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OPINION VIEW | The Pan-African Trade Revolution Might Have Just…
By Ray Youssef, CEO of P2P marketplace, NoOnes When I went with some of the NoOnes team to Kenya to make the keynote speech at the Catholic…
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OPINION VIEW | The Pan-African Trade Revolution Might Have Just Started in Kenya -
MILESTONE | Africa-Focused Digital Identity Provider, SmileID, Doubles Identity Verification Checks to 150 Million in Just One Year -
A Look At the CFA Franc - The Controversial Currency at the Center of the French - West Africa Feud -
LIST | Top 10 Lending Apps in Nigeria With Over 1 Million Downloads on PlayStore
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REGULATION | U.S. Lawmakers Demand Release of Binance Official as Nigeria Announces Commencement of Tax Evasion Trial
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REGULATION | Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Urges Countries to Develop Regulatory Frameworks for Rapidly Growing Virtual Assets -
REPORT | Egypt Comes 3rd Among the Top Funded MENA Countries in H1 2024 -
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | Inaugural Rwanda-Based, Sector-Agnostic Innovate Africa Fund, Seeks to Invest in 20 Early-Stage Startups for ~$50,000 -
MILESTONE | Leading TON Blockchain Wallet, TonKeeper, Draws Over 1.3 Million Users in Nigeria, with 900K Joining in May 2024 Alone -
HOW TO | How to Earn NotCoins By Playing to Earn on Telegram
OPPORTUNITIES
Web3 startup accelerator, CV Labs, has announced the launch of applications for Batch 07 of its program....
The pan-African Ecobank Group has opened applications for the 7th edition of its Fintech Challenge offering...
The Timbuktoo Fintech Startup Accelerator has issued a call out to citizens of the African Union (AU)...
Google has announced the opening of applications for the 8th cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator...
By Ray Youssef, CEO of P2P marketplace, NoOnes When I went with some of the NoOnes team to Kenya to make...
Smile Identity, an Africa-focused identity verification solutions provider, has had 150 million identity...
The CFA Franc was introduced on December 26 1945 to improve stability among French colonies after World...
The surge of companies operating in Nigeria’s digital lending sector has drawn attention to concerning...
According to local reports, 2 U.S. Congressmen have submitted a resolution to the U.S. House of Representatives...
Virtual assets continue to be used to support the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as well...
REPORTS
Virtual assets continue to be used to support the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as well...
Startups from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region raised $116 million in June 2024, declining...
Startups across Africa raised $780 million between January and June 2024 (H1 2024), a 31% decline compared...
Crypto losses to hacks and rug-pulls in the second quarter of 2024 doubled compared to the same period...
In a new report titled “From ripples to waves: The transformational power of tokenizing assets,”...
According to a new 2024 compensation report by Request Finance shard with BitKE, the Web3 sector is becoming...
Local Nigerians maintain interest in cryptocurrencies despite an ongoing crackdown on digital asset exchange...
Average consumer price inflation in Africa is estimated to have increased by 3 percentage points to 17...
A new report analyzing global startup activity has ranked Lagos as the leadin cityg in Africa, and 70th...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been a constant participant in African economic activities...
Nigerian tier-1 banks earned N392 billion ($268 million) from electronic business in 2023 as the adoption...
According to PitchBook’s Q1 2024 report, the crypto industry saw a significant increase in fundraising...
M-PESA, the fintech platform operated by Kenyan telco, saw KES 40.2 trillion ($305.8 billion) worth of...
Equity Bank Group saw a significant increase in net profit for the first quarter of 2024, rising to KES...
The average cost for sending $200 across the world declined slightly from 6.20% to 6.18% in 2023, a new...
ETHEREUM
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could approve exchange traded funds (ETFs) tied to...
Paxos International has announced the launch of Lift dollar, which it says is the first stablecoin to...
According to Kaiko Research, $ETH open interest reached an all-time high of $11 billion following ETF...
A host of Ethereum core contributors were recently in Nairobi, Kenya where they conducted some technical...
The United States Securities Exchange Commission granted accelerated approval to stock exchanges to list...
In the latest amendments to their applications, issuers aiming to launch spot Ether ETFs have clarified...
The price of Ether (ETH) surged by more than 10% after two prominent Bloomberg ETF analysts significantly...
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has shared Wells Notice with ConsenSys, the...
WorldCoin says it will unveil a new blockchain ‘designed for humans’ known as World Chain....
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) became the latest jurisdiction to approve Bitcoin...
EigenLayer, introduced on the mainnet in June 2023, comprises a set of smart contracts operating on the...
Microtraction, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in African tech entrepreneurs at the...
Nigerian fintech, Grey, has raised $ 2 million as it sets out to grow its virtual currencies service...
Binance users in Nigeria can now deposit funds in the local currency (Naira) following a partnership...
FINTECH
Welcome to YC S22, @sidneyrema_, @jumaphelix, and team @PatikaAfrica! Patika helps small businesses in...
Nigerian Agri Fintech, Tingo, Integrates DeFi Lending Protocol To Expand Financial Access to Farmers
Tingo International, the parent company of Tingo Mobile, an over-the-counter (OTC) listed public company,...
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) FinTech Africa Accelerator Program has selected 25 fintech startups from...
The 4th Annual Lecture on Financial Inclusion organized by FSD Kenya featured the reknowned and well...
Egyptian fintech startup, Paymob, has raised a $50 million in Series B funding round to help it launch...
NALA, an app that the diaspora in the UK and US can use to send money to certain African countries, has...
Kenyan fintech, Kwara, is looking to scale even further in 2023 following a new $3 million seed extension....
REGULATION
Virtual assets continue to be used to support the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as well...
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) will develop the ‘Nigerium’ indigenous...
The Nigeria Security Exchange Commission (SEC Nigeria) requires Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs)...
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) of South Africa is currently running 30 investigations...
The [Central] Bank of Zambia has published plans to criminalize the use of foreign currency in the local...
Crypto exchange, KuCoin, says it will start collecting a 7.5% value-added tax on trading fees from its...
South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority has approved a further 63 licence applications,...
Zambia’s Minister of Science and Technology, Felix Mutati, has announced that the government is...
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a suit against MetaMask parent company,...
According to the Nigerian Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), many Nigerian youths are embracing cryptocurrencies...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could approve exchange traded funds (ETFs) tied to...
According to local reports, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has listed five websites...
BANKING
The CFA Franc was introduced on December 26 1945 to improve stability among French colonies after World...
The [Central] Bank of Zambia has published plans to criminalize the use of foreign currency in the local...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lifted a recent suspension on OPay, Moniepoint, Kuda, Palmpay,...
Nigerian tier-1 banks earned N392 billion ($268 million) from electronic business in 2023 as the adoption...
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...
FRANCOPHONE AFRICA
EDUCATION
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,...
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)
According to a post by the National Bank of Ethiopia, the country’s Council of Ministers has approved...
Rwanda is aiming to launch its own national Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) within the next two...
The Bank of Ghana (BOG) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have successfully completed a proof-of-concept...
CBDC | National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) Seeks Public Views on a CBDC Ahead of Possible Proof-of-Concept
The National Bank of Rwanda has released a questionnaire seeking views from the public about a Central...
The South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB) has set a 2-year timeline within which to accelerate the selection...
The Central Bank of Mauritania (CBM) has entered into a partnership with security technology firm, Giesecke+Devrient...
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