Can blockchain solve Africa’s worsening housing shortage? This startup thinks so Blockchain company Empowa has used NFTs as a fundraising vehicle to grow Mozambique’s home loan market by 5%. It is now looking to expand across Africa.
Crypto company Fonbnk taps Tanda to launch airtime trading marketplace in East Africa Fonbnk claims that this collaboration marks a significant financial inclusion breakthrough in Africa.
Nigerian venture capital firm EchoVC launches an $8 million blockchain fund The firm aims to fund solutions across multiple areas of blockchain use cases.
Gender plays little role in becoming a successful African female crypto founder: Ruth Iselema According to the Bitmama CEO, her struggles being a female founder had more to do with knowledge gaps rather than her gender.
Yellow Card signs Nigerian artiste Psycho YP as brand ambassador The cryptocurrency exchange is looking to tap into the growing African music audience for customer acquisition.
Binance Charity and Utiva award tech scholarships to 1,000 Africans The young scholars will gain year-long access to courses curated by Utiva on the Binance Academy platform.
Binance Charity to provide free Web3 training to women in rural South Africa The training will cover topics such as cryptocurrencies, blockchain fundamentals, Web3, coding, the metaverse, and decentralization.