Nigeria’s president signs bill recognizing digital assets into law
Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Investments and Securities Act 2024, officially recognizing crypto assets and placing them under the Nigerian SEC.
Tether teams up with Quidax on blockchain education in Africa
🟠 Ripple and Chipper team up on Africa payments
Ripple taps Chipper Cash in Africa’s cross-border crypto race
Sidebar: Inside Lisk’s Africa strategy with Chidubem Emelumadu
Kenyan official suggests collaboration with Binance for tech innovation
🟠 A $1.3M fund just opened for African devs
Business
Tether teams up with Quidax on blockchain education in Africa
The firms plan to open access to bitcoin and stablecoin education for 15,000 individuals and businesses in Africa
Ripple taps Chipper Cash in Africa’s cross-border crypto race
Bybit partners African talent firm Alt School for tech education
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
Policy
Nigeria’s president signs bill recognizing digital assets into law
Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Investments and Securities Act 2024, officially recognizing crypto assets and placing them under the Nigerian SEC.
Kenyan official suggests collaboration with Binance for tech innovation
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
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
