AID:Tech, a company that utilises blockchain technology and digital identity to change how organisations provide digital entitlements, has joined hands with the non-profit organisation PharmAccess to...
San Francisco-based bitcoin non-profit organisation BitGive has entered into a partnership with the University of Edinburgh to research and assess the impact of cryptocurrencies on charities. The...
Zimbabwe’s digital currency exchange, Golix is relaunching its token sale, which was planned for mid-May but abandoned after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe issued a cryptocurrency ban...
On May 23 and 24, 2018, Uganda was host to the Africa Blockchain Conference. The event succeeded in bringing together a mix of blockchain entrepreneurs, policymakers, academics,...
Grassroots opposition movements have greatly benefited from the rapid expansion of Internet access across Africa. The response by governments, however, is often to pull the plug...
Technology startup RippleNami has established Kenya’s first real-time, livestock identification and traceability program in collaboration with the Kenya Veterinary Association (KVA) that will start being used...
South African asset management company Sygnia has announced plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange in the third quarter of 2018. The cryptocurrency exchange, dubbed SygniaCoin, is...
Following a successful Africa Blockchain Conference, held at the Serena Hotel Conference Center in Kampala, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister of ICT and National Guidance, said...
Africa is home to some of the most corrupt governments in the world. According to the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index 2017, 11 out of the...
The South African Reserve Bank has made a decision to categorise virtual currencies such as bitcoin as “cyber-tokens” stating that they do not meet the necessary...
