Kenya’s energy company, KenGen, has appealed to Bitcoin (BTC) miners to relocate mining operations to the country and take advantage of its excess renewable energy capacity. Kenya tries to attract Bit...
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Kenya invites Bitcoin mining firms to tap surplus geothermal power
? Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions! Kenya is looking to become Africa’s first Bitcoin mining hub by inviting Bitcoin mining companies to use surplus geothermal en...
KenGen seeks Bitcoin miners as crypto adoption in Kenya blossom
KenGen, Kenya’s state-owned power company, has put out a call to Bitcoin miners. The utility company has now issued an open invitation to Bitcoin miners to come set up operations in Kenya and help it ...
How Power Contract Transparency Can Help Fight Poverty And Climate Change
Energy is the most important issues of present world. These high voltage power lines passes through … [+] a artificial lake inside Dhaka City where power is a constant crisis and mass people suf...
Coinbase-Backed MARA Raises $23 Million To Build A Strategic African Crypto Exchange
Mara wants to build a pan-African crypto exchange that sits in the gap between regulators and crypto … [+] users to help drive crypto and blockchain adoption in Africa. MARA The last few years h...
NEAR Foundation Sets Up a Regional Hub in Kenya, Boosting Blockchain Innovation in Africa
To trigger talent development, education, and blockchain innovation on African soil, NEAR Foundation, has launched a regional hub in Kenya in collaboration with Sankore, an African-focused blockchain ...
Near Foundation Establishes Blockchain Hub in Kenya: Report
Near Foundation – the Swiss non-profit that oversees the development of Near Protocol – reportedly teamed up with the Kenyan blockchain community Sankore to launch a regional hub in the African countr...
What Is Bitcoin Pizza Day, And Why Does The Community Celebrate On May 22?
Bitcoin BTC Pizza Day marks the day that Laszlo Hanyecz made the first recorded purchase of a physical good using Bitcoin. He spent 10,000 Bitcoin to purchase two Papa John’s pizzas on May 22, 2010. S...
5 Best CMA Regulated Forex Brokers in Kenya
Investment in the world’s largest and most decentralized market, foreign exchange, is becoming more popular in Kenya. If you don’t use a regulated broker, the inherent risk of forex tradin...
Here’s how NEAR aims to improve Kenya
Kenya-based blockchain community Sankore has partnered with Swiss nonprofit NEAR Foundation to launch a regional hub that aims to develop talent within the region and build projects that aim to improv...
LBank and Adanian Labs kickstart a Crypto Accelerator Program in Kenya
The blockchain ecosystem is growing exponentially. It has brought prosperity to most African countries by creating wealth for individuals and fast economic growth for their people. However, many beli...
LBank and Adanian Labs Kickstarts a ‘Crypto Accelerator Program’ in Kenya
The blockchain ecosystem is growing exponentially. It has brought prosperity to most African countries by creating wealth for individuals and fast economic growth for their people. However, many belie...
Scope Markets Kenya Names New CEO
Scope Markets Kenya, a licensed non-dealing online forex broker Forex Broker In the forex space, a broker is any company that can provide traders with access to a platform that permits the buying an...
Why Central Bank Governor of Kenya think launching CBDC, for now, is tough?
Although CBDCs are technological advancements based on blockchain tech the tech also needs to get within reach of those who can use it The Central Bank of Kenya governor stated the plans and obstacle...
Kenya Central Bank Governor Reiterates His Opposition to Cryptocurrencies – Emerging Markets Bitcoin News
The Kenyan central bank governor has once again told Kenyans to be wary of the risks that are associated with cryptocurrency transactions and trading. The governor also warned financial institutions s...
An Insight Into Paco De La India’s ‘Run With Bitcoin’ World Tour
Paco De La India is young Indian travelling the world living on Bitcoin only. His mission is to travel 40 countries in 400 days. As of this writing, he is currently in Nairobi, Kenya and I had the rar...
Are Crypto users in Kenya hooked in yet another crypto scam; Bitstream Circle?
Lately, the country has reported coming across several crypto Ponzi schemes, and this time, Bitstream Circle seems to be the fresh one One of the famous crypto firms emerging in Kenya turns out to be ...
Handshakes, Not Handouts Help Remba Island Women Overcome ‘Sex For Fish’
Very few languages have a direct translation for the phenomenon known as Jaboya or “sex-for-fish,” but for the women of Remba Island— a small fishing village located amidst a rocky archipelago in Lake...
Akoin Marks $5 Million Volume in Kenya, Akon City Claimed To Be ‘Ponzi Scheme’
Akon’s cryptocurrency, titled Akoin, has touched a $5 Million milestone in its trade volume in Kenya. It was initiated as pilot program for payments previous year. Token was particularly created for t...
How Kenyan Micro-Task Workers Are Using Stablecoins To Make Affordable Cross-Border Payments
One of the major challenges facing micro-workers globally is the cost and friction of processing international payments to local currencies. Processing a $5 micro-payment from the US to Kenya may cost...
Kenya Set to Scale Up Adoption of Cryptocurrencies in 2022 – Coinotizia
In his Africa crypto market predictions for 2022, Marius Reitz, the general manager for Luno in Africa, has predicted that Kenya will scale up the adoption of cryptocurrencies. To support this asserti...
Kenya set to begin developing own CBDC
TLDR Breakdown Kenya begins developing its own CBDC. Asks citizens opinion on proceeding with a CBDC. Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe are African countries that have developed their own CBDC. Kenya has becom...
Central Bank of Kenya Releases Discussion Paper on CBDCs
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), a phenomenon that took over the global financial system in 2021, is now getting popular among African economies. Recently, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) publ...
Kenya Explores CBDC by Starting a Public Discussion
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) said a potential CBDC could positively impact the local financial system. Nonetheless, the institution introduced a discussion paper to find out what the general public...
Central Bank of Kenya seeks public input on potential CBDC
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has published a discussion paper on its central bank digital currency (CBDC), seeking public input on the potential benefits and risks and regulatory issues of introduc...
HotForex Gains Regulatory License in Kenya
HF Markets Group, the operator of retail forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); ...
Kenya set to take cryptocurrencies to the next level
TL;DR Breakdown According to Luno general manager, Marius Reitz Kenya is extending their wings on crypto adoption. African countries are adopting crypto at a stunning rate. Cryptocurrency adoption in ...
Kenya Set to Scale Up Adoption of Cryptocurrencies in 2022 – Emerging Markets Bitcoin News
In his Africa crypto market predictions for 2022, Marius Reitz, the general manager for Luno in Africa, has predicted that Kenya will scale up the adoption of cryptocurrencies. To support this asserti...