Things Are Heating up: Can Nigeria Beat China in the Release of the First CBDC?
Despite Africa being the poorest continent on earth with most people living below the poverty line, the continent is out to prove the world wrong when it comes to digital…
Read More »Most African Countries Cannot Access Akoin. How True is the One Africa, One Koin Sentiment?
Back in 2020, a famous rapper Akon launched his own cryptocurrency dubbed Akoin to boost its dream of improving the lives of the citizens of the African continent. But paradoxical…
Read More »Other Side of Akon City: How Viable Is the Dream for Ordinary Afticans? Part II. Uganda
Akon is continuing to expand the planning of his futuristic cities across the African continent. Now, Akon wants to expand the project to Uganda, the Pearl of Africa. But how…
Read More »Female President of Tanzania Expected to Mitigate the Climate for Cryptocurrency in the Country
The sudden death of Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli, also a coronavirus skeptic, shocked Tanzanian citizens and the entire world. However, the cryptocurrency community is curious about what the new…
Read More »Mercury to Boost Remittance Time and Money Savings to South Africa Using ODL
The shortest air mile distance between Johannesburg and London is 5,635 miles. Historically, moving money between banks or money service providers in those two cities takes days to cover that…
Read More »Akon Is Building His Futuristic Cities Through the African Continent; Setting the Grounds in Uganda Now
On April 2, Senegalese-American rapper, philanthropist and crypto enthusiast, Akon visited Uganda and met with the President and various entities to discuss possible business opportunities in various sectors. Is this…
Read More »Nigeria’s Clarification on the Crypto Ban Pushes the Price of Cryptocurrencies Higher
As the interest in cryptocurrency is seemingly increasing in Africa more than in some of the globe’s developed economies, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has come out to embrace…
Read More »2021 Crypto Market Stats Show a Number of Other Coins Gained More Than Bitcoin
During the end of 2020 and into 2021, a great number of digital assets have seen significant gains and the bearish season that followed 2017 has turned its course. Bitcoin…
Read More »Legal or Not? How Various African Countries Treat Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
The wave of cryptocurrency adoption in Africa seems to be gaining much traction. So far there are more than 725 million smartphone subscribers in Africa, as per the data by…
Read More »Cryptocurrency Mining on the African Continent: Challenges and Opportunities
It is more than 10 years since the first cryptocurrency appeared on earth. The emergence of crypto attracted varied reactions from the different countries of the world. Africa, the second-largest…
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