Tag: Africa
United Africa Blockchain Association Plans to Fire Up Blockchain Adoption
The United Africa Blockchain Association (UABA) through its events and training programs, has the vision to educate one million people across the African continent...
Africa’s Youth See A Future For Bitcoin Beyond Speculation
Seeing a significant growth in digital currency transactions on the African continent in recent years, driven largely by users under the age of 35,...
Blockchain used to empower African smallholder farmers to enter the global food market
Block Commodities, a leading Agri-Tech company in Africa, is building Farmer 3.0, a new agricultural ecosystem based on three main pillars: empowering smallholder farmers, creating a tokenised system, and...
Blockchain in Africa: The next frontier
What kind of solutions can blockchain technology offer the continent? Is Africa on the road to becoming a blockchain hub?
Africa is rising and technology...
Does Juniper’s E-Commerce Forecast Herald Boom Time for Blockchain?
A new e-commerce report by leading FinTech analyst Juniper Research forecasts that consumer spending will reach USD 14.7 trillion by 2022 - an increase of 60...
Pan-African FinTech Firm Cellulant Raises $47.5 Million, Scales up Blockchain Division
An African digital payments service provider, Cellulant has raised USD 47.5 million to transform financial technology services across the continent, reaching 40 million people across...
Swarm Fund Brings FarmCoin to PE Platform to Help African Farmers
Private equity (PE) blockchain fund Swarm is bringing the FarmCoin pan-African financial and commodities ecosystem to its investment marketplace, allowing investors an entry point...
ONEm Seeks to Bring Internet to Rural Africa via Blockchain-Powered SMS
ONEm Communications announced on Wednesday the initiation of partnership and licensing agreements throughout Africa to implement internet services for millions of rural African...
Humaniq Launches Hybrid Blockchain Scaling Solution Alongside Mobile App Version 2.0
London-based Humaniq, which seeks to provide financial services to those underserved by the existing system, announced on Tuesday the release of its hybrid-blockchain solution, alongside...
Earth Token Wants to Save the Planet
impactChoice, an environmental sustainability software company that recently turned its attention towards Blockchain, is launching on October 23, 2017 a token presale for its...
