Sidebar: Inside Lisk’s Africa strategy with Chidubem Emelumadu
Lisk is betting on builders, not just users — and Africa is at the center of the plan.
Kenyan official suggests collaboration with Binance for tech innovation
🟠 A $1.3M fund just opened for African devs
Bybit partners African talent firm Alt School for tech education
Sui blockchain cofounder launches $1.3M fund for African developers
Kenya fails IMF review, forfeits $850M disbursement
Ghana’s president John Mahama confirms social media hack
Business
Bybit partners African talent firm Alt School for tech education
The exchange is also launching a $100,000 scholarship for 1000 Alt School Africa students.
Sui blockchain cofounder launches $1.3M fund for African developers
KPMG encourages Nigerian banks to embrace blockchain and crypto firms
Binance blocks Nigerian users access to free token rewards and airdrops
Ethereum layer-2 chain, Lisk, announces completion of first cohort of incubator
Swiss fintech Centi expands African presence with Yellow Card partnership
Hedera makes ‘strategic investment’ in stablecoin payments firm Ivorypay
Policy
Kenyan official suggests collaboration with Binance for tech innovation
John Tanui believes that partnering with the crypto exchange will help cement Kenya as the ‘Silicon Savannah’ for technology.
Ghana’s president John Mahama confirms social media hack
Ghana’s president ‘endorses’ Solana to drive fintech growth
SARS still on the hunt for crypto tax defaulters
Luno chief calls for regulatory clarity around bitcoin’s onshore status in South Africa
Nigeria sues Binance for $81.5 billion, cites economic losses and tax evasion
Nigeria to enforce crypto taxation under proposed law: Report
State of fiat
Kenya fails IMF review, forfeits $850M disbursement
The East African country is now seeking a fresh credit program from the IMF.
Kenya and Namibia join 10 African countries on FATF grey list
Nigeria seeks $1.5 billion World Bank loan to ease forex shortage
Ethiopia faces challenges as it integrates into BRICS
IMF approves Kenya’s financial package of $941 million
IMF set to review Ghana’s second loan payout of $600 million on Friday
Four reasons Ghana is developing the eCedi CBDC
Enterprise
Pan-African bank Absa wants to digitize trade finance with blockchain
The bank will be able to adopt a digital process for issuing letters of credit
Exclusive: How blockchain is processing $1 million worth of ATM transactions daily in Nigeria
Mastercard launches tool to fight cryptocurrency fraud
BlackRock enters the cryptocurrency market with its bitcoin private trust
