For many years now, there have been claims as to how Bitcoin is allegedly making inroads in Africa. A new documentary airing on Amazon Prime seems to confirm as much, albeit there is still plenty of work to be done. Africa is a continent where financial hardship is the new […]
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The New Frontier: Why Africa Is All in on Crypto Despite Price Dip
The cryptocurrency excitement reached fever pitch in 2017 as Bitcoin struck $20,000. Whether a Bitcoin maximalist or an altcoin aficionado, we were all in a state of euphoria. Then things changed. The market took on a downward spiral and interest in the industry took on a similar path. As we […]
Binance Recognizes Africa as a Prime Target for a Blockchain Revolution
Binance is looking at Africa as the next frontier of growth, an executive at the world’s largest crypto exchange by daily trading volume has revealed. Benjamin Rameau, the Director of Binance Labs revealed the company’s reasons behind setting out to conquer Africa, with the relative underdevelopment in the continent and […]
Wala CEO Tricia Martinez Talks Emerging Markets
Tricia Martinez is a behavioral economist focused on emerging markets. After earning her masters in public policy and behavioral economics from the University of Chicago, Martinez took a one-way flight to Africa, where she founded Wala to address the needs of underserved people across the continent. Wala is a zero-fee […]