Blockchain
Fenix launches blockchain platform to help music artists monetize & reach their fans
FENIX, the startup empowering independent artists to reach fans directly, has launched a blockchain-based platform to help artists to reach...
Techstars-Backed Nigerian Startup Fliqpay Launches Cryptocurrency Payments Gateway
Fliqpay, a Techstars-backed Nigerian startup has launched a cryptocurrency payments gateway to allow African businesses to accept cryptocurrency payments on...
Bitcoin halving explained – what can we expect?
Bitcoin halving took place in the early hours of Tuesday, 12 May 2020 and there is tremendous international interest in...
Cryptocurrency and Covid-19 – A Look at the Latest Developments
It’s fair to say that Bitcoin has had something of a chequered history, from its vulnerability to cyber-theft and lack...
Cellulant launches review on the impact of COVID-19 on Africa’s Food Security
Cellulant, an African fintech building payment and agri-tech solutions, has launched ‘The Agrikore Risk Review’ to stir conversations on how...
Blockchain Predictions as we Move Toward Fall
Bitcoin and its value based on the blockchain have been under fire since the massive drop it took back on...
Influence of Cryptocurrencies on the World Financial System
Cryptocurrencies represent an easy and secure form of payment without the need to pay any additional surcharge. Therefore, a virtual...
Domineum.io wants to transition Africa’s marine & real-estate agencies to Blockchain
Domineum.io, a Nigerian blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) and AI enabled SaaS platform aims to increase the efficiency of marine services and land...
How ImagineBC is harnessing blockchain to tackle data privacy
Erik Rind, founder and CEO of ImagineBC has been asked several times to describe who he is, and though it...
Why blockchain has notorious reputation in Norway
Recent developments in Nordic countries prove that the region can have a huge future with blockchain technology. Cryptocurrencies have definitely...
Samsung Partners with Israel’s Credorax to build a blockchain based settlements solutions for merchants and banks
The Samsung's enterprise technology arm SDS had signed a memorandum of understanding with Israeli fintech solutions provider Credorax to develop...
Nigeria’s Blockchain startup Bitfxt raises $15M for expansion
Nigeria's Blockchain startup Bitfxt which also runs Bitfxt cryptocurrency exchange platform has raised $15M in funding from a UK syndicate...
Eran Eyal, South African founder of Shopin charged by SEC for a fraudulent $42.5 million ICO
Eran Eyal, the founder of Shopin has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a fraudulent $42.5 million...
Crypto Valley Venture Capital to set up Africa chapter in Mauritius
Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CV VC), an investment company, visited Mauritius as part of a delegation led by the Swiss...
Twiga Foods Raises $30M From Goldman Sachs to Digitize Food Distribution
Twiga Foods, the Kenyan B2B food distribution company, has raised $30 million to digitize food distribution in Kenya. Twiga Foods...
Bitcoin Wallet Accounts Now Exist to Earn Bitcoin Interest
If you are planning to invest in the Bitcoin, then you need to manage all your Bitcoin accounts safely. Buying...
Mastercard to Develop New Blockchain-Powered Cross-Border Payments Solution
Mastercard and R3, an enterprise blockchain software provider, are developing a new blockchain-enabled cross-border payments solution to simplify clearance of...
Naspers invests $2.33m into DappRadar, a tracking platform for blockchain apps
Naspers' investment arm, Naspers Ventures has invested $2.33 million into Lithuania-based DappRadar, a global platform for discovering and analysing blockchain-based...
Naspers-backed crypto platform Luno hits 3 million users, adds Bitcoin Cash
Luno, a South African-based Naspers-backed cryptocurrency firm has reached 3 million users and added Bitcoin Cash (BCH) to help its...
Kiva, Sierra Leone Govt Launch a Blockchain-Based National ID
Kiva and the Sierra Leone government have partnered to launch a national digital identity platform to bolster national identity and...
Zolango, inspired life in a Nairobi Slum, is a Marketplace for Bitcoin lovers
Founded by Amit Aggarwal, Andrei Kaleis and MVK, Zolango, an ecommerce marketplace has gone live and is offering to buy...
IBM,Cisco, Nokia & Vodafone Launch a Blockchain-Based Supplier Management Platform
IBM and Chainyard have launched Trust Your Supplier (TYS), a new blockchain supplier management platform built on the IBM Blockchain Platform and hosted...
Bittrex & Rain partner to simplify buying & selling of Cryptocurrency in the MENA region
Bittrex, a digital asset trading platform and cryptocurrency platform Rain, has launched a digital asset trading platform for users in the...
Blockchain startup Belfrics Group closing $30 million in its first round of funding
Belfrics, a Malaysia based Blockchain startup, is set to raise $30 million in its first-ever round of funding led by global investors after...
Huobi & CASHU partner to make cryptocurrency trade easy for users in North Africa & Middle East
Huobi and the MENA-regional online payments giant CASHU are making accessing cryptocurrency as easy as buying a Netflix subscription or...
Binance Charity Event Raises Over $170,000, Delivers Solar Panels for Children in Uganda
Binance Charity, through its first annual Binance Charity Poker Cup. hosted by TronBet raised more than $170,000 to fund solar...
BitTorrent private trackers: old, inaccessible, but surprisingly alive
The torrent seems to be going through a rough patch. Governments around the world have been in charge of restricting...
Ripple buys a $50m stake in MoneyGram for its global blockchain-based money transfer services
Ripple, a provider of leading enterprise blockchain solutions for global payments, has bought a $50m stake in MoneyGram in a...
Kenya’s UTU Technologies & Hong Kong’s Graychain collaborate to enhance access to credit in Africa
Nairobi-based UTU Technologies and Hong Kong-based Graychain to give UTU's customers the ability to link their UTU profile to the...
BanQu, a non-cryptocurrency blockchain platform, raises Series A extension to help lift people out of extreme poverty
BanQu, a non-cryptocurrency blockchain platform has raised an undisclosed Series A extension round to help lift people out of extreme...