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The ‘What The Hack’ Aeternity Virtual Hackathon has concluded with participants from across different African countries participating. To crown it all, Aeternity Africa will host an event that will see presentations of the top projects that participated

Starknet, is an open-source framework designed to enhance scalability and privacy for decentralized applications (dApps) built on the Ethereum blockchain, has held its first ever meetup in Kenya.
The event, attended by BitKE, provided an introduction into StarkWare, StarkNet and the Cairo

Fingo Africa, sebuah neobank yang didukung oleh YC, akan diluncurkan di Kenya setelah menerima persetujuan regulasi. Ditujukan untuk kaum muda di Afrika, ia berjanji untuk mengurangi biaya transfer uang dan menyederhanakan akses ke layanan keuangan, bersaing dengan bank tradisional dan MPESA.

AWS telah membuka aplikasi untuk FinTech Africa Accelerator, mendukung startup fintech tahap awal di Afrika selama enam bulan. Peserta menerima bimbingan, dukungan teknis, dan hingga $50,000 dalam kredit AWS untuk mengatasi tantangan inklusi keuangan.

 Opera PC browser will give users access to the built-in crypto wallet in Opera for AndroidOpera, through a press release in August 8th, 2018, announced that it is launching a browser that will feature a pre-installed cryptocurrency wallet.
The new browser ha

Three Nigerian startups are the latest to be accepted to the prestigious accelerator program, Y-Combinator. The 3 are part of the initial 85 startups that will be joining the W23 batch.
Here are the startups:

1.) Waza
Waza is a B2B payments

B-Trust, the non-profit organization dedicated to decentralizing Bitcoin development and empowering open-source developers, has unveiled the first round of its 2025 Event and Developer Education Grants, totaling over $1 million in funding. This initiative is a cornerstone in Btrust’s long-term

MoneyGram recently announced the rollout of an on/off ramp service for digital wallets to increase the utility of digital assets by creating a bridge between cash and cryptocurrencies.
The leading money transfer service, which employs an agent system where u

TeamApt, a B2B fintech from Nigeria, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding in an investment round led by QED investors, a global fintech VC that has 27 unicorns as part of its 190 investments.
As reported by TechCrunch, TeamApt are not selecting a

FarmShine, a Kenyan Agritech startup that connects farmers with information and suppliers, has raised $250, 000 (KES 25.5M) to expand the team and further develop the platform.
FarmShine connects farmers with information, suppliers, and service providers

In the first half of 2021, African startups across Africa are reported to have raised $1.19 billion. This is more than double the amount received in the same period of 2019 and 2020 combined.
Some of the startups that got funding include:

Startups in the Middle East and North African region (MENA) raised $101 million across 26 deals, a 6% increase month-on-month in terms of deal value.
Two countries dominated 97% of total fundraising raising during the month:
Saudi Arabia is the largest re

Zone, rated Africa’s fastest growing blockchain company in 2023, has partnered with the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement Scheme (NIBSS) to introduce blockchain technology to Point-of-sale (POS) terminal payments.

According to Zone, the partnership is set to enhance the POS payment rail by

Jumlah startup blockchain yang fokus pada fintech di Afrika telah menurun dari 42 pada tahun 2021 menjadi 37 pada tahun 2023, meskipun terdapat peningkatan keseluruhan dalam usaha fintech di seluruh benua. Nigeria memimpin dengan 21 startup, mencerminkan sektor blockchainnya yang terus berkembang.