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FRANCOPHONE AFRICA | Fully-Licensed Digital-First Cameroonian Banking Platform, Azamra, Sets…
Azamra Finance Technologies, a U.S.-headquartered digital financial services company, is looking to expand services in Cameroon to enhance lending opportunities for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)…
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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 -
SCAM ALERT | Ghana President X Account Compromised, Now Promoting Solana Crypto Fund and Africa MemeCoin -
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS [DEADLINE: MARCH 31 2025] | Flagship AWIEF Growth Accelerator Programme Invites Applications for Women-Owned, Women-Led SMEs in Nigeria -
OPINION | Binance Secures $2 Billion from Abu Dhabi’s MGX - But It’s Not About the Money
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POLITICS | The Newly-Elected Ghanaian President Singles Out Solana as He Champions Blockchain for Low-Cost Financial Transactions -
REPORT | Leading Global Accounting Firm, KPMG, Urges the Nigerian Banking Sector to Embrace Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain
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STATISTICS | Pump.Fun MemeCoins Face Mass Extinction - Less Than 1% Survive -
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | Early-Stage VC, Antler, Expands Operations to Nigeria, Announces Inaugural Nigerian Cohort -
STATISTICS | Mobile Money Agents in Kenya Transacted 53% of Kenya's GDP in 2024, Says Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)
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REGULATION | South Africa Risks Falling Behind Due to Bitcoin Policy Uncertainty, Say Local Stakeholders
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INTRODUCING | PAPSS to Launch African Currency Marketplace, an FX Market for African Currencies Without 3rd-Parties, in 2025 -
Yellow Card Enters Partnership with Swiss Fintech, Centi, for Cheaper Remittances by Migrants -
Kenyan Leading Mobile Money Service, M-PESA, Marks 18-Year Anniversary, Now Supporting Over One Million Businesses With Over 55,000 API Integrations
BITCOIN
OPPORTUNITIES
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...
The UNICEF Venture Fund is on the hunt for ground-breaking Open Source technology solutions that can...
Azamra Finance Technologies, a U.S.-headquartered digital financial services company, is looking to expand...
On March 15 2025, hackers breached the official social media accounts of the South African Parliament...
In a concerning turn of events, the official X (formerly Twitter) account of Ghana’s President appears...
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF), in partnership with the African Guarantee...
Binance didn’t need the funding. This deal wasn’t about capital – it was about strategy. By securing...
The newly-elected Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, has endorsed Solana, a high-speed blockchain,...
KPMG has urged Nigerian financial institutions to adopt blockchain technology and work alongside cryptocurrency...
The memecoin craze on Pump.fun appears to be running out of steam, with the platform’s token survival...
Antler, a global early-stage VC firm that launched in Kenya in 2019, has expanded its operations to Nigeria....
REPORTS
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...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended that Kenya establish a transparent and predictable...
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...
Conflux Network, a leading global cryptocurrency network, expresses satisfaction with the Central Bank...
HoneyCoin, a Kenyan cross-border Web3 super app, has entered into a partnership with MYKOBO, setting...
The Ethereum layer-2 protocol, Lisk, has revealed that 23 African startups have successfully finished...
FINTECH
Nigerian fintech, Grey, has raised $ 2 million as it sets out to grow its virtual currencies service...
2019 proved to be the best year yet for African tech startups with the fintech sector remaining the most...
At Safaricom’s Fintech Innovation Week, the leading East African telco brought together stakeholders...
Chimoney, a global payment solutions provider backed by Techstars and headquartered in Canada, has successfully...
BitVice, a South-African startup, has launched a bitcoin-only buying platform which lets users store...
While mobile money use has continued to climb in Kenya, 80% of all transactions registered in the country...
As per a regulatory filing, MTN Nigeria has revealed that it has received final approval from Nigerian...
According to the 2022 LAVCA Trends in Tech report, VC investment in blockchain/crypto reached $653 million...
Welcome to YC S22, @sidneyrema_, @jumaphelix, and team @PatikaAfrica! Patika helps small businesses in...
REGULATION
Stakeholders in South Africa’s crypto industry are urging the country’s national treasury...
The Cayman Islands, long known as a crypto-friendly jurisdiction, is tightening its regulatory framework...
In a joint announcement, the Rwanda Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and the National Bank of Rwanda are...
Binance, the largest crypto exchange in Nigeria and Africa, has restricted access to its free token airdrops...
Leading pan-African fintech firm, Nsano Ltd, has expanded its presence in East Africa by launching a...
Consumer complaints against digital lenders saw a sharp increase in the year leading to June 2024, according...
A major financial scandal has rocked Kenya’s Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs),...
REGULATION | Kenyan Detectives, the DCI, Nab Thieves Masquerading as Cryptocurrency Exchange Experts
Detectives in Nairobi have apprehended two fraudsters who swindled a Chinese national out of KES 6.5...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued new guidance on Thursday, clarifying that it...
Nigeria has decided to automate its electronic visa approval and issuance process to enhance travel and...
Jeremy Allaire, CEO and Co-Founder of Circle ($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)...
The number of DeFi users in South Africa is expected to reach 378,000 by 2025, with user penetration...
BANKING
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...
Paymob, a leading fintech company active in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan, has obtained...
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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