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NODO is now a partner of Greenhouse Capital. Through this partnership, Greenhouse has joined the NODO VC & Accelerator program and will be working closely with NODO for NODO GRANTS as well as hosting joint events in Africa to promote the growth and adoption of Web3 throughout the continent of Africa.
We are excited to announce the first NODO Masterclass will take place on Twitter Spaces on 11th May 2023! The […]
Adaverse, the Cardano Accelerator and leading Web3 venture fund in Africa, has successfully participated in a funding round for Chekkit, […]
Adaverse, a Cardano ecosystem accelerator in Africa, has announced its investment in HouseAfrica, a proptech company that leverages blockchain technology […]
In his groundbreaking work, “Soft Power,” renowned political scientist Joseph Nye Jr. offers a compelling exploration of the often overlooked […]
Can Africa become the next Web3 powerhouse? As the Managing Director of CV VC Africa, a venture capital investing in […]
The striking global events of 2022 led by the Ukraine crisis and inflation jolted Africa, where I have visited and […]


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Uganda ushered a new year, with fresh revenue prospects from its oil wells. This comes even as the government mulls over digital currencies.
Botswana’s economy has been steady over the past five months. Cryptocurrency confidence also grows in the country.
Ghana’s economic crisis has seen inflation rise but also has nurtured a crypto boom in the country.
Central African Republic is the first country in Africa that has legalized Bitcoin under the Sango Project.
Kenya is facing an imminent economic crisis as inflation continues to surge. This is piling pressure on the government as […]
Egypt’s economy has mirrored the financial difficulty that most African economies have been facing. Could an exploration of e-currency bring relief?
Zimbabwe’s seeks to solve the crisis in its financial sector which has been plagued by an unstable currency and hyperinflation.
Africa’s biggest economy went through economic tantrums in 2022 and may see a further slowdown this year like many other […]
Kenya’s huge debt obligations, lower forex inflows, a plummeting currency, rampant inflation, and the pressure on oil prices, have dampened […]
Kenya’s Finance Bill 2023 is seeking to introduce taxes on cryptocurrency and token gains.
It has been a bumpy ride for Africa’s crypto industry since the conception of Bitcoin in 2008. Though the continent […]
Those holding small amounts of Zimbabwe dollars will be allowed to exchange their money for tokens in a bid to store value and hedge against volatility of the exchange rate
The Kenya Capital Markets (Amendment Bill, 2023) seeks to legalize cryptocurrency, a move that has elicited excitement in the crypto space.
On April 4, peer-to-peer crypto trading platform Paxful announced the suspension of its operations, a move that dented its popularity […]
There is a high interest in stablecoins back of the sliding Kenya shilling against the dollar.
As the most populous country in Africa, Nigeria is only scratching the surface in its crypto domination globally.
South Africa is the highest crypto spending country in Africa. Kenya and Nigeria have a higher percentage of their population, however ownership value is low.
Three out of four Nigerians are choosing foreign currencies and cryptocurrencies over the naira as their preferred means to store […]
Africa’s crypto market continues to gather momentum this year, with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and the US dollar-pegged stablecoin USDT […]
Chinese shares listed in New York and the upcoming initial public offerings (IPOs) in Kenya could attract retail investors in […]
Adaverse has backed Fonbnk, a DeFi company powering FX payments through prepaid airtime, in an undisclosed funding round.
Animoca Brands, one of the leading investors in the Web3 games, has clinched a partnership deal with Hooked Protocol in […]
Animoca Brands, one of the leading investors in the Web3 games, has partnered with stc play, a gaming platform that […]
Adaverse has invested in Bitsport, a Web3 platform that allows gamers to receive crypto rewards
Web3 edtech startup Web3 Sanctuary is the winner of the just concluded NODO pitch competition at the CV Africa Summit […]
The CV VC Summit Africa 2023, a two-day event showcasing sessions centered on blockchain technologies, is kicking off on May […]
The move underscores blockchain’s potential benefit that could help Africa’s most populous country faster build its financial and social infrastructures, and achieve an exponential economic growth.
