USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) isa communications protocol used in the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) networks for sending short text messages.
When you dial a

Peaq, the layer-1 blockchain for DePIN and Machine RWAs (real-world assets), announces the expansion of its ecosystem as PickSpot joins to decentralize last-mile logistics in Africa.
In a press release shared with BitKE, PickSpot said it is building a DePIN of smart parcel lockers that people and

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.
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Luno, one of the leading crypto exchanges on the African continent, has announced that it reached momentous year-on-year growth across the African continent.
In a press release to BitKE, Luno said it has experienced impressive growth across its trading volumes, app installs, and customer base in

PayStack, la fintech nigériane acquise par Stripe en 2020 pour $200 million, licencierait apparemment 33 travailleurs en Europe et aux Émirats arabes unis (UAE).

X, formerly known as Twitter, has successfully obtained a 7th currency transmitter licenses (CTL) in the United States as it steps up efforts to create a payments network.
In the United States, a Currency Transmitter License (CTL) is said to be generally mandatory for companies such as

L'Éthiopie fait son entrée sous les projecteurs mondiaux pour le minage de Bitcoin, devenant le premier pays africain à soutenir des opérations à grande échelle et soutenues par l'État. Avec la signature d'accords avec 21 entreprises de minage en 2024 — dont UMINERS — le pays se positionne comme un acteur majeur dans le secteur.

Ghanaian fintech startup, Affinity Africa, has secured $8 million in an oversubscribed seed round to expand its presence locally and enter new markets.
The funding round was led by:
Grazia Equity and
BACKED VC
with participation from:
Enza Capital
Launch Africa
Renew Capital
Finca

PolyMarket is a trading platform for information markets that allow you to trade on the world’s most hotly contested topics.
Some of the common topics that people trade on the platform

Africa founded cryptocurrency exchange, Quidax, announced that its crypto markets had been listed on CoinMarketCap (CMC), the world’s most-referenced price-tracking website for crypto

Le fonds de capital-risque panafricain, Ventures Platform, a annoncé la clôture finale de son fonds intercontinental et d’amorçage à $46 millions.
Le fonds a été sursouscrit et a dépassé un objectif initial de $40M , attirant une grande variété de nouveaux investisseurs. Parmi les investisseurs figurent des banques commerciales de premier plan,

Ghana’s annual consumer inflation rose to 50.3% in November, up from 40.4% the previous month, the country’s chief statistician, Samuel Kobina, announced.
According to the data, costs rose the most in the following categories:
Housing, water, gas,

The 2019 Global Fintech Hackcelerator organized by the Central Bank of Kenya, in partnership with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, came to a close with 3 blockchain-based startups

Cardano, a blockchain protocol known for its research-first design and decentralized infrastructure, has officially launched the CV Labs Cardano Accelerator – a high-impact program based in the heart of Crypto Valley.
The 10-week boot camp kicked off at the CV Labs HQ in Zug, bringing together

Sarafu voucher is one of the community inclusion currencies (CICs) that have been spearheaded by