Nairobi, Kenya – Global crypto exchange Bitget has rolled out tokenized stock trading and real-world asset (RWA) investments for Kenyan users, marking one of Africa’s most significant expansions of blockchain-based traditional investment access. The move allows local traders to buy fractional shares of Apple, Tesla, and Amazon—along with tokenized gold, real estate, and government bonds—with as…
Lagos, Nigeria – Kenya based fintech innovator Honeycoin has closed a $4.5 million Series B funding round to scale its stablecoin payment infrastructure across the continent, in a deal that signals growing institutional confidence in crypto-powered remittances and trade finance. The round—led by Pantera Capital with participation from Standard Bank and Flutterwave—values the based startup at…
IMF Sounds Alarm on Stablecoin Volatility: New Data Reveals $14.8B “Hot Money” Crisis in Emerging Markets Washington, D.C. – An IMF working paper has exposed an underbelly of stablecoin adoption, revealing how $14.8 billion in volatile digital dollar flows are destabilizing emerging markets—with African economies bearing the brunt of the turbulence. The July 2025 study, based…
Johannesburg, South Africa – South Africa’s leading financial institutions have initiated a large-scale rationalization of their ATM networks as digital payment adoption reaches record levels, according to operational plans filed with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). The coordinated three-year reduction strategy will see 4,200 ATMs (38% of the national fleet) decommissioned by 2027, fundamentally reshaping…
Nairobi, Kenya – Africa has emerged as the global leader in cryptocurrency adoption for education payments, with 37% of all crypto transactions on the continent now linked to learning-related expenses, according to a new Chainalysis report. From university tuition to coding bootcamps, African students and institutions are leveraging digital assets to overcome financial barriers—creating a $2.1 billion crypto education economy…
