Blockchain NewsFinTech NewsNewsBitPesa, SBI Remit Partner for Blockchain Payments Between Japan And Africa BitPesa, a digital treasury management solution that leverages blockchain settlement to lower…Lester ColemanSeptember 23, 2018
Bitcoin & Blockchain InvestmentsBitcoin ServicesNewsBitcoin Startups BitPesa and Bitbond Deliver P2P Loans for African Businesses Bitcoin startups BitPesa and Bitbond, based in Africa and Germany respectively, have…Samburaj DasApril 8, 2017
Bitcoin EducationBlockchain NewsNewsBlockchain Academy Partners Satoshi Centre to Boost Bitcoin Education in Botswana The South African-based Blockchain Academy is to collaborate with the Satoshi Centre…Rebecca CampbellMarch 25, 2017
Bitcoin & Blockchain InvestmentsNewsPan-African Bitcoin Startup BitPesa Raises $2.5 Milion The bitcoin payments company is looking to add customers amid expansion.Samburaj DasJanuary 31, 2017
Bitcoin & Blockchain InvestmentsBitcoin RegulationOp-edBitPesa: Regulators’ Disconnect with Blockchain Firms Hurting Innovation in Kenya A lack of cooperation among regulators and blockchain companies threatens to undermine…Lester ColemanDecember 24, 2016
Bitcoin PoliticsBitcoin RegulationNewsIs the Central Bank of Kenya Threatened by Bitcoin? It appears that the Central Bank of Kenya considers bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies…Jelani Akin Amani ElOctober 5, 2016
Altcoin NewsBitcoin RegulationBitcoin ResearchNewsCitibank: Bitcoin Won’t Disrupt Payment Networks, but Changes Are Coming Citi Research released a 56-page report on bitcoin saying that it is…Lester ColemanJuly 4, 2016
Bitcoin & Blockchain InvestmentsBitcoin BusinessNewsBitFury Invests in Pan-African Bitcoin Trading Platform BitPesa Bitcoin mining giant BitFury has today announced a ‘strategic investment’ through its…Samburaj DasFebruary 29, 2016
Bitcoin & Blockchain InvestmentsBitcoin PoliticsBitcoin ServicesNewsKenyan Ministry Official Quits BitPesa Board And Sells Shares To Avoid Conflict Of Interest Joe Mucheru, the secretary of Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Communications and…Lester ColemanJanuary 12, 2016
Bitcoin & Blockchain InvestmentsBitcoin MerchantsNewsWhy Kenya’s Bitcoin Embrace Is Mostly A Mirage The hype in the Western media about Kenya being a pioneering laboratory…Lester ColemanJanuary 4, 2016
Bitcoin PoliticsBitcoin RegulationKenya’s Central Bank Warns Against Virtual Currency Amidst Access Conflict The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has warned that virtual currency is…Lester ColemanDecember 15, 2015
NewsTelecom/BitPesa Legal Tangle Over AML Threatens Mobile Payments In Kenya As mobile payments and cryptocurrency have made strides providing an alternative to…Lester ColemanDecember 1, 2015
Bitcoin EventsBlockchain NewsNewsStanford University to Host Bitcoin Blockchain Workshop Stanford University has since Saturday been playing host to a Bitcoin workshop…John Weru MainaMarch 23, 2015
Bitcoin & Blockchain InvestmentsBitcoin BusinessNewsComing to Africa: BitPesa Receives $1Million in Funding Bitcoin is making progress growing throughout emerging markets worldwide. Africa seems to…Evander SmartFebruary 10, 2015
