South Africa issues digital currency licenses to Luno, VALR
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority announced in 2023 that all VASPs had to obtain a license or shut down by the end of the year.
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority announced in 2023 that all VASPs had to obtain a license or shut down by the end of the year.
Nigerian authorities have confirmed that Nadeem Anjarwalla, who escaped detention, is in Nairobi, but the East African nation says extradition will drag on.
The Nigerian ‘crypto’ market is in uproar after government officials banned exchanges like Coinbase and Binance over their alleged “sophisticated heist against the Nigerian economy.”
Ethiopian Investment Holdings has signed the deal with Hong Kong’s West Data Group for data mining and AI, but an insider revealed that it involved BTC mining.
Dr. Patrick Saidu Conteh remarked that technology cuts across boundaries and shared his insights about the Digital Pilipinas Festival 2023 and how the Philippines adopts emerging technologies.
Ethiopia is close to completing the construction of Africa’s largest dam, making power cheaper than ever, and Chinese miners are already setting up operations.
Apollo discussed how BitLipa uses stablecoins to ease cross-border transfers and how blockchain is weeding out corruption and more on CoinGeek Backstage.
Lise Li says Nigeria can catch up with the pace-setting China on digital payments by underpinning its financial infrastructure on blockchain technology.
In this interview with CoinGeek Backstage on the sidelines of Digital Nigeria, Dr. Eva Porras explains how Africa could gain massively from blockchain integration, with its growing population and digitalization.
Dr. Catherine Lephoto was one of the speakers at Digital Nigeria, and in an interview with CoinGeek Backstage, she emphasized the need for Africans to own their data.
CBN lifted the ban in December, allowing Nigerian banks to serve virtual asset service providers (VASPs), and according to one local report, two startups recently filed for a license.
Nigeria added the two East African countries to neighbors Togo and Benin, saying they offer fake degrees—Dr. Catherine Lephoto says blockchain is the solution.