Nigeria’s Senate has summoned the country’s top financial regulators for a briefing after the central bank ordered local financial institutions to stop providing services to… Read More »Nigeria’s Senate Summons Central Bank Chief to Explain Crypto Ban
Xend Finance, a Nigeria-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for credit unions and cooperatives, has secured new partners and funding as it prepares for its bid… Read More »Binance-Backed DeFi Credit Union Platform Secures Partners, Funding Before Launch
Binance has temporarily suspended deposits in Nigerian naira – the country’s local fiat currency – in response to a Friday letter from Nigeria’s central bank… Read More »Binance Suspends Deposits in Nigeria Following Central Bank Directive
In Africa, there is a race to define a digital currency standard for the emerging digital economy. So far, we have three dogs in this… Read More »China Leads Africa’s Digital Currency Race
Africa is waking up. For many years, the potential of the continent’s youth has been growing. Now, as this talent pool blooms across Africa, the… Read More »Akon: Crypto Can Give Africa Financial Freedom
FastBitcoins has partnered with prepaid voucher giant Flexepin to increase its global footprint, while at the same time accessing mobile money providers in 14 countries… Read More »Bitcoin in Africa: FastBitcoins Partners With Flexepin to Expand Global Footprint
In this audio interview, CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and Fodé Diop, founder of the Dakar Bitcoin Developers meetup in Senegal, talk about bitcoin in Africa. For more… Read More »Meet a Freelance Cypherpunk Developer in Africa
Africa isn’t included on the virtual asset regulatory map just yet. But crypto businesses seeing strong growth across the 54-country continent are working hard on… Read More »Where FATF Crypto Compliance Gets Interesting: Africa
Crypto luminary Charlie Shrem is joined by Ray Youssef of Paxful for a wide-ranging conversation on Youssef’s work building schools in Africa, Paxful’s mission to… Read More »Charlie Shrem TLDL: Ray Youssef and Crypto’s Role in Africa
