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Africa

Digital Nigeria International Conference 2023 shines light on how blockchain, AI, and emerging tech can solve Africa’s challenges
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4 October, 2023

Digital Nigeria International Conference 2023 shines light on how blockchain, AI, and emerging tech can solve Africa’s challenges

Digital Nigeria kicks off on October 24, and with speakers including Lorien Gamaroff, Jimmy Nguyen, and Michael Hudson, it will...
Centi: Bridging digital money and traditional banking
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28 September, 2023

Centi: Bridging digital money and traditional banking

On this episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Bernhard Müller details the process behind the Centi franc, explaining that for every token...
Worldcoin: US gov’t blocks CEO Alex Blania’s arrest in Nairobi
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26 September, 2023

Worldcoin: US gov’t blocks CEO Alex Blania’s arrest in Nairobi

A Kenyan minister revealed that authorities detained Alex Blania while at the airport after appearing before parliament, but the U.S....
South Africa’s Mirror Trading BTC scam to pay $1.7B in CFTC case
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12 September, 2023

South Africa’s Mirror Trading BTC scam to pay $1.7B in CFTC case

Mirror Trading allegedly scammed 30,000 BTC from over 23,000 American investors, which it misappropriated, and CFTC imposed restitution of over...
Zimbabwe mulls retail gold-backed digital tokens following initial successes
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19 August, 2023

Zimbabwe mulls retail gold-backed digital tokens following initial successes

As other African countries explore CBDCs, Zimbabwe plans to follow the trend of using retail gold-backed digital tokens in an...
Nigeria revising CBDC model to boost eNaira adoption
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5 August, 2023

Nigeria revising CBDC model to boost eNaira adoption

The central bank didn’t reveal details on how it would amend Africa’s first CBDC but says the goal is to...
Kenya is losing millions of dollars to digital currency fraudsters: report
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2 August, 2023

Kenya is losing millions of dollars to digital currency fraudsters: report

While the government focuses on taxing digital asset traders, investors lose millions of dollars to digital currency Ponzi schemes executed...
Namibia unveils new legal framework for digital asset providers
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31 July, 2023

Namibia unveils new legal framework for digital asset providers

Namibia has enacted the Namibia Virtual Assets Act 2023 to regulate virtual asset service providers (VASPs), indicating a shift from...
Uganda seeks to regulate digital assets in new bill
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24 July, 2023

Uganda seeks to regulate digital assets in new bill

The bill wants to expand the jurisdiction of the capital markets regulator to include digital assets and tokens in the...
Only 18% of Africans have owned digital assets: report
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24 July, 2023

Only 18% of Africans have owned digital assets: report

The report also revealed that high-earning millennials are the most digital currency-savvy and that poorer countries like Namibia lead digital...
Nigeria ends 3-year ban on naira payments for remittances
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20 July, 2023

Nigeria ends 3-year ban on naira payments for remittances

Nigeria has now lifted a ban that it placed in 2020 allowing remittance payments only in the USD—experts say the...
Africa’s largest bank wary of digital assets, wants to be a ‘fast follower’
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19 July, 2023

Africa’s largest bank wary of digital assets, wants to be a ‘fast follower’

Standard Bank CEO Lungisa Fuzile says that the bank is approaching digital assets cautiously in fear of an implosion, but...