🟠 Inside SA’s crypto crime crackdown
Plus: 🇰🇪 Kenya finally tables a crypto bill, 🇿🇦 Nedbank preps smart contracts, and 📈 Alex Witt talks Minipay’s $40M fund.
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🟠 Crypto is now a security in Nigeria — what you need to know
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🌍 Tether teams up with Quidax on blockchain education in Africa
🇿🇦 Yellow Card appoints new South Africa country manager
🟠 Ripple and Chipper team up on Africa payments
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🌍 Bybit partners African talent firm Alt School for tech education
🇰🇪 Kenyan official suggests collaboration with Binance for tech innovation
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.
🟠 A $1.3M fund just opened for African devs
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🇬🇭 Ghana’s former president caught in Solana-themed crypto scam
🇰🇪 Kenya fails IMF review, forfeits $850M disbursement
🟠 KPMG: Banks and crypto firms need each other
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🇷🇼 Rwanda introduces draft crypto regulations
🇿🇦 South Africa’s taxman targets crypto tax defaulters.
🟠 America now has a Bitcoin reserve. Will Africa follow?
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🌍 Hedera makes undisclosed ‘strategic investment’ in stablecoin payments firm, Ivorypay.
🌍 Swiss fintech Centi expands African presence with Yellow Card partnership.
🌍 Ethereum layer-2 chain, Lisk, announces completion of first cohort of incubator.