Zimbabwe's central bank has banned third country foreign payments, except for fuel, in measures to facilitate critical transactions to keep the economy going smoothly and enc Read more »
Pete Howson for Thomson Reuters Foundation reports that the Central African Republic (CAR) has become the latest country to adopt bitcoin as a natio Read more »
Swiss non-profit, NEAR, has announced a partnership with local blockchain community, Sankore to launch a regional hub in Kenya dedicated to blockchain innovation, education, and ... Read more »
At least 40 African countries print their money in the UK, France, and Germany, decades after independence, raising questions about self-sufficiency. And there's the ... Read more »
Crypto exchange Binance has restricted the personal accounts of some Nigerian users to comply with antimoney laundering regulations and ensure the security of the platform for ... Read more »
The Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC) has accused banks of facilitating money laundering for corrupt individuals' ill-gotten wealth. ZACC Chairperson, Justice Loice ... Read more »
Nigeria has become the first African country to launch a digital currency - the eNaira - a move its leaders said will expand access to banking, enable more remittances and even ... Read more »
The Central Bank of Nigeria will work with Bitt Inc, a Barbados-based fintech company, as a technical partner to help it launch Nigeria's digital currency, the eNaira. It ... Read more »
The Central Bank of Nigeria says it has ended the sales of foreign exchange (forex) to bureau de change operators, saying the parallel market has become a conduit for illicit forex ... Read more »
Cryptocurrencies make headlines for shaking up the financial world, but they are also gaining ground in less developed countries. In Kenya, an American economist, who introduced ... Read more »
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