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Kenyan Government to Use Blockchain to Distribute Affordable Housing
The Kenyan government plans to leverage blockchain technology for the distribution of new government-funded housing units, according to reports from ...
Kenya’s Blockchain Task Force Advises Gov’t to Replace Cash With Digital Currency
The chairman of the Distributed Ledgers and Artificial Intelligence taskforce, Bitange Ndemo has advised the Kenyan government to tokenize its ...
Kenya’s Electoral Commission to Adopt Blockchain for Enhanced Vote Integrity
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of Kenya (IEBC) has announced plans to utilize blockchain technology to offer real-time polling ...
African Cryptocurrency Firms Raise Capital Despite Regulatory Hurdles
African blockchain and crypto businesses have been raising funding despite regulatory issues in some markets. A new report by Weetracker ...
Is Bitcoin Legal Tender? Kenya’s Parliament Gives Treasury 2 Weeks to Decide
Kenyan MPs have given the Treasury secretary a two-week deadline by which he must decide the fate of bitcoin and ...
Zimbabwe’s Biggest Crypto Exchange Golix Moves Closer to $32 Million ICO Launch
Zimbabwe cryptocurrency exchange platform, Golix, is now proceeding ahead with its planned token sale to raise $32 million and has ...
Kenya’s Regulators Propose Special Unit For ‘Handling Issues’ on ICOs, Cryptocurrency
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) in Nairobi, Kenya, has proposed the creation of a special unit to handle cryptocurrency related ...
Kenya’s Central Bank Warns Against Cryptocurrency
As the regulatory debate continues mainly between government agencies and cryptocurrency protagonists, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), through its ...
LocalBitcoins Traders Charged with Fraud for Selling Bitcoin to Thief in Kenya
Three Kenyan peer-to-peer bitcoin brokers have been charged with banking fraud in connection with trades they made through the LocalBitcoins ...
Bitwala Enables Free Bitcoin Transfers to MPesa Accounts in Africa
Bitwala, a blockchain-based a crypto-to-SEPA service that allows fiat currency transfers towards settlements from users who pay in cryptocurrency, now ...
BitPesa: Regulators’ Disconnect with Blockchain Firms Hurting Innovation in Kenya
A lack of cooperation among regulators and blockchain companies threatens to undermine innovation in Kenya, according to IT Africa. The ...
IBM Looks to Put Kenya’s Public Records on a Blockchain
Tech powerhouse and early blockchain developer IBM is reportedly in talks with the Kenyan government to put public records from ...
Bitcoin and Blockchain Will Help Africa Achieve Global Inclusiveness, Says Kenyan Blockchain Incubator Founder
Space Kenya Networks Limited, a Kenyan web development company, recently announced the launch of its blockchain incubator BitHub. CCN spoke ...
Kenyan 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 Technology (ICT), resigned from the board of BitPesa, ...
Kenya’s Central Bank Warns Against Virtual Currency Amidst Access Conflict
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has warned that virtual currency is insecure and could fund terrorism, according to the ...
Worldcoin Helps Ease Kenya Water Shortages
Last April, CCN reported that the good people of Worldcoin had successfully crowdfunded a new well near Musoli, Kenya, despite ...
Coming to Africa: Bitcoin Ready to Invade
Western society has a tendency to focus on how Bitcoin and the world, revolve around them in domestic terms. Bitcoin ...
Low-Cost Firefox Phones Could Bring Bitcoin to Developing World
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox web browser and Firefox OS, recently launched its first smartphones in India for the ...
Adam Peaty Smashes World Record, Chases Millions Like Michael Phelps
British swimmer Adam Peaty is breaking world...
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