Nigeria’s blockchain community and cryptocurrency exchanges could get a clear stance on the classification of cryptocurrencies from the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) before the...
Nigeria is the sixth-largest recipient of remittances in the world with an estimated volume of nearly $25 billion a year. This estimate for remittances flow doesn’t...
Cryptocurrency company Luno has been making significant efforts to promote crypto education and adoption in Nigeria. Bitcoin Africa talked to Luno’s Country Manager, Owenize Woghiren-Odia, to...
New research by bitcoin startup Luno shows that a growing number of Nigerians are taking an interest in cryptocurrencies despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s warning...
Cryptocurrency payments company, PundiX recently launched a point of sale (POS) terminal at a shop in Nigeria that will enable citizens to make purchases using cryptocurrencies, including...
Kora, a new Nigerian blockchain startup, is utilising the blockchain to enable cross-border money transfers in Africa. Dickson Nsofor, founder and CEO of Kora, was moved...
London-based blockchain regtech company Coinfirm and Nigeria’s KAD ICT Hub have launched the Africa Blockchain Lab with the aim of taking up companies focused on creating...
Zimbabwean cryptocurrency exchange Golix has expanded its operations to Cameroon, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Rwanda with the aim of increasing its footprint on the continent. Recently, the...
Nigerians have invested over five million US dollars in the cryptocurrency market in the last couple of years according to data from Nigerian cryptocurrency platform KureCoin...
With cryptocurrency adoption soaring in Nigeria, it is no surprise that on April 25, 2018, members of the House of Representatives, urged the Central Bank of Nigeria...