve months earlier, and oil prices rising to multi-year highs in March 2022. Equity markets, which had already started 2022 on a downward trend, were further suppressed by geopolitical events and the reaction of investors to them.

According to the IMF, the global economy grew at an estimated 5.9% rate for 2021, a full one point increase from 2020 (4.9%) and is expected to increase by 4.9% during 2022. Meanwhile, inflation has increased markedly in the United States and some emerging market economies. As restrictions are relaxed, demand has accelerated, but supply has been slower to respond. Although price pressures

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are expected to subside in most countries in 2022, inflation prospects are highly uncertain. Consumer prices, which had largely been held in check during the pandemic, began to rise steadily in the second quarter of 2021 and, by the third quarter of 2021, had reached an annualized rate of 5.4%. Although a number of commentators suggested that the price rises would be temporary due to supply and logistical constraints, the fourth quarter of 2021 saw further increases, with a non-core annualized rate of inflation of 7.0% by the end of 2021. February 2022 again saw a further increase to an annualized rate of 7.9%, the highest since January 1982. Notwithstanding tightening moves by central banks in the first quarter of 2022, the conflict in Ukraine is expected by many analysts to exacerbate underlying inflationary pressures.

These increases in consumer prices are occurring even as employment rates are below pre-pandemic levels in many economies, forcing difficult choices on policymakers. As of the end of 2021, the global unemployment rate stood at approximately 6.2%, still above levels experienced prior to the onset of COVID-19, but substantially below the highs of the first half of 2020 during the initial months of the pandemic. Economists are projecting a global unemployment rate of 5.9% for all of 2022.

With respect to food security and agricultural production, we expect that Tingo’s focus on providing market solutions for the agriculture sector will increase in importance as the world seeks viable food security solutions in alternate geographical areas such as Africa. With a significant and established presence with millions of rural farmers using NWASSA, we intend to develop and consider strategic growth plans and deepen our interest in agritech and outgrower programs (‘seed to offtake’). We also intend to make use of ‘Big Data’ to support improved productivity and expansion of our agri-marketplace linked to impact driven agri-finance and insurance solutions to support the expected growth and focus on Africa. Interestingly, as the cost of agri-commodities increase in price and farmers trade on Nwassa, such activity will increase the Company’s revenue as we earn a fixed percentage of all trade. We are considering how we can extend our marketplace for both domestic and international markets and demand to respond in a positive and deliberate way to deliver solutions towards the acute concern around food security resulting from the crisis.

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availability of labor resources and capital, natural disasters, pandemics and outbreaks of contagious diseases and other adverse public health developments, such as COVID-19, and other conditions. Our ability to attract and maintain a sufficient customer base, particularly in our principal markets, is critical to our ability to maintain a positive cash flow from operations. The foregoing events individually or collectively could affect our results.

We are evaluating the impact of current market conditions on our Company and its ability to generate dollar-denominated income. We believe that our operating cash flow and cash on hand will be sufficient to meet operating requirements and to finance routine capital expenditures through the next twelve months.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

None.

Dividends

On November 10, 2021, our Board adopted a Dividend Policy for the Company. The Policy provides a process that the Board will undertake when approving quarterly, annual, and special dividends for the Company including, but not limited to, various financial criteria and macroeconomic factors, as well as certain financial and economic factors specific to the Company. In the case of quarterly dividends, within ninety (90) calendar days following the end of each fiscal year, the Board will determine the dividend payment, if any, that will be made to holders of the Company’s capital stock. Such dividend will generally be expressed as a cash amount equal to a percentage of the Company’s consolidated after-tax net income for such prior fiscal year, and will be divided into fourths, with one-fourth of the amount payable each quarter. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has not paid any dividends in its history.

Subsequent Events

Our Management performed an evaluation of the Company’s activity through the date the financial statements were issued, noting there were no subsequent events.

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purchase cellular phones directly, lease the phones on one year terms, and purchase data and calls, as well as use of the NWASSA platform. As part of these contracts, the Company records Revenue and has short term and long term assets and liabilities recorded related to the cost of contracts and the deferred income and taxes receivable, respectively. The Company also records depreciation expense on a straight-line basis over the useful life of the phones, which is estimated by management at three years.

Significant judgment is exercised by the Company in determining the accounting policies related to these long term transactions, including the following:

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Given these factors, the related audit effort in evaluation management’s judgements in determining revenue recognition and cost recognition for the customer agreements was extensive and required a high degree of auditor judgement.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit

Our principal audit procedures related to the Company’s revenue recognition for these customer agreements included the following:

Emphasis of Matters-Risks and Uncertainties

The Company is not able to predict the ultimate impact that COVID -19 will have on its business. However, if the current economic conditions continue, the pandemic could have an adverse impact on the economies and financial markets of many countries, including the geographical area in which the Company plans to operate.

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