Paylend, a credit offering platform for small businesses in Africa, has won $1,000 in NODO Grants, for its innovative marketplace solution.
NODO, the Pan African Web3 discovery and news platform, has officially partnered with Swiss venture capital CV VC that targets […]
Bitokun, a decentralized lottery platform, has won the NODO Grant for its solution to the lottery industry.
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission is considering permitting asset-backed token offerings on licensed digital exchanges, Bloomberg reported on May 1. […]
EMURGO Africa and GreenHouse Capital have partnered to co-invest in Web3/fintech startups in Africa and the Middle East.
HouseAfrica has received funding from investors including Adaverse for its blockchain-based land registry platform.
Chekkit is a blockchain-based product authentication, consumer intelligence and distribution tracking platform that blends big data and market insights with authentication technology. Users can authenticate products through USSD or its mobile application.
Pravica has received funding from Adaverse to grow its services in Africa.
Startups in Africa employing blockchain technologies have raised a total of $474 million in 2022, compared to $89.6 million a year earlier
Block Inc, the US payment company led by Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey, has partnered with Yellow Card, one of […]
Aeropaye seeks to tokenized air-tickets on its platform and provide an instant refund to customer incase of flight cancelations.
Adaverse, Cardano blockchain ecosystem accelerator, has injected an undisclosed amount of money in pre-seed funding for Nigerian crypto startup Bitmama. This […]
Nairobi-based NEAR Kenya regional hub has won the Web3 Community in Africa Prize at this year’s Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and […]
New York-based ConsenSys, the developer of global digital wallet MetaMask, has expanded its service in Nigeria through a partnership with […]
Africa-focused venture capital Verod-Kepple, has raised $43 million for its fund targeting startups in the continent. The fund, named Verod-Kepple […]
Saudi Arabia’s first NFT marketplace platform, Nuqtah, has secured seed funding from investors led by Animoca Brands and Polygon in […]
In a span of five days, three US banks that support Web3 investments in Africa collapsed in one of the […]
Binance is among the main players that have raised crypto literacy across Africa in recent years, banking on the continent’s […]
Nigerian-American Kemdi Ebi welcomes us during our reporting trip to Lagos, the Web3 hub in Africa. He cuts the image […]
Nigeria, Africa’s largest crypto market, has established its first functioning bitcoin payment network node. It started operating in early 2023. […]
Nigeria has elected a new government. And though petitions are expected in court to challenge the outcome of the presidential […]
The pre-seed will enable the company to fund its expansion into Kenya and Uganda, then eventually eye other African markets.
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are fast becoming the major means for Africa’s creative community to boost earning from their work, protect […]
The fact that Nigeria is Africa’s fintech giant is undisputable. It should come as no surprise that Africa’s biggest economy […]
In a world where cross-border money and financial transactions are heavily controlled by country boundaries, and a myriad of intermediaries […]
Financial fraud has been commonplace in government and financial institutions. Auditors are unable to detect fraud under special circumstances, colluding […]
Which is the most ideal approach to deploy in your projects as a blockchain startup founder? A single chain approach […]
It is evident that blockchain technology is fast evolving, and its adoption is rising in Africa. But there’s a challenge: […]
Right in the middle of time when Africa’s Web3 startups are getting their brightest-ever spotlight from investors in and out […]
Safi Protocol seeks to bridge this liquidity gap using Web3, by linking the entrepreneur with a solar developer who then studies the project, sizes it and applies for funding on their behalf through the platform.
With the growth of Web3 across the African continent, tech startup founders are increasingly looking for the best solutions to […]
Fastagger, which focuses on customer intelligence, uses Web3’s blockchain, AI and machine learning to help SMEs access customer insights and engagement data and in turn profitably scale up their businesses.
