
Africa
Nigeria’s SPPG implements country’s first blockchain certificate system
The School of Politics, Policy, and Governance leveraged VX Technologies’ blockchain solution to enable the verification and authentication of academic...
African countries bracing for AI adoption amid glaring challenges: report
Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index report measures the efforts of 193 countries in their attempts at integrating AI and...
Nigeria demanded $150M bribe from Binance: report
The New York Times reported on the alleged bribe, with Binance CEO Richard Teng finally breaking his silence last week...
IMF urges Nigeria to regulate digital asset exchanges
The International Monetary Fund has recommended that Nigeria impose registration or licensing requirements on global digital asset trading platforms, following...
Rwanda weighing pseudo-anonymous CBDC to underpin cashless economy
The National Bank of Rwanda published a paper examining the benefits, risks, and design principles of a token-based digital franc...
P2P digital currency ban looming in Nigeria as central bank halts fintech account opening
Four leading fintech apps were directed to halt onboarding recently, and with the National Security Agency classifying digital currency as...