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SURVEY | South Africa Leads Africa in Merchant Crypto Payment…
A 2025 report by NFTEvening shows the growing adoption of cryptocurrencies in local economies, particularly its acceptance in everyday transactions. According to the report, in 2024, worldwide…
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SURVEY | South Africa Leads Africa in Merchant Crypto Payment Adoption in 2025, Becomes 6th Globally -
New-School African Web3 Innovators Inspired by Breakthrough KRNL Tools -
BANKING | Ethiopia Unveils Capital Requirements for Foreign Banks Looking to Set Up Shop
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OPINION | The Case of Regulated Blockchain Infrastructure
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REGULATION | Ghana to Introduce Blockchain Tracking System in Gold Sector Reforms -
REPORT | Over 11% of Travel Agencies Now Accept Cryptocurrency Payments
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REGULATION | Nigerian President Signs Investment and Securities Act 2024 into Law Formally Classifying Virtual Assets as Securities
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POLITICS | U.S Government Moves to Dismantle USAID Signaling a Shift in Foreign Aid Strategy -
FINTECH AFRICA | Prominent Kenyan Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Fintech Startup, Lipa Later, to Shut Down After Failing to Raise Funding
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FUNDING | Payhippo Rebrands to Rivy, Raises $4 Million After Disbursing $2 Million in Loans in 2024 with NPL Ratio Below 1% -
EXPLAINER | How to Send Stablecoins From One Blockchain to Another Without Losing Your Money
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MILESTONE | AgriDex, a South-African RWA Marketplace, Facilitates the First-Ever Farmland Trade in Zambia on Solana
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FINTECH AFRICA | Ripple ($XRP) Partners with Leading African Fintech, Chipper Cash, for Crypto Cross-Border Payments -
REPORT | 'No Denying the Weight of Nigeria in Africa's Startup Ecosystem,' Says Africa the Big Deal
BITCOIN
OPPORTUNITIES
The Startup 360 Connect Program is now accepting applications for its exclusive initiative designed to...
Just 3 months after a deal with Binance to offer tech scholarships to 500 students, AltSchool Africa...
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF), in partnership with the African Guarantee...
Antler, a global early-stage VC firm that launched in Kenya in 2019, has expanded its operations to Nigeria....
Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative to support African healthtech startups...
SURVEY | South Africa Leads Africa in Merchant Crypto Payment Adoption in 2025, Becomes 6th Globally
A 2025 report by NFTEvening shows the growing adoption of cryptocurrencies in local economies, particularly...
KRNL is proposed as the secret weapon of African Web3 developers as they break global barriers and take...
The National Bank of Ethiopia has unveiled the capital requirements and regulations that will govern...
The financial sector is undergoing a pivotal transformation. While digital financial services have revolutionized...
The Ghanaian government is implementing a blockchain-based gold tracking system as part of its efforts...
A report by CoinsPaid highlights the growing demand for crypto payment solutions in the travel sector....
Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has officially signed the Investment and Securities Act (ISA)...
The U.S. State Department has officially notified Congress of its intent to overhaul the U.S. Agency...
Kenyan buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) startup, Lipa Later, has been placed under administration after failing...
REPORTS
SURVEY | South Africa Leads Africa in Merchant Crypto Payment Adoption in 2025, Becomes 6th Globally
A 2025 report by NFTEvening shows the growing adoption of cryptocurrencies in local economies, particularly...
A report by CoinsPaid highlights the growing demand for crypto payment solutions in the travel sector....
During the last 5 years, Nigeria has raised $4.6 billion in venture funding, 29 percent of the $16.2...
In line with the rest of the world, Nigeria is experiencing a major transition to digital payment methods...
KPMG has urged Nigerian financial institutions to adopt blockchain technology and work alongside cryptocurrency...
In 2024, mobile money agents in Kenya facilitated transactions worth KES 8.7 trillion ($67.3 billion)...
Consumer complaints against digital lenders saw a sharp increase in the year leading to June 2024, according...
A recent survey conducted by Integrated Payment Services Limited (IPSL) highlights the growing prominence...
The number of DeFi users in South Africa is expected to reach 378,000 by 2025, with user penetration...
5 Countries Are Responsible for Half of Africa’s GDP, Says IMFAccording to April 2024 data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the big 5 African economies...
As central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) continue to be a hot topic in global finance, nearly a third...
Partech, the global technology investment firm, has released its annual 2024 Africa Tech Venture Capital...
According to a new report conducted for Africa games publisher, Carry1st, by the gaming data platform,...
The annual stablecoin transfer volume, the total value of transactions made using stablecoins over a...
An analysis of document, biometric, and textual verifications showed a 14% decline in fraud detected...
Kenya has yet again emerged as the leading expatriate destination among African countries in a new survey...
The startup ecosystem in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) attracted $2.3 billion in investments...
Bitget, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has released its 2024 transparency report,...
Binance has released its 2024 Research Full-Year Report offering a comprehensive analysis of the trends,...
ETHEREUM
Written by Andre Cronje, Founder of Yearn Finance For those of you who might not know, back in...
Ethereum, the global blockchain platform, announced it awarded $12.8 million in grants during the third...
The story of Legitify, a cutting-edge project developed by a talented team of students from the University...
Being chosen as a legal scholar for DevCon by the Ethereum Foundation was a profound honor. This unique...
U.S-traded spot Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw about $476 million in outflows during...
In a recent social media post, Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation spokesperson, Josh Stark,...
Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network, Base, has reached a new milestone with over 1 million daily active...
Bitcoin and Ether ETFs recorded nearly $6 billion in trading volume amid the global market turmoil on...
The “I’m Too Smart to Fall for That” Syndrome So, you think you’re the Sherlock...
This week, we’re celebrating Ethereum’s 9th birthday – that’s right, our favorite blockchain...
The Ethereum Naming Service (ENS) received the 3rd largest amount of revenue in 2022 during the month...
Only 5 African Blockchain startups raised over $5M in 2018. African startups face a big challenge when...
Request Finance is an all-in-one finance web application for companies, contractors, and DAOs to easily...
FINTECH
According to news reports, Ethiopia’s government will be introducing a new code guiding the country’s...
Web 2 behemoth, Google, has revealed that it has a keen interest in the unfolding web 3 experience by...
Lami, a digital insurance product based out of Kenya, has raised $3.7 million in an extension round,...
FintechCashier, an innovative UK payment services provider, has chosen Xago as its preferred partner...
In a blog post, the World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its 2022 list of Technology pioneers with 7 Startups...
Flutterwave CEO, Agboola Olubenga, has arrived in Kenya to spearhead efforts to free up his company’s...
Visa has unveiled its latest initiative, the Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program, aimed at supporting...
In a blog post, PayPal said it will now support the native transfer of cryptocurrencies between PayPal...
The 4th Annual Lecture on Financial Inclusion organized by FSD Kenya featured the reknowned and well...
REGULATION
The financial sector is undergoing a pivotal transformation. While digital financial services have revolutionized...
The Ghanaian government is implementing a blockchain-based gold tracking system as part of its efforts...
Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has officially signed the Investment and Securities Act (ISA)...
Nigeria’s Information Minister, Mohammed Idris, has stated that the government’s ongoing lawsuit against...
Brij Fintech Ghana, a licensed Payment Service Provider, has launched a six-month pilot of its BrijX...
The U.S. Treasury Department has officially removed cryptocurrency mixer, Tornado Cash, from its sanctions...
Stakeholders in South Africa’s crypto industry are urging the country’s national treasury...
The Cayman Islands, long known as a crypto-friendly jurisdiction, is tightening its regulatory framework...
In a joint announcement, the Rwanda Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and the National Bank of Rwanda are...
Binance, the largest crypto exchange in Nigeria and Africa, has restricted access to its free token airdrops...
Leading pan-African fintech firm, Nsano Ltd, has expanded its presence in East Africa by launching a...
Consumer complaints against digital lenders saw a sharp increase in the year leading to June 2024, according...
A major financial scandal has rocked Kenya’s Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs),...
BANKING
The National Bank of Ethiopia has unveiled the capital requirements and regulations that will govern...
South Africa-based fintech, TymeBank, has grown its customer base by 7%, increasing from 10 million to...
Consumer complaints against digital lenders saw a sharp increase in the year leading to June 2024, according...
KCB Group, the largest commercial bank in East Africa, has bec0me the first financial institution in...
Neil Leon De Waal, a South African associate of the controversial investment scheme GS Partners, was...
The Mauritius Financial Services Commission (FSC), the regulatory authority responsible for the regulation,...
Proof of attendance protocol, often shortened to POAPs, function as digital badges you can collect at...
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has started a slow rollout that allows...
A new survey conducted by IPSOS for the World Economic Forum (WEF) finds that half of adults across 29...
The term, metaverse, can trace its roots back 3 decades ago to a sci-fi novel by Neal Stephenson called...
FRANCOPHONE AFRICA
EDUCATION
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS [DEADLINE: DECEMBER 27 2024] | Apply for The Btrust Builders’ 2025 ₿OSS Cohort
Btrust Builders, in collaboration with Chaincode Labs, is issuing a final call for applications to the...
Long before we used paper money, people used many different objects as money. One of the defining characteristics...
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has surged to its highest level ever, occurring just over a week before...
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Wall Street experienced five consecutive days of net outflows...
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has allocated a total of $500,000 across 14 diverse projects worldwide,...
Every four years, the amount of Bitcoin rewarded to cryptocurrency miners is halved in a process aptly...
In a new analysis, crypto asset management firm, GrayScale, says that Bitcoin’s technical fundamentals...
Open interest in Bitcoin surged to $31 billion on March 4 2024 surpassing the previous record of $24.3...
A Bitcoin address is a string of alphanumeric characters that represents a destination for Bitcoin transactions....
DAOs
Core DAO is excited to introduce the African Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to provide...
Celo has finally unveiled a regional DAO which is expected to drive adoption of the blockchain in grassroots...
The South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB) will be exploring multiple use cases involving a wholesale CBDC...
The Kamusi DAO Project is an initiative which aims to create a Kiswahili Web3 dictionary that represents...
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES (CBDCs)
The Bank of Namibia (BoN) is assessing the potential of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to enhance...
As central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) continue to be a hot topic in global finance, nearly a third...
In a move that may have ripple effects across the world, U.S. President, Donald Trump, has imposed a...
In 2024, the major African countries continued to make progress in cryptocurrency adoption. Nigeria and...
Ivory Coast fintech, HUB2, has raised $8.5 million in a series A funding round led by pan-African early-stage...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it has completed its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot project...
To date, three jurisdictions have launched a nation-wide CBDC: The Bahamas Jamaica, and Nigeria while...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has won the prestigious ‘Innovation in Digital Currency Design for Financial...
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