Tag: Web3africa

QR Codes to Rand Settlements: Africa’s Silent Crypto Payment Takeover

In Brief Bitcoin payment integration by MoneyBadger and Peach Payments enables instant, QR-based transactions settled in South African rand. Over 19,500 transactions (73% denominated...

Nigeria’s Crypto Boom: IMF Warns of FX Risks & Urges Tighter Regulation

In Brief Nigeria’s fragmented crypto regulatory framework has drawn sharp criticism from the IMF, which warns of capital flight, FX instability, and increased security...

Inside the Expanding African Bitcoin Ecosystem

The African Bitcoin ecosystem has expanded beyond anyone's imagination, stretching from retail solutions tailored to cater for natives to education programs providing financial education...

Flutterwave Slashes Staff in Key African Markets Amid Restructuring Drive

In Brief The Flutterwave layoffs reflect a strategic shift toward profitability, with major staff reductions in Kenya and South Africa focused on reducing costs. ...

Inside Circle’s Developer Grants: African Startups Building Real-World Solutions

In Brief USDC Developer Grants provide $5K–$100K funding plus infrastructure access, empowering African teams to build stablecoin-based dApps. Grantees like Flipeet Raise, LINK, Scalex,...

BitGet & UNICEF Launch Groundbreaking Initiative to Empower Girls with Future Tech Skills

In Brief Blockchain training program by BitGet and UNICEF delivers gamified STEM and Web3 modules to 300,000 African girls, fostering inclusion. Mentorship, grants, and...

Inside Base East Africa: Startups Revolutionizing Finance and Legal Tech

Developers are the future of Africa's Web3 ecosystem. In Brief Base East Africa a growing community featuring startups like Swypt and HakiChain to address local...

Bitcoin Literacy Program Opens for African Women: Apply by June 26

In Brief Bitcoin DADA Cohort 9 bridges the gender gap in crypto by teaching Bitcoin financial literacy, boosting earnings by 20% for educated women. ...

Busha Exchange Milestone: Serving 800,000+ Crypto Users in Africa

In Brief Busha Exchange’s proactive SEC engagement and compliance-first strategy secured its survival through Nigeria’s regulatory turmoil, earning it a provisional license. Features like...

Onchain Africa: How OnboardGlobal Fintech Integrates the Continent

In Brief OnboardGlobal fintech provides under-$100 KYC-light P2P crypto trading, enabling Nigerian freelancers to receive stablecoin payments and convert instantly to local currency. Strategic...

Web3Africa: Empowering Minds, Transforming Futures

Blockchain = Freedom: Empowerment through financial independence. Quality Content: Educating for understanding, not trends. Africa Leads: Youth driving Web3 innovation. Let’s cut the BS...

Africa’s Crypto Market Thrives: Bitcoin’s Rise Amid U.S. Politics and Fed Rate Cuts

Federal Reserve's 50 basis point rate cut increased liquidity, driving the recent Bitcoin price surge. Trump's support boosts investor confidence, with predictions...

Web3Africa.news partners with Onramper to launch fiat-to-crypto service on its platform

Web3Africa.news is the first pan-African Social Network and Web3 integrated platform with a primary objective of providing news, media and education, dApps, events,...

Key figureheads attend the Tech Connect Africa event

Tech Connect Africa hosted its first December event in Nairobi, Kenya, at Radisson Blue Hotel. The theme was to represent the African culture...

Humanity Blockchain Index: Ranking cryptos in Africa with their effect on humanity

We are purely basing our research in Africa. To do that, we will conduct a survey with 10,000 Africans. They will tell us what they want from blockchain, their expectations, what utilities and tools they want, what they want to do, what they don't want to do, and what they are concerned about concerning blockchain

The Humanity Protocol: A blockchain-based platform eradicating poverty in Africa through community service

Blockchain is penetrating through to every sector in Africa, from health, governance, agriculture, and data storage, among many other sectors Technology has addressed...