Tag: African crypto market

The unique factors driving the growth of crypto in sub-Saharan Africa

Overall, the growth of crypto in Sub-Saharan Africa will continue, provided inhabitants continue facing challenges that crypto has demonstrated it can solve. The solutions offered by crypto include preserving savings in periods of economic volatility and aiding cross-border remittances in places with strict capital controls.

Does Africa really depend on Web3 or does Web3 owe Africa a great deal

Blockchain technology functions on a similar principle of decentralization since It's a network of securely, transparent, and verifiable information stored on thousands of...

The partnership between Fuse and ChromePay will boost the web3 economy in Africa

Fuse has stated that its partnership with ChromePay intends to improve blockchain-powered payments in Africa. The improvement can overcome significant faults in the current payment system. This includes exorbitant transaction costs, excessive intermediation, regional fragmentation, frequent lack of platform compatibility, chargebacks, hidden interest, and other issues.

South Africa experiences a roll of crypto scams targeting young minds

South Africa ranks eighth worldwide in crypto ownership 7% of its total population have crypto investments from different exchange platforms, with 43% of...

Iran’s crypto Rial CBDC has lessons for war-torn Africa countries

The Crypto Rial will  be the 7th CBDC to go live The Iranian government sees cryptocurrency as a way to access international financial...

Crypto futures trading live again in South Africa through Binance

Cryptocurrency futures contracts are derivative products that allow market participants to enter into contracts for future purchase or sale of underlying assets (cryptos)...

Safcoin: First African Proof-of-Work venture helping SMEs invest in crypto market

The first African cryptocurrency that utilizes the Proof-of-Work concept was launched in 2018 Neil and Michela Ferreira, together with Tony Ferreira, founded the...

Yellow Card, Africa’s exchange platform, secures US$40 million Series B funding`

Yellow Card, the African crypto exchange platform, has officially announced the close of a $40 million Series B funding Yellow Card has the...

Cameroon will play a huge role in Africa’s crypto adoption

The world has seen the creation of a new category of digital assets in recent years. The assets range from shitcoins to NFT, stablecoins to Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), and a new sort of legal personality (DAO) and Metaverse. Digital assets are establishing a new legal, financial, and social paradigm in Africa, with Cameroon playing a crucial role.

Yellow card: Nigeria’s leading fintech expands its reach across Africa

In 2018, Chris Maurice discovered the need to revolutionize the financial building block to promote Web3 adoption. Through this inspiration, he created Yellow...

Debunking myths around web3 technology

There are a multiplicity of cryptocurrencies, each deriving intrinsic value from different places (investments) Cryptocurrency is not a scam, and people need more...

Chipper Cash: An African fintech grailing to boost cryptocurrency adoption in Africa

It is estimated that only about 40% of Africa's total population have access to and use a bank, making Africa a goldmine for...

Africa should step up crypto regulation to mitigate risk and costs

Since transactions are worldwide, crypto must have international coordination and holistic regulation. This way, crypto will live up to its potential on the African continent and beyond. Although significant progress exists in this area, the current fragmented approach to crypto regulation throughout the globe is not optimal.

Kenya: Equity Bank’s CEO publicly endorses cryptocurrency adoption

According to James Mwangi, the chief executive of Equity Group Holdings Plc, Cryptos could potentially complement mobile money in Africa GSMA estimates that...

Crypto Investment in Africa

There are many advantages to Crypto Investment in Africa. The largest economy in Africa has the most population (more than 200 million people), which...