Funding
USDC-issuer Circle backs CV VC’s $20M African Blockchain Fund
Circle joins the Swiss-based venture capital firm to invest in early-stage African blockchain companies over a period of ten years from 2022.
Sep 24, 2025
Ecosystem
Ecosystem — coverage and analysis.
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 What “OnChain” actually means — and why it matters for Africa
The OnChain Conference 2025 brings together Africa’s blockchain builders, regulators, and business leaders for two days of focused discussion on the operational realities of building onchain systems.
Sep 11, 2025
Ecosystem
Superteam Nigeria: Inside Solana’s community-led adoption strategy in Nigeria
The community has incubated several notable projects, including cross-border remittance platform Ribh Finance and WhatsApp-based on- and off-ramp product Azza.
Sep 3, 2025
Funding
The African blockchain funding scene: More deals, less dollars
Nigeria saw the most deals done, but Seychelles maintained top spot in terms of deal value.