Global venture capital (VC funding) in blockchain grew strongly in 2025, but African blockchain startups raised less money than a...

South Africa's crypto market has moved past its wild-west phase. The Financial Sector Conduct Authority has processed more than 500...

Crypto payment gateways, the technology that enables businesses to accept digital assets and receive settlements in local currency, are becoming...

Luno Nigeria has become the first international cryptocurrency exchange to secure the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Approval-in-Principle (AIP) under...

VALR, Africa's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has integrated Hyperliquid's decentralised Layer-1 blockchain to launch a new perpetual futures...

Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cleared seven fintech and digital asset companies for entry into its regulatory incubation...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has become the testing ground for a new payment system that settles mobile money top-ups...

A coalition of more than 140 companies across payments, banking, technology and digital assets has launched Open USD stablecoin, a...

Kenya's GoChapaa has become the latest crypto startup in Africa to shut down, ending a blockchain payments venture that once...

African payments company Cauridor has partnered with digital asset infrastructure provider Fireblocks to strengthen the technology powering stablecoin payments across...