Quidax, a regulated Nigerian cryptocurrency exchange, has announced a strategic partnership with Tether, the largest company in the digital asset industry. This collaboration is set to drive blockchain education across Africa, equipping individuals and businesses with essential knowledge about

Blockchain platform, NEAR, has announced that it is launching the world’s first Blockchain Operating System (BOS) which will provide a common layer for browsing and discovering open web experiences compatible with any blockchain.
Available on alpha.near.org, the BOS is described as a composable

Umba, a digital bank, has raised $15 million in its Series A round of funding almost two years since it raised a seed round of $2 million.
Investors who took part in the funding include:
Nubank
Tom Blomfield, the Co-Founder of Monzo
Lachy Groom, ACT

Paxful, the largest P2P crypto marketplace in Africa, has added the Uhuru Wallet as payment method onto its platform.
Uhuru Wallet, which launched in 2020, is a convenient and efficient payment method running on WhatsApp, and anchored on blockchain

JUMO, a fintech with a special focus on emerging markets, recently raised $120 million as top investors retain confidence in its product.
The company, with headquarters in London and Cape Town, South Africa, taps artificial intelligence (AI) to power its

Pick n Pay, one of South Africa’s largest retail chains, with over 2,000 stores across the country, has begun a pilot program where users can pay for goods in bitcoin.
In a statement, the retail chain indicated that it became the first major retailer in Africa to test the Bitcoin Lightning

M-PESA se ha asociado con Amazon para mejorar sus servicios de remesas globales, con el objetivo de competir en el creciente mercado de pagos transfronterizos. Esta colaboración sigue a asociaciones anteriores con PayPal y Visa, posicionando a M-PESA como un jugador clave en el dinero móvil.

Samara Asset Group se ha asociado con Pareto Securities para iniciar reuniones con inversores en renta fija, con la posibilidad de emitir un bono nórdico senior asegurado de €30 millones. Los ingresos mejorarán su cartera de inversiones, especialmente en Bitcoin y fondos alternativos.

Cryptocurrency exchange, Crypto.com, has announced that it is launching a Rand wallet. However, at the same time, non-Rand fiat wallets would be disabled for its South African customers.
Crypto.com is a cryptocurrency exchange company based in Singapore. As o

According to the 2022 LAVCA Trends in Tech report, VC investment in blockchain/crypto reached $653 million in 2021 up from $68 million in 2020 in parallel with rising consumer interest for digital assets and Decentralized Finance (DeFi).
Furthermore, the repo

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

Bitzlato is one of the fastest growing and the latest peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplaces in Kenya and Africa.
In this video, we show you a step-by-step process on how to buy your first bitcoin on Bitzlato using MPESA.
SEE ALSO: Bitzlato, a Peer-to-Peer Crypto Exchange, Launches in Kenya as the

The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) says that a new digital ID card with multiple functions will be introduced in the coming days.
Responding to public concerns that several cards would be introduced, the NIMC has re-assured Nigerians saying:

“The new National ID

Avalanche (AVAX) tokens operate across various chains within the Avalanche ecosystem, each serving distinct purposes.
The X-Chain is primarily dedicated to trading
The P-Chain involves staking for Primary Network validation, and
The C-Chain facilitates the execution of smart contracts and