FINTECH AFRICA | Nigerian Fintech, Opay, Valuation Increases By 30% After 4x User Growth and 60% Revenue Increase Since Series C Round in 2021
REGULATION | Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers Approves Major Financial Sector Reforms including Establishment of CBDC Regulatory Framework
REGULATION | Tanzania Looking to Amend Income Tax Act to Boost Revenue By Taxing Income From Crypto Transactions
FINTECH | Ghanaian Fintech, Dash, Shuts Down Operations After Raising Over $86 Million Following Reports of Inflated User Numberskodzilla·October 13, 2023·1 min read
CBDC | Central Bank of Nigeria Refutes Claims that eNaira is a Threat to Nigeria’s Financial Stabilitykodzilla·October 13, 2023·1 min read
SCAM | Nearly 8,000 Victims of the South African Bitcoin Scam, MTI, to be Refunded by Liquidatorskodzilla·October 12, 2023·1 min read
CBDC | Bank of Mauritius to Launch Digital Rupee Pilot in ‘Upcoming Months’kodzilla·October 11, 2023·1 min read
INTRODUCING | Stellar and PwC Launch a Financial Inclusion Framework to Assess and Judge Blockchain Projects in Emerging Marketskodzilla·October 11, 2023·5 min read
CBDC HACKATHON | Bank of Ghana Launches eCedi Hackathon as Part of CBDC Researchkodzilla·October 10, 2023·2 min read
LAUNCH | Zimbabwe Introduces the ZiG Gold-Backed Digital Currency for Use as a ‘Means of Payment for Domestic Transactions’kodzilla·October 10, 2023·2 min read
LIST | Kenyan Blockchain AI Startup, Fastagger, Among 11 African Startups Accepted into ‘Google for Startups – AI First’ Accelerator Programkodzilla·October 9, 2023·2 min read
LAUNCH | Flutterwave to Integrate Payments Settlements with USDC Stablecoin on Hedera Blockchainkodzilla·October 9, 2023·1 min read
USE CASE | How Bitcoin Mining is Being Used to Increase Access to Electricity in Africakodzilla·October 8, 2023·3 min read
FUNDING | South African Fintech, Stitch, Raises $25 Million in Series A Extensionkodzilla·October 8, 2023·2 min read
LAUNCH | South African Fintech, Stitch, Launches WigWag, a Social Commerce Payment Platform for Small Businesseskodzilla·October 7, 2023·1 min read