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Overstock subsidiary Medici Land Governance has signed a memorandum of understanding with Liberia to help the African nation digitize government services Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Binance has launched a charity program with an NGO in Uganda that will provide supplies and infrastructure to schools in Kampala Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Rwanda’s central bank has issued a warning about alleged ICO scams and crypto pyramid schemes targeting the country’s residence Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The Reserve Bank of Malawi said that crypto is not legal tender in the country, while the bank is against crypto-related activities Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
There’s over $100,000 on the line that could be given to charity for about an hour of Adam Back’s time. If he chooses to debate Bitcoin Unlimited’s Peter Rizun over why he thinks it’s a bad idea to scale with larger blocks, Paxful’s Ray Youssef has pledged $100K in addition to Roger Ver’s initial $10K … Read more
Remittances have become a lifeline for many people in Sub-Saharan Africa, but the cost of sending money via banks and money transfer operators remains punitively high. On average, it costs 9.3% (of value transferred) to send the equivalent of $200 to the region, the highest remittance rates anywhere on the planet, according to the new … Read more
ADAF, a project that aims to establish compliance-focused, cross-border blockchain standards for the African continent, has published the first version of its ICO guidance Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
On Monday, the independently syndicated radio broadcast Free Talk Live (FTL) announced that the organization, along with a group of businesses and FTL listeners, had raised $45,000 in cryptocurrencies to construct an orphanage in Uganda. The initiative also raised another $35,000 in crypto to purchase the land for the orphanage within the small African village. … Read more
Africa continues to dominate Google Trends search interest for “bitcoin,” but that has not translated into widespread adoption of cryptocurrency by users and businesses. Apart from opaque regulation and a lack of awareness, one of the major reasons for this failure has been the expansive use of mobile money on the continent. Also read: Report: … Read more
Express Minds Ltd has set up a bitcoin automated teller machine (BATM) in Gaborone, Botswana, increasing the number of the machines on the continent to 10. The fiat-to-crypto machine allows users to purchase bitcoin by scanning a QR code for their wallet address, feed money into the machine and get the crypto equivalent automatically assigned … Read more
