Tag: Technology

African Central Banks present valid arguments against CBDCs and digital assets

Cryptocurrency within Africa has met apparent and defined opposition from the majority of the African central banks. The Central Bank of Egypt...

South Africa’s Primedia targets to become the sales house for the African Metaverse

Primedia's plan is to create new ways to engage with audiences and customers in the new frontier The main point of interest will...

How socially antisocial can the Metaverse be

The average price of a parcel of land in major metaverse platforms has increased from US$1265 to US$12684 Ubuntuland, Africa's Metaverse, is a...

Kenya’s Gridless uses excess electricity for Bitcoin mining

Gridless is working with small Kenyan hydroelectric plants, generating below 100KW Gridless is making it possible for power generators to channel the excess...

South Africa: Sun Exchange uses crypto and blockchain to raise funds for solar energy production

Sun Exchange is a solar energy startup that is using blockchain technology and cryptocurrency to tackle the energy problem in South Africa The...

Cardano (ADA) partners with Empowa to build eco-friendly housing for Africa

Empowa believes that by tackling the funding problem in housing, especially in Africa's hostile credit markets, we can build a better Africa ...

Nedbank joins the African Metaverse Ubuntuland

Nedbank becomes the first African financial services company to have representation in the virtual world International financial services giants such as JP Morgan,...

Understanding the importance of Web 2.0 to Web 3.0 transition

Web 2 has been utilizing users' data to keep them in particular ecosystems, seriously depriving security and confidentiality Web 3.0 seeks to combine...

What we learnt from El Salvador, Bitcoin 1 year later

El Salvador’s master plan included the launch of a Bitcoin volcanic bond; cryptocurrency-backed government borrowing Just 6 months after it came into effect,...

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...

Kastelo becomes the first African Fintech to launch a crypto card

Users can make payments for goods and services using selected cryptocurrencies through the Kastelo crypto card The innovation was made possible by a...

The Sandbox, a core component of the Metaverse and crypto in the gaming industry

The Sandbox project started in 2011 as a mobile game development centre that attracted over 40 million global installs. The developers of...

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...

Crypto education is still key to unlocking the web3 economy in Africa

Bridging the knowledge gap through crypto education is critical to ensure that future web3 experts come on board in ensuring that Africa and its citizens do not remain behind.

Binance launches crypto education hub in Cameroon

The Yaounde hub will provide an in-person blockchain education training centre. In this hub, people can learn about blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies in a physical environment that will provide more than online education can about the technologies.

The African smart cities dilemma: Build new ones, improve existing infrastructure

It seems as though everywhere you look, there is an African country planning or working on a smart city. Smart cities vary in definition...