Akowe’s blockchain solution set to transform Africa’s educational sector
Akowe is leveraging blockchain to address the challenges of the safekeeping of academic certificates in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Blockchain offers Africa opportunities for environmental, social, and governance development – Standard Bank
Standard Bank Group’s Head of the Blockchain Centre of Excellence, Ian Putter says crypto will function alongside other payment rails in Africa rather than disrupt them.
Bitcoin Ekasi: A South African non-profit’s vision to create a Bitcoin circular economy
Bitcoin Ekasi hopes to create a circular economy where South Africans can get paid, purchase items and pay for services in bitcoin without first converting it to fiat.
Flutterwave partners with Hedera to integrate payment settlement with USDC
Flutterwave claims the partnership addresses common challenges in the financial industry, such as slow settlement times and high transaction costs.
World Mobile launches its first aerostat in Mozambique
The team waited in vain for 11 months to receive regulatory approval for the aerostat’s launch in Zanzibar, Tanzania, before it moved to Mozambique
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.
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.