Idris Elba partners with Stellar Development Foundation to build blockchain solutions in West Africa
Elba sees crypto’s underlying blockchain technology as a means to remove financial barriers in emerging markets.
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Embattled crypto exchange Patricia secures funding to repay some of its debt
Controversies and questions still trail the company’s move to manage a security breach it had suffered and repay its customers’ lost funds.
MTI’s liquidators to refund part of victims’ recovered bitcoins
1,281 bitcoins have so far been recovered and will be repaid to victims who submit claims only after the courts have made some clarifications.
Kenyan parliamentary committee recommends shutdown of Worldcoin
The committee deemed Worldcoin and its partners’ activities criminal and called for legal action against them.
Tanzania moves to diversify its foreign reserves with gold
Tanzania’s local currency has seen record depreciation levels attributed to US rate hikes.
South Africa’s First National Bank to issue blockchain-based title deeds
The ‘big four’ bank is warming towards the technology and considering other blockchain innovations in the traditional finance sector.
Morocco remains in top 20 for global crypto adoption despite ban — Chainalysis
Egypt, previously ranked as the fastest growing crypto economy worldwide, dropped out of the top 30, according to Chainalysis’ Geography of Cryptocurrency report for the MENA region.