HouseAfrica strives to address the issues surrounding land ownership such as issuance of duplicate land titles, illegal sales, as well as low access to mortgages. It provides an immutable ledger alongside a visual map reference, that protects the authenticity of land titles, using blockchain.
AfyaRekod runs on a decentralized IT system that allows one to create a digital health record, which incorporates data on their medical history, allergies, medications, and other crucial health information, all which is stored securely on the blockchain.
In the 14th century, the richest man in the world then, Mansa Musa, king of the Mali empire in western […]
Pravica’s planned introduction of Bitcoin Ordinals will enable users to put messages on chain and can act as evidence.
In the deal between IOG and the Ethiopian government, the goal is to create a national database of the country’s students’ and teachers’ credentials using a decentralized digital identity solution.
For a long time, African women striving to get into the Web3 space have encountered a seemingly unending series of […]
He speaks with conviction. A tone of assurance, and then sits with the posture of optimism that Africa needs to […]
Finding venture capital was a huge gridlock among blockchain startup founders in Africa before 2019. But thanks to the growing […]
Some seven years ago, Dare Odumade was saddened by the case of a woman who died after taking the wrong […]
The energy crisis in South Africa is pushing the cost of goods and services higher, making it a pain for […]
Africa still struggles with hunger and inflated food prices, despite farming being a staple economic activity on the continent. Middlemen […]
Africa loses $160 billion every year to corruption. Illicit financial flows are costing the continent $50 billion annually. That is […]
She is a lover of African history and literature. But her interests keep changing after the discovery of every new […]
Access to credit is a challenge not unique to any particular set of businesses, but it is more pronounced in […]
With the need to make quick payments and remittances across Africa, mobile money transactions are fast becoming the most effective […]
BoundlessPay future rollout will include an offline system where users can receive withdrawal codes using SMS and Email.
Having seen an increased appetite for cryptocurrency, Tradefada was born to give crypto access to Nigerians.
Busha sees a utility use for cryptocurrency in Africa and plans to double down on remittance, as it expands in more African nations
In East Africa, the Swahili word “utu” means “the state of being humane” or “being considerate.” And one of the […]
Access and cost of credit are harmful to micro and small businesses in Africa. Paylend Africa seeks to use crypto assets to lower these costs.
He speaks with conviction. A tone of assurance, and then sits with the posture of optimism that Africa needs to […]
Operating in Kenya, Ethiopia, Cameroon and Ghana Maramoja Transport offers driver recommendations via a blockchain Trust API
It is a regular gesture from a referee to brandish a yellow card right into the face of a soccer […]
Incentives using Web3 technologies such as tokens can grow the eSport and gaming industries in Africa. It is also a way to introduce users to Web3
As mobile and Internet penetrations grow in Africa, opportunities for mobile games are becoming apparent. More game developers are finding […]
Crypto adoption and investment is growing fast, and many people now seek to not just trade in, but also invest […]
With the huge number of digital assets already in the Web3 and blockchain ecosystem, there naturally ought to be a […]
How would you fancy an opportunity to make money from a social media platform just by passively using it to […]
With Hisa’s blockchain system, investors can tokenize a fractionalized investment, enabling them to commit their funds based on how much they have, and get returns on the basis of the value they invested.
The partnership will allow Tanda agents in east Africa boost their revenue streams by buying and selling prepaid airtime for profit on Fonbnk’s distributed exchange, an indicator of the rising stature of DeFi solutions in the region.
A March 20 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that the world is on the brink […]
Africa’s housing deficit has hit an all-time high of 51 million homes as 40,000 people join the continent’s major cities […]
The addition of five new digital coins will make trading bullish on Yellow Card’s platform.
The lack of digital land registries has bred a fertile ground for increased fraud in Africa’s real estate sectors. Many […]
Xend Finance, a Lagos-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, is set to launch Africa’s first digital wallet extension by the end […]