Pan-African Bank Report on State of Cryptocurrencies in Africa

Aug 8, 2018

No country in Sub Saharan Africa has embraced cryptocurrencies as legal and regulated within its borders, a new report by pan-African bank, Ecobank Transnational Inc, has shown. Rather, their governments and central banks are employing a ‘wait and see’ approach and appear “to be looking ...

China-Africa link getting closer with Bitcoin

Dec 27, 2016

A Kenyan startup's new product that allows companies in Africa to send payments to China using Bitcoin is the latest in the line of digital currency-related initiatives that connect countries from both ends. Bitpesa's China scheme was launched this month to allow users in Kenya, Uganda,...