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NORTH AFRICA | Bitget Introduces Arabic Support on its Platforms…
Bitget, a leading cryptocurrency exchange from Singapore with over 20 million users in over 100 countries, has introduced Arabic language support for more than eleven countries in…
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NORTH AFRICA | Bitget Introduces Arabic Support on its Platforms in North African Expansion Drive -
LAUNCH | Leading South African Fintech, Stitch, Unveils 'Pay with Crypto' Product for Local Businesses
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Tipitek is Expanding the Capabilities for its Clients -
REGULATION | Tanzanian Fintech, NALA, Acquires Payments Service Provider (PSP) License from National Bank of Rwanda -
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | Fuse Unveils $10 Million Grants Program to Power Web3 Innovation
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MILESTONE | Tether Voluntarily Freezes $225 Million in Stolen USDT - The Largest Ever Freeze of USDT in History -
FUNDING | London-based African Remittance Platform, Zazuu, Shuts Down Due to Lack of Funding -
LAUNCH | Nigeria Introduces Startup Support Portal to Aggregate and Support the Startup Ecosystem
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EVENT [DECEMBER 6 2023] | Kenya to Host Latitude59 Tech Conference and Pitch Competition, to Include Discussion on Digital Assets
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EAST AFRICA | Somalia Formally Becomes 8th Member of the Ever Expanding East African Community Bloc
OPPORTUNITIES
Fuse Network, a trailblazer in Web3 payment infrastructure, recently unveiled its pioneering $10 million...
Gitcoin, a crowdfunding platform that leverages blockchain to fund open-source projects, primarily those...
The Bank of Ghana has taken a different approach to building its CBDC with news emerging that the Bank...
Did you know that approximately 600 million Africans (43%) do not have access to electricity and neither...
Cryptocurrency is a realm where innovation thrives, and Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, is at the forefront...
REPORTS
The cryptocurrency industry has spent a total of $56.44 million on lobbying efforts in the United States...
Black founders raised $39.7 million out of $29.9 billion of all capital allocated to U.S. startups in...
The cross-border payment ecosystem – comprising financial transactions between senders and recipients...
Binance, the leading global cryptocurrency exchange, has experienced a decline in its market share in...
Seventy-one percent of technology investors in Africa would be reluctant to invest further in a startup...
New study reveals the sectors that offer cryptocurrency as a payment method: The Retail &...
A new report by StartupBlink shows South Africa, at number 53 globally, and Mauritius (61) as the top...
A new October 2023 report by Pantera Capital reveals that crypto workers are distributed worldwide as...
ETHEREUM
Blast, a recently launched Ethereum layer-2 blockchain, experienced an unusual surge in assets with an...
Base, the Ethereum layer-2 solution by Coinbase, has announced the launch of an eight-week training course...
According to a post on Reddit by a member of its Community team, the social platform will put an end...
Uniswap has announced the launch of a beta version of their wallet application on Android, previously...
September 15 2023 marked exactly one year since the Ethereum blockchain conducted the Merge, whereby...
Binance, is set to launch opBNB, a Layer 2 scaling solution aimed at substantially enhancing the processing...
PayPal, a prominent player in the payment industry, has announced the introduction of a stablecoin...
Mara, the Africa focused crypto startup, has announced the launch of its testnet for its highly anticipated...
Optimism, the Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum applications, has undergone a name change and is...
Uniswap has introduced an NFT aggregator platform promising users the opportunity to trade NFTs across...
Nigerians traded approximately $185 million worth of bitcoin between January and March 2022 on Paxful,...
Utu Technologies, which is building a Trust Engine Infrastructure on top of the Aeternity Blockchain,...
FINTECH
Welcome to YC S22, @sidneyrema_, @jumaphelix, and team @PatikaAfrica! Patika helps small businesses in...
Power, a financial technology company based in Kenya, has secured a $3 million seed funding round led...
Payd, a fintech startup that provides a payment platform catering to freelancers and creatives, was one...
Web 2 behemoth, Google, has revealed that it has a keen interest in the unfolding web 3 experience by...
Value of Remittances over the Years The average cost of sending remittances to Africa dropped slightly...
Julaya, which positions itself as a payment solution for companies in the Ivory Coast, has raised $5...
REGULATION
East African payments company, NALA, has been granted approval by the National Bank of Rwanda for a payment...
Tether has announced the freezing of approximately 225 million in USDT tokens in external self-custodied...
The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested politician, Wilfred Bonse, for allegedly engaging in laundering...
Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), is stepping down from his role after admitting to engaging in anti-money...
The cryptocurrency industry has spent a total of $56.44 million on lobbying efforts in the United States...
Ethiopia has taken the next step to introduce a new national identification scheme after the government...
The Nigerian federal government, through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC),...
South Africa is among 48 countries or territories adopting a Common Reporting Standard to enhance efforts...
Kenya is missing out on tax revenue from the cryptocurrencies sector since players in the sector are...
Flutterwave, a Nigerian payments technology company, has received official authorization to facilitate...
In a groundbreaking development, a Kenyan parliamentary committee has directed the Blockchain Association...
BANKING
Ethiopia has taken the next step to introduce a new national identification scheme after the government...
Kenyan telco, Safaricom, is one of the largest financial players in the country if the latest data is...
China-led global CBDC platform, mBridge, intends to introduce a minimum viable project in the middle...
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...
FRANCOPHONE AFRICA
EDUCATION
The Bitcoin Lightning Network has seen growing adoption since its inception in 2018, accumulating a total...
Bitcoin DADA, a women centric entity that is working towards educating African women into Bitcoin, has...
Qala, dedicated to training African Bitcoin and Lightning engineers, has been acquired by Btrust, a non-profit...
Bitcoin DADA, a women centric entity that is working towards educating African women into Bitcoin, celebrated...
DAOs
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...
The Celo Community has approved the formation of a community DAO in Africa with the stated goal of scaling...
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES (CBDCs)
China-led global CBDC platform, mBridge, intends to introduce a minimum viable project in the middle...
The Bank of Ghana has taken a different approach to building its CBDC with news emerging that the Bank...
The Central Bank of Nigeria has published a press release refuting news reports that claim the eNaira...
The Bank of Mauritius is moving forward with its efforts to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC),...
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