"bITPESA"

AZA Finance, the financial group that runs Nairobi-based BitPesa, has acquired South Africa’s cross-border payments firm Exchange4Free in an expansion…

Kenya’s BitPesa, a Bitcoin to Kenyan Shilling (KES) remittance service has closed a follow-on round of $1.1M to fuel its…

Launched in beta this June, bitcoin remittance service BitPesa has launched a new service that aims to help NGOs operating…

Last month, BitPesa began the pilot phase of a new, cheaper, faster way to send money from anywhere to Kenya…

Kenya’s BitPesa has launched in beta to allow Kenyans living in abroad to send money back home with ease and…

Ayoken,a London-headquartered NFT marketplace for creatives, has secured $1.4 million pre-seed funding to enable users grow their revenue streams through…

 By Eric M K Osiakwan On 1st of April, as I was publishing my Uniconization of African Fintech piece, Mastercard…

It has been a long while before Kenya warmed up to the blockchain, previously regarded with suspicion and relative hostility,…

Much like IPO stands for Initial Public Offering in which investors purchase shares of a company, ICO is Initial Coin…

The AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across Africa supported by Mobile Monday South Africa and…

When Bitcoin startups began in Africa, it was a major hit. But when BitPesa a startup that began in Kenya…

You’ve probably heard of BitPesa, a UK to Kenya Bitcoin-to-M-PESA remittance service disrupting old-school money remittance services such as Western…

Last year, Kenyans living abroad sent home a record high of $1.43 billion, a 10.68 percent increase over 2013 making…

There was Kipochi, then BitPesa then BitSoko. Kipochi died just as it came but BitPesa has stood the test of…

  TagPesa, an exchange and remittance company based in Kenya wants to provide a crypto-currency exchange platform to revolutionize Africa’s…

Wallettec, a South African Point of Sale and loyalty system firm has today announced a partnership with BitPay, a bitcoin…

Mobile money is mainstream in Kenya thanks to Safaricom, Kopo Kopo and several others who have made Lipa Na M-Pesa…

Sierra Leona-based ethical fashion company Bureh has pioneered in advancing digital currency economy for sub-Saharan Africa when it finally accepted…

In most of Africa payment firms like PayPal and VISA have some countries blacklisted thus making it hard for business…

South Africa’s bitcoin software firm Switchless is expanding its BitX, bitcoin exchange rapidly across the continent with a new presence in…