2022-2-8 22:00 |
Bitcoin development in Africa, with a proper regulatory environment, could equally accelerate the continent and the technology. origin »
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In recent weeks, Stellar (XLM/USD) has been adamant about creating a space for itself in the rapidly growing crypto payments sector. The Stellar Development Foundation has now announced that it is working on a new remittance channel that will link Europe and Africa via the USD Coin (USDC).
2021-10-27 15:39 | |
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The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), the non-profit supporting the Stellar network, announced yesterday that Flutterwave, a global payments technology company, has launched two new remittance corridors between Europe and Africa on the Stellar network.
2021-10-26 13:00 | |
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While Ripple continues its legal battle with the SEC in the United States, the company’s European branch is working on continuing its legacy. In fact, according to a recent announcement by Sendi Young — Ripple’s head of European development of RippleNet — the company has made a deal to help a UK-based firm expand its […] The post UK’s Paydek expands to Latin America and Africa with Ripple’s help appeared first on Invezz.
2021-9-17 15:04 | |
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Microsoft, Smartstream, Oracle, Backbase, Network International, Zentity, Freshworks, and Sybrin joined the foremost virtual edition of the second Annual FinnovexSouthern Africa Summit to foster the development of strategies for steering the digital disruption era of the Banking and FSI Industry of the region with sturdy agility.
2021-8-6 15:06 | |
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The Bank of Ghana (BoG) will launch its central bank digital currency project’s pilot in September, according to the Bank’s First deputy governor, Maxwell Opuku-Afari. Modern Ghana, a local news outlet, reported that the deputy governor said the project is currently in its last phase of development, and implementation is expected to start in two […]
2021-7-13 18:02 | |
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One of Africa’s oldest museums, the Uganda National Museum (UNM), is set to create digital representations of the unique artifacts that are on display at this facility. Working in concert with software development firm Murcom, Uganda’s biggest museum is expected to display and auction the digitally represented items on Binance’s non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. Uganda […]
2021-6-9 15:00 | |
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In its foray into Africa, Input Output, a research and development product engineering company, says it will partner with World Mobile Group in a new initiative aimed at bringing sustainable internet connectivity to users in Zanzibar and Tanzania.
2021-4-30 19:35 | |
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IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson said the Cardano ecosystem would benefit greatly from Africa’s accelerating infrastructure development. The post Cardano boss explains why Africa will leapfrog the rest of the world in blockchain adoption appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2021-3-30 09:00 | |
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the necessity for the digitalization and sustainable development of African economies.
2021-3-21 16:07 | |
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced he would be giving a blind Bitcoin (BTC) development trust worth 500 BTC ($23. 7 million) with Jay Z for teams working on the project in India and Africa. Btrust, the project’s name, will have no binding direction from them.
2021-2-12 18:00 | |
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Just hours after an anonymous source claimed India would issue a blanket ban on all cryptocurrencies, Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z announced a 500 Bitcoin development trust.
2021-2-13 11:45 | |
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Rapper Jay Z have come together to make a 500 Bitcoin donation to teams in Africa and India. The Twitter Co-Founder updated his status on the platform to announce the collaThe post Jack Dorsey and Jay Z donate 500 BTC to fund Bitcoin development appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-2-12 11:15 | |
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Davido, arguably one of the biggest music stars in Africa has hinted that he plans to launch a bitcoin trading company. This development could generate massive interest in bitcoin in one of the regions with the fastest-growing number of crypto users.
2021-2-3 22:00 | |
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The revolutionary power of blockchain will play a significant role in the golden age of African development.
2020-12-19 18:00 | |
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Cardano has been a good asset this year, with the network development team having accomplished some notable goals. One of them is the Shelley upgrade that ushered in the era of stake pools and staking rewards on the Cardano network.
2020-12-14 17:59 | |
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Digital currency implementation will reduce obstacles for driving economic development in Africa
2020-3-13 15:26 | |
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ZeU Crypto Networks Inc. , a Canada-based blockchain development company, has announced a newly-established partnership with the African focused digital currency Kamari Coin (KAM) to build a blockchain-powered online lottery and gaming platform for the African market.
2019-12-26 21:14 | |
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Besides networking with the local community, bitcoin cash meetups are a great way to learn about the development of the cryptocurrency and the ecosystem from the people that make it happen. The upcoming Toronto meetup, for example, will feature new details about the expansion of the Bitcoin Cash House to Africa.
2019-11-27 02:16 | |
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Douglas Horn, Chief Architect of the Telos blockchain, shares his plans on Telos development, with focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.
2019-11-8 18:40 | |
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Africa is a strange place. It is a place of third-world culture and first world innovations all coming together in a weird melting pot. Relatively recently, this melting pot added cryptocurrencies to the mix.
2019-10-1 16:46 | |
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Oil-rich economies of the Middle East and North Africa are looking for ways to diversify, and the Jibrel Network (JNT) is leveraging blockchain technology to make it happen. Private financing has a new avenue for building wealth, according to the development company, with “young and tech-savvy entrepreneurs” in the region moving into new industries and […] The post Jibrel Network Could Turn Middle East Oil Wealth Into Tech Startups appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2019-9-3 19:47 | |
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Cardano Foundation strengthens support for blockchain security research » CryptoNinjas The Cardano Foundation, the overseeing body of the Cardano blockchain, has announced today further support for academic programs in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe that study blockchain technology.
2019-8-13 13:53 | |
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The blockchain and cryptocurrency task force established by the Kenyan government is requesting that the authorities enable the development of initial coin offerings (ICOs). According to a report on iTWeb Africa on July 29, 2019, the country’s task force believes that ICOs would help local startups fund projects.
