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Ripple to Facilitate Remittances from 19 European Countries to Africa via Its Partner
Tomiwabold Olajide Ripple-enabled remittances to flow from 19 European countries to Africa Ripple-enabled remittances would soon expand into Africa from 19 European countries via Nala, a Tanzanian fin...
Fonbnk’s Michael Kimani sorts out facts on crypto adoption in Africa
The African continent has been tipped as an important market for crypto adoption due to its young population, lousy economic management by governments and lack of efficient financial infrastructure to...
NBA Announces Start Date Of Third Season Of Basketball Africa League
KIGALI, RWANDA – MAY 28: The US Monastir poses for a photo after winning the 2022 Basketball Africa … [+] League Championship after the game against the Clube Atlético Petroleos de Luanda ...
NBA Africa Names Mohamed Abdel-Motaleb Soliman Head Of NBA Egypt
Mohamed Abdel-Motaleb Soliman, Head of NBA Africa NBA Africa Press Release, per the NBA. CAIRO AND JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 13, 2022 – NBA Africa today named Mohamed Abdel-Motaleb Soliman as Vice President ...
Using the Bitcoin Lightning Network to send money between the EU and Africa in fiat
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The industry is still working to promote accessibility and global acceptance despite the current crypto cold. Users from differen...
South Africa NFT Market Intelligence and Future Growth Dynamics Report 2022: NFT Spend Value will Increase from $1315.8 Million in 2022 to Reach US$7420.2 Million by 2028 – ResearchAndMarkets.com
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “South Africa NFT Market Intelligence and Future Growth Dynamics Databook – 50+ KPIs on NFT Investments by Key Assets, Currency, Sales Channels – Q2 2022” report has been ad...
Bitcoin Lightning Network to be used in fiat transfers between EU and Africa
The ongoing crypto winter is not stopping the industry from pushing for global adoption and accessibility. A new partnership between CoinCorner and Bitnob opens a way for users across continents to pe...
Bitcoin’s Case for Payments Builds With New Strike Development
Whether bitcoin can serve as an effective medium of exchange has been debated since the world’s first cryptocurrency launched, but a recent uptick in demand from non-US markets demonstrates the use ca...
Strike Launches Bitcoin Lightning Network-Enabled Money Transfers to Africa – Fintech Bitcoin News
United States-based users of Strike, a digital payments platform built on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, can now transfer funds instantly and at a low cost to Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria via the recently ...
Paxful CEO Supports Bitcoin Education at Africa Bitcoin Conference
Ray Youssef, the founder of Paxful, a P2P trading platform, said during the Africa Bitcoin Conference that he is tired dealing with fraudulent crypto schemes. This year has seen a lot of malicious act...
NFT industry in Africa and Middle-East poised for rapid growth
The African and Middle Eastern NFT industries are expected to grow by 48.3% annually to reach $3.42 billion in 2022, according to a report from ResearchAndMarkets. According to the report, the NFT ind...
Bitcoin adoption on the rise in Africa: A discussion on the Lightning Network and mining technology – BitTalk #1
The first episode of the “Bit Talk” podcast discusses recent developments in the world of Bitcoin. Hosted by Akiba and James from CryptoSlate as well as Bitcoin pioneer Nick from Mercury Wallet, the p...
Strike Brings Lightning-Based Remittance Payments to Africa
Bitcoin payments platform Strike has now expanded to Africa, enabling instant and low-cost remittances to the continent by leveraging its new “Send Globally” feature. The tool, available to all Americ...
Strike partners with Bitnob to facilitate cross-border payments into Africa
The Lightning Network has struck Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. During a conference in Ghana, Strike CEO Jack Mallers announced that the Bitcoin (BTC) payments company has partnered with the mobile app Bit...
Fed hikes and a stronger dollar are fueling risks of political instability in Africa
ACCRA, GHANA – NOVEMBER 05: Ghanaians march during the ‘Ku Me Preko’ demonstration on November 5, 2022, in Accra, Ghana. People took to the streets of Ghana’s capital to protes...
RegTech Africa Conference 2023 to elevate regulatory innovations
Digital financial services hold great promise as a means to enable financial inclusion and thus help improve people’s lives. However, cybercrime has become a key concern in developing and emerging mar...
Bitget Registers in Africa To Boost Global Development
Exchange News The company is also expanding its workforce by adding engineers and marketers. The exchange has formed substantial relationships with prominent athletes already. Bitget, a cryptocurrency...
Africa Needs More Strict Crypto Regulations, IMF Suggests
Recently prominent global institution International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported calls for more regulation of crypto markets within Africa. Noteworthy is that the African region is among the one of th...
Amazon of Africa, Jumia Technologies Undergoes Tough Restructuring To Boost Bottomline
E-commerce group Jumia Technologies AG (NYSE: JMIA), often dubbed the “Amazon of Africa,” underwent a heavy restructuring following the expelling of its co–CEOs and its plunging shar...
What’s Inside The BIS Research Report on CBDCs in Africa?
BIS or Bank for International Settlements is a Committee of banking supervisory authorities. It helps to promote financial stability through better coordination and interaction between all the Interna...
What does the BIS’s report on CBDC development in Africa say?
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has conducted a survey of nineteen central banks from Africa. In doing so, it took a closer look at the development of central bank digital currencies (CBD...
As crypto grows across Africa, IMF asks for greater regulation
According to a blog post published by a worldwide organization on November 22nd, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is advocating for more regulation of crypto exchanges in Africa, which is one of ...
Luno Africa Says Customers and Operations Not Affected by Turmoil at Genesis Capital – Coinotizia
Just days after reassuring concerned customers, Marius Reitz, the general manager of crypto exchange Luno Africa, recently reiterated the company has not been impacted by Genesis Capital’s decision to...
BIS analysis reveals unequal CBDC uptake in Africa
According to a report that was published on November 24 by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), many of the central bankers on the African continent have greater faith in CBDC than mobile mone...
Luno Africa Says Customers and Operations Not Affected by Turmoil at Genesis Capital – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Just days after reassuring concerned customers, Marius Reitz, the general manager of crypto exchange Luno Africa, recently reiterated the company has not been impacted by Genesis Capital’s decision to...
IMF calls for tighter crypto regulation in Africa as the industry unfolds
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is calling for increased regulation of Africa’s crypto markets, one of the fastest-growing markets in the world, the global institution blog reported on Nov...
IMF seeks to prevent crypto growth in Africa
The IMF has called for tighter crypto regulations in Africa in order to stunt any further growth on the continent. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is using the FTX collapse to its best advantage...
The Use Of Starvation As A Method Of Warfare In South Sudan
On November 24, 2022, Global Rights Compliance, an international human rights law firm, published an investigative report on the situation in South Sudan urging the international community to act now ...
Better Regulation of Africa’s Growing Crypto Market Urgently Needed – Africa Bitcoin News
A well-regulated African cryptocurrency market is needed in order to protect users as well as help countries stop bad actors from using digital assets to circumvent capital controls, the latest post o...
FTX Was Doing Billions in Business in Africa
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Nestcoin, a startup leading crypto and Web3 activities in Africa, has been linked to the collapsed FTX exchange. With FTX’s bankr...