Africa

Canza Finance Co-Founder: Web3 for the Next Emerging Economies

Canza Finance's Co-Founder and CTO Oyedeji Oluwoye brings to I.D.E.A.S. 2022 a presentation on emerging economies and reveals how DeFi provides access to financial products th...

By CoinDesk Inc

Dec 13, 2022 at 11:18 p.m. UTC

Dec 13, 2022

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Finance

Bitcoin

Built With Bitcoin Foundation Opens Technology Center in Ghana

The structure was built by Ghanian workers compensated in bitcoin, on land donated by local communities.

By Frederick Munawa

Dec 5, 2022 at 11:44 p.m. UTC

Dec 5, 2022

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Tech

Bitcoin

'Hyperbitcoinization' Is Coming to an Emerging Market Near You, Paxful's Ray Youssef Says

The CEO and co-founder of the peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange that's popular in Africa explains why the Global South will lead the Bitcoin revolution.

By Frederick Munawa

Oct 24, 2022 at 3:49 p.m. UTC

Oct 24, 2022

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Podcasts

Weekend Story: Bitcoin Mining Is Cool Again; We Can Thank Africa, Prudence and Growing Hashrate for That

On today’s show, CoinDesk research analyst George Kaloudis takes a look at what's making bitcoin mining cool again.

By Adam B. Levine Adrian Blust

Oct 15, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. UTC

Oct 15, 2022

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Consensus Magazine (layer2)

Ideas 2022

Clixpesa Is Bringing Traditional Kenyan Investing Techniques to Web3

This Web3athon project aims to simplify payments in Africa and bring a regional community investment tool, called a Chama, to crypto.

By Ryan S. Gladwin

Oct 14, 2022 at 6:45 p.m. UTC

Oct 14, 2022

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Finance

Middle east

Middle East/North Africa Was Fastest-Growing Crypto Market Over Past 12 Months: Chainalysis

MENA-based users received $566 billion in cryptocurrency from July 2021 to June 2022

By Jamie Crawley

Oct 5, 2022 at 11:48 a.m. UTC

Oct 5, 2022

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Finance

Africa

Crypto Is Quietly Thriving in Sub-Saharan Africa: Chainalysis Report

The report shows strong crypto usage and adoption rates in the region. With highly educated young people and low job prospects, crypto is “a way to feed their family," says Co...

By Frederick Munawa

Sep 29, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. UTC

Sep 29, 2022

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Africa Has This 'Crazy Crypto Obsession,' Nestcoin CEO Says

Video

Cdtv

Africa Has This ‘Crazy Crypto Obsession,’ Nestcoin CEO Says

Crypto gaming guild Metaverse Magna wants to build Africa’s largest gaming DAO. Nestcoin CEO Yele Bademosi says they’ve reached a total community size of around 100,000, but n...

By CoinDesk Staff

Sep 19, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. UTC

Sep 19, 2022

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Finance

Venture capital

African Crypto Exchange Yellow Card Closes $40M Series B

Polychain Capital led the funding round, which comes less than a year after the Series A.

By Brandy Betz

Sep 19, 2022 at 12:48 p.m. UTC

Sep 19, 2022

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Afropolitan Raises $2.1M to Build a Digital Nation

Video

Christine-lee

Afropolitan Raises $2.1M to Build a Digital Nation

Afropolitan co-founder Chika Uwazie is on a mission to create the first-ever digital nation. After raising more than $2 million in funding, she joins CoinDesk host Christine L...

By CoinDesk Staff

Sep 12, 2022 at 7:02 p.m. UTC

Sep 12, 2022

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