🟠 When money buys regulation
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🇿🇦 SARB governor pushes back on crypto lobbying in politics
🇰🇪 Kenyan crypto group fights for fairer regulations
🇳🇬|🇬🇭 Accrue raises $1.58M to expand African crypto payments
Ogechi Nelson
🟠 Stablecoins: proving to be stable, even in shady business
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🇰🇪 Kenya issues draft policy to regulate virtual assets
🇳🇦 Namibian central bank grants provisional licenses to two crypto firms
Coinbase taps Yellow Card as on- and off-ramp partner for African expansion
Starting in February, Coinbase users in 20 African countries can buy USDC directly from the Coinbase Wallet App.
🟠 More African crypto regulations
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🇰🇪 Worldcoin moves to resume operations in Kenya
🟠 Bitmama X Payday: When Web3 acquires Web2
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🇿🇦 South Africa could license up to 36 crypto firms this month.
🌍 Yellow Card integrates Block’s open-source protocol for cross-border payments.
🟠 Binance goes retail in South Africa
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🇳🇬 Central Bank of Nigeria to tackle inflation by mopping up excess liquidity in banking system.
🇳🇬 Nigeria secures $1 billion concessionary loan from African Development Bank.
Nigeria secures $1 billion concessionary loan from African Development Bank
The Federal Executive Council also approved a total limit of 2 trillion naira for the Ministry of Finance to reduce the country's debt servicing.