FinTech Centbee is making it easier for U.K. residents to send digital cash to people in West Africa through the blockchain with a new service, announced Thursday (May 26) at the Global Blockchain Convention in Dubai. Centbee’s new service will allow U.K. users to send...
Rapper Akon is launching the cryptocurrency, Akoin, that he says will financially power “Akon City” in West Africa. His whitepaper indicates that Akoins will work as “atomic swaps” between cryptocurrencies, fiat currencies, and mobile phone credits on the Akoin network. “The Akoin Utility Token is...
Ghana is looking to drop its currency, the cedi, to join the new West African currency called “eco,” anticipated to replace the CFA franc as early as 2020, Reuters reported. Ghana is not part of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), which is...
Hackers are targeting financial firms in the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana and Equatorial Guinea, using commodity malware and living off the land tools, reported Symantec, the cybersecurity company, in a new blog post. According to the company’s Thursday (Jan. 17) blog post, banks and other financial...
March 22, 2023
Pan-African eCommerce firm Jumia has agreed to sell retailer Leroy Merlin’s products in West Africa. The agreement is part of Jumia’s plan to halve costs and extend its reach by the end of the year with the home improvement firm, as detailed by Bloomberg News Wednesday (March 22), Jumia CEO Francis Dufay told Bloomberg the company would sell Leroy Merlin’s tools and […]
May 27, 2022
FinTech Centbee is making it easier for U.K. residents to send digital cash to people in West Africa through the blockchain with a new service, announced Thursday (May 26) at...
March 15, 2020
Rapper Akon is launching the cryptocurrency, Akoin, that he says will financially power “Akon City” in West Africa. His whitepaper indicates that Akoins will work as “atomic swaps” between cryptocurrencies,...
December 29, 2019
Ghana is looking to drop its currency, the cedi, to join the new West African currency called “eco,” anticipated to replace the CFA franc as early as 2020, Reuters reported....
