At Safaricom’s Fintech Innovation Week, the leading East African telco brought together stakeholders from across the continent as it explores solutions that will lead it to to the next big idea – part of the telco’s search for ‘The next M-PESA.’ In a guest
A Etiópia está entrando no centro das atenções globais para a mineração de Bitcoin, tornando-se o primeiro país africano a apoiar operações em grande escala, apoiadas pelo estado. Com o governo a assinar acordos com 21 empresas de mineração em 2024 – incluindo a UMINERS – o país está a posicionar-se como um jogador importante no
AZA Finance, a pan-African global crypto payments and foreign exchange fintech, was one of 7 African companies included in an Alameda Research private equity portfolio, a new report by the Financial Times newspaper shows. In a November 2022 spreadsheet obtained by the newspaper, AZA Finance (BTC Af
Brave, a Web3 Search browser that has eliminated ad-tracking, has launched a new tool to let users have more control over their search results. One of the controversial aspects of Search is that the algorithms used by Google and other big browsers do not
Central Banks are being advised to prepare to adequately meet the ‘far-reaching implications’ in their operations as a result of the CBDC implementation process. In a November 2023 report, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) highlighted new information security and operational risks to
The penetration of financial technologies in Nigeria stands at only 35%, with this proportion of the population able to access the technologies, according to the latest report. According to NiBox, a firm that develops self-service kiosks that provide access t
Grammy Award winner and a leading Nigerian producer, Leriq, is set to officially launch his non-fungible token (NFT) platform, African Valuables Collective (AVC), to enable African
A mais recente invenção da WorldCoin, o Orb Mini, desencadeou mais uma onda de ceticismo e sátira na comunidade cripto global, especialmente nas redes sociais. Projetado como uma versão mais compacta do Orb original, o Orb Mini é um scanner de íris portátil destinado a verificar a "humanidade" dos usuários e
Africa retains the potential to surpass the leading fintech regions if startups on the continent embrace new technologies. Based on a recent report, despite cash being predominant in Africa’s financial landscape, fintech startups are well-positioned to address the challenges of financial
O cartão pré-pago multimoeda com capacidade de contacto por aproximação e segurança Chip e PIN permitirá que comerciantes, viajantes, a diáspora e a comunidade empresarial carreguem múltiplas moedas em USD, GBP, Euro e Rupia Indiana num único cartão acessível internacionalmente. O Prime pré-pago multi
In a blog post, PayPal said it will now support the native transfer of cryptocurrencies between PayPal and other wallets and exchanges following user demand. The new functionality, said to be rolling out to all eligible U.S. customers in the coming weeks, le
Tips is a feature that lets you add links to select third-party payment services to your Twitter profile. When you turn on Tips on your profile, people can support you by tapping on your Tips icon to send you money or Bitcoin off-platform via the third-party