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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | ByBit and AltSchool Africa Announce 1,000…
Just 3 months after a deal with Binance to offer tech scholarships to 500 students, AltSchool Africa has this time partnered with ByBit to provide 1,000 scholarships…
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OPINION | Africa Needs More Market Creating Startups, We've Enough CopyCat Startups -
REPORT | Nigeria Cash Transactions Projected to Decline 32% by 2030, Banked Population to Reach 45% -
EVENT [APRIL 30 2025] | Africa Fintech Live Returns to Nairobi, Kenya for 2nd Edition -
REGULATION | Popular Cryptocurrency Mixer, Tornado Cash, Removed from U.S. Sanctions List Following Court Ruling -
STATISTICS | South African Digital Bank, TymeBank, Increases Customer Base By 7% in Q4 2024 -
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | ByBit and AltSchool Africa Announce 1,000 Scholarships for Africa Tech Students in 2025 -
INFLATION | Tanzanian Shilling (TSHS) Weakens Becoming the World's Worst Performing Currency in 2025 So Far
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FINTECH AFRICA | Why Use PayPal in the Age of Crypto? Frustrated Users Propose African Alternatives -
[WATCH] The Digital Euro (The Euro CBDC) Set to Launch in October 2025 -
FUNDING | COCA.xyz Secures Strategic Funding from Stellar to Accelerate Stablecoin Payments Adoption in 200+ Countries -
BITCOIN | Emerging Market Institutions Face Greater Urgency to Adopt Bitcoin as Reserve Asset Amid Currency Depreciation, Says CEO, VALR -
FRANCOPHONE AFRICA | Fully-Licensed Digital-First Cameroonian Banking Platform, Azamra, Sets Sights on Expanding Lending Services via Stablecoins -
SCAM ALERT | South Africa Parliament Youtube Channel Hacked to Promote $RAMAPHOSA Coin on Solana
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SCAM ALERT | Ghana President X Account Compromised, Now Promoting Solana Crypto Fund and Africa MemeCoin
BITCOIN
OPPORTUNITIES
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...
The USAID Women Entrepreneurship Incubator Program (WEIP) is a transformative initiative aimed at supporting...
A post by Reuben Mars Market creating companies are those that innovate and create entirely new markets...
In line with the rest of the world, Nigeria is experiencing a major transition to digital payment methods...
Africa Fintech Live is set to return for its highly anticipated second edition on April 30, 2025, at...
The U.S. Treasury Department has officially removed cryptocurrency mixer, Tornado Cash, from its sanctions...
South Africa-based fintech, TymeBank, has grown its customer base by 7%, increasing from 10 million to...
Just 3 months after a deal with Binance to offer tech scholarships to 500 students, AltSchool Africa...
Tanzania’s economy is experiencing strong growth, but its currency, the Tanzanian shilling, is...
A widely shared post by Kenyan fintech expert, Robert Kingori, has struck a nerve with many African users...
Speaking at the European Central Bank (ECB) press conference, President Christine Lagarde stressed that...
REPORTS
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...
According 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,...
The fourth quarter of 2024 was a historic period for Bitcoin (BTC), as it surged past the $100,000 mark...
The NFT market faced a challenging 2024, with trading volumes and sales counts plummeting to their lowest...
Angel investors are stepping in to fill the gap left by the decline in funding within Africa’s...
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...
PRESS RELEASE – MARCH 31, 2022 Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has...
Centi, a fintech company based in Switzerland, has announced a new collaboration with pan-African cryptocurrency...
Sun Exchange, a South African energy-fintech startup, has declared a shift away from its original Bitcoin-powered...
FINTECH
The penetration of financial technologies in Nigeria stands at only 35%, with this proportion of the...
Lipa Later, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) fintech platform based in Kenya, has secured $3.4 million through...
The Capital Markets Authority Regulatory Sandbox Policy Guidance Note (PGN) forum brought together stakeholders...
In a blog post, the World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its 2022 list of Technology pioneers with 7 Startups...
Paymenow, a South African startup that provides earned wage access (EWA), has secured a ZAR250 million...
A recent tweet by Zach Bijesse, Co-Founder of PayHippo, a Nigerian lending app, has stirred up Twitter...
Mobile subscriptions in Kenya increased by 6% to 65.1 million in 2021, however, at a slower rate compared...
Waza, a Y Combinator-backed (YC W23 Batch) B2B payments company, has launched a multi-currency account...
Pan African payment solutions company, Chipper Cash, says it is closing on a deal to acquire Zoona, an...
REGULATION
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),...
REGULATION | Kenyan Detectives, the DCI, Nab Thieves Masquerading as Cryptocurrency Exchange Experts
Detectives in Nairobi have apprehended two fraudsters who swindled a Chinese national out of KES 6.5...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued new guidance on Thursday, clarifying that it...
Nigeria has decided to automate its electronic visa approval and issuance process to enhance travel and...
Jeremy Allaire, CEO and Co-Founder of Circle ($USDC), has called for global stablecoin issuers to register...
Tende Pay, a leading digital payment solution, has secured approval from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)...
BANKING
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...
A recent survey conducted by Integrated Payment Services Limited (IPSL) highlights the growing prominence...
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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