Yellow Card, Africa’s leading fiat-to-crypto on and off-ramp, has announced a new partnership with LightSpark at the Africa Bitcoin Conference 2024. For the first time, businesses and people on the…
Technology startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region raised $258 million through 46 deals in November 2024. The figure represents a 92% increase on the $134 million…
Morrocan startup, Joro Cash, was announced winner of the Best Fintech Startup Award at the just concluded 2024 AfricArena Grand Summit held in Cape Town, South Africa. More than 100…
SeedStars Africa Ventures I, a venture capital fund making early-stage investments in highly scalable start-ups in Africa, has announced the close of a $42 million raise. The fund, with offices…
Venture funding in Africa experienced a decline in November 2024, with 32 startups across the continent raising $180 million during the month, according to a report by African venture funding…
Ruja Ignatova, famously known as the Crypto Queen and the Founder of OneCoin, is reportedly alive and living in a wealthy area of Cape Town, South Africa, according to a…
By enabling fast, cheap, global payments, among other uses, stablecoins have become one of crypto’s most obvious ‘killer apps’, says a new report by a16z crypto. According to the report,…
In a significant development for the BRICS economic alliance, the ‘BRICS Pay’ system was formally introduced at the BRICS Business Forum in Russia held recently as part of the 2024…
Safaricom PLC’s half-year profits [H1 2024] declined 17.7% to KES 28.1 billion ($216.6 million) from KES 34.1 billion ($262.8 million) on account of the 106% depreciation of the Ethiopian Birr.…
Over the recent few decades, money launderers have been actively involved in evading identification checks. Recently, the cryptocurrency industry has become the central hub for money laundering practices due to…