The estate of the defunct crypto exchange, Mt. Gox, has transferred over 47,000 BTC ahead of its plan to repay $9 billion BTC to creditors. One of Mt Gox’s three…
The [Central] Bank of Zambia has published plans to criminalize the use of foreign currency in the local economy amid the biggest rally in the Kwacha in four months. A…
Crypto exchange, KuCoin, says it will start collecting a 7.5% value-added tax on trading fees from its Nigerian users starting from July 8 2024. “We are writing to inform…
Leading Web3 domains and digital identity provider, Unstoppable Domains, has announced the launch of the Unstoppable Marketplace for Web3 and – for the first time in the industry – tokenized…
Japanese electronics giant, Sony, plans to re-launch the crypto exchange, WhaleFin, which it bought from digital asset platform, Amber Group, in 2023. According to a press release, WhaleFin has been…
East African money transfer service, DahabShiil, and Safaricom Ethiopia’s M-PESA, have signed a partnership that will enable the Ethiopian diaspora to send money directly to M-PESA mobile wallets. The partnership…
South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority has approved a further 63 licence applications, bringing the number of licensed CASPs in South Africa to 138. On April 22 2024, FSCA confirmed…
Verve cards are gaining popularity over MasterCard and VISA cards as Nigerian fintech companies prefer the local and easily accessible option. According to data published on Statista: Verve holds 54%…
Pan-African crypto company, Mara, founded by Chinyere ‘Chi’ Nnadi, Lucas Llinas Munera, Kate Kallot, and Dearg OBartuin in 2021, which made headlines in 2022 when it raised $23 million in…
Zambia’s Minister of Science and Technology, Felix Mutati, has announced that the government is in the process of establishing an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Framework. Mr Mutati, who shared a press…