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Fintech Meets Crypto In Africa

Developing markets share several problems in common. One such problem is the inability of most people to have full access or any access at all to the financial system. For example, the unbanked have no access to the traditional system, they are unable to create accounts or use the services of banks, and the underbanked…

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Starbucks Taps Polygon for Its Web3 Experience

Polygon has announced a partnership with Starbucks Coffee Company to provide the blockchain technology to build its recently announced Web3 experience, Starbucks Odyssey. As a result of the partnership, this new Web3-powered experience will allow Starbucks Rewards loyalty program members and Starbucks partners (employees) in the United States to earn and purchase digital collectible stamps in the form of…

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Jelurida joins Africa Money and Defi Summit, Ghana 2022
Jelurida is a Swiss blockchain software development company. They initially incorporated Jelurida in the Netherlands in 2016 with the objective to further develop and maintain the Nxt and Ardor blockchain platforms, to ensure the sustainability and longevity of both projects, and explore commercial opportunities based on providing public, private, and hybrid blockchain solutions. Their goal... Read Article →
WiPay joins Africa Money and Defi Summit, Ghana 2022
WiPay was created in 2016 as a direct result of a persistent problem. The Caribbean faced challenges with digital payments and the lack of ‘financial inclusion' for the majority of persons. WiPay, developed a uniquely ‘inclusive’ platform that is secure, flexible and simple to use. WiPay allows anything connected to the Internet to move money quickly, safely... Read Article →
Celo joins Africa Money and Defi Summit, Ghana 2022
Celo is a mobile-first open source ecosystem of technologies, organizations and individuals that share a common mission of building a financial system to create the conditions for prosperity for everyone. The Celo ecosystem includes a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain technology stack (Celo Platform), a native asset (CELO), three stablecoins (cUSD, cEUR, and cREAL) and the Celo... Read Article →
Bitmama raises additional $1.65 million in pre-seed funding
Blockchain payments startup, Bitmama Inc., has raised an additional $1.65 million in pre-seed funding. This brings its total funding for this round to $2 million, having raised $350,000 10 months ago. The latest round is led by Unicorn Growth Capital and Launch Africa Ventures, with participation from Adaverse and follow-on from Flori Ventures, which led... Read Article →
Web 3 needs to be mobile-ready: A case for mass adoption
Article by Brian Kimotho, Chief Marketing Officer, Kotani Pay The internet as imagined by Tim Barnes in the late ’80s was a world wide web that is open, decentralized, and allowed information sharing across the globe. With this knowledge, the journey from Web 1 which was a read-only internet, Web 2, a read-and-write internet, towards... Read Article →
10 ventures to showcase the exciting future of Web3, FinTech and DeFi in Africa at the upcoming Africa Money & DeFi Summit in Ghana

The Africa Money & DeFi Summit has announced the final shortlist of exciting ventures who will Pitch Live on stage in West Africa to over 400 fintech and crypto leaders, in Accra on September 27th – 28th. The West African edition of Pitch Live has attracted over 200 submissions and strives to showcase leading ventures…

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Metaverse Magna raises $3.2M at a $30M valuation to build Africa’s largest gaming DAO

Metaverse Magna (MVM), a Nestcoin gaming DAO based in Nigeria that distributes mobile games in emerging African markets and builds developer tools for Web3 gaming, has completed a seed sale token round of $3.2 million at a $30M fully diluted value. Investors included South Korean video game developer Wemade, Japan-based blockchain-focused venture capital firm Gumi Cryptos…

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Polygon joins Africa Money and Defi Summit, Ghana 2022

Polygon is the leading blockchain development platform, offering scalable, affordable, secure, and sustainable blockchains for Web3. Its growing suite of products offers developers easy access to major scaling solutions including L2 (ZK Rollups and Optimistic Rollups), sidechains, hybrid, stand-alone, and enterprise chains, and data availability. Polygon’s scaling solutions have seen widespread adoption with 19,000+ decentralized applications hosted,…

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