2019-7-30 11:00 | |
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The alpha version of the Usechain (USE) mainnet is now live, after more than one year in development. Usechain purports to be the first mirror identity blockchain project — but what does that even mean? Randomized Proof of Work According to Huining Cao, it’s all about Randomized Proof of Work (RPow).
2019-4-1 06:30 | |
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Paxful CEO Ray Youssef plans on building 100 schools in Africa. Two schools have already been built in Rwanda, while a third is currently in development. Paxful is a peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace that directly connects those looking to buy with those looking to sell, with a special focus on the unbanked and underserved world.
2019-2-18 03:00 | |
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A new blockchain trial aims to solve transparency and infrastructural challenges related to international development.
2018-12-19 22:09 | |
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Blockchain Used By IBM Research And Hello Tractor To Promote Agriculture Industry In Africa Blockchain technology is arguably one of the best benefits to come out of the development of cryptocurrency.
2018-12-13 06:14 | |
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Too often in these monthly wraps we look at the negative side of tech in Africa, usually what governments are doing to milk the sector for all it is worth. Last month, however, we saw the potential for tech on the continent, and how if it is employed in the right way it can have really meaningful impact across a variety of spaces.
2018-12-5 12:01 | |
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Blockchain Empowering Small Farmers A new agricultural ecosystem may be taking place in Africa by virtue of a new agri-tech company called Block Commodities. The company features a platform with three key pillars: generating a tokenized system, empowering small farmers, and the development of smart agriculture.
2018-11-7 21:46 | |
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On November 2, the African Digital Asset Framework officially kicked off its planned mandate to establish efforts to consolidate blockchain development standards across Africa and beyond. The project was launched under the Pan-African Organization with the goal of building regulated, cross-border blockchain standards that will link Africans at home and those living abroad. With Africa […]
2018-11-5 10:16 | |
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Huobi Group revealed at the World Blockchain Summit in Dubai that the company is looking to expand its operations to the Middle Eastern, African and South Asian markets in a bid to provide services to its unbanked or underbanked residents.
2018-10-26 21:07 | |
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One of the impacts of the rapid, global advancement of digital asset markets has been seasons of volatility and turbulence. This creates a challenging environment for even the most astute investors in terms of managing cryptocurrency portfolios and investment strategies.
2018-10-3 17:37 | |
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Indonesian cryptocurrency and payments company Pundix has introduced a point of sale terminal at a shop in Nigeria, allowing people in the West African country to make purchases using cryptocurrency, including bitcoin.
2018-9-30 01:30 | |
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Africa is often lauded as the next big thing for cryptocurrency adoption and development. But could poor internet access and connectivity slow down progress? A new report by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) shows that it will cost $450 billion to connect 1.
2018-9-15 06:15 | |
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Although one of the primary goals of Bitcoin is to create a currency that is borderless and decentralized, a recurring concern is the way (other than mining) that we are able to actually acquire it and other cryptocurrencies.
2018-9-1 21:31 | |
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The state owned development banks of China, Russia, Brazil, India and South Africa signed an agreement last month at the 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg to collaborate on blockchain research in the.
2018-8-29 18:58 | |
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International trade, people without identity and financial exclusion are global development areas that stand to be radically improved with blockchain technology, according to Michelle Chivunga, regional advisor for the British Blockchain Association.
2018-7-31 19:50 | |
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Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa want to understand if distributed ledger technology can help them in the digital era.
2018-7-27 16:11 | |
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There are over 600 million Africans living without electricity despite an abundance of sunshine and hundreds of thousands of solar projects on the drawing board.
2018-7-17 17:41 | |
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When it comes to cryptocurrency, it seems that there are always two sides of the (bit)coin. On the negative side, there’s everything that can go wrong.
2018-7-14 19:30 | |
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The situation in Africa is characterized by extremely low level of bank adoption – and this fact may work in favor of the crypto sphere development in the region. The new platform called Binance Uganda will try to attract users with a month of zero transaction fees.
2018-6-29 21:54 | |
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US singer-songwriter Akon has become the latest celebrity to launch a cryptocurrency — as he proclaims his belief the underlying technology “could be the savior of Africa. ” Akoin ‘Will Be Center Of Transactional Life’ Originally reported by Page Six, Akon — who is originally from Senegal — revealed at this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity that he wants to use Akoin as part of a giant 2000-acre development called Akon Crypto City.
2018-6-21 07:00 | |
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The 45-year-old “Smack It” singer announced Monday at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity that he not only is launching his own crypto, “Akoin,” but also will use it in his Akon Crypto City, a 100 percent crypto-based city in Africa.
2018-6-20 21:01 | |
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Avalanche has announced a new grant program that will reward developers building on the blockchain’s mainnet. The Avalanche (AVAX) ecosystem will benefit from this new $40 million grant program through the ‘Retro9000’ initiative introduced by the Avalanche Foundation on Sept.…
Company officials told CoinDesk this was its biggest acquisition to date, bringing on 42 developers and engineers from the Bware team and increasing Alchemy's headcount to 210.
The original planned launch date of Holesky, on Sept. 15, was supposed to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Ethereum’s historic “Merge” transition.
Seamless Protocol, a fork of Aave v3 deployed on Base, enables smart contracts with predetermined borrowing strategies to conduct undercollateralized borrowing on-chain.
Searching for crypto’s future stars among young prospects.
The interface, called Polygon Copilot, will help developers obtain analytics and insights for their applications on the Polygon blockchain.
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says that roughly 30% of their non-customer-facing positions could be covered by artificial intelligence over a five-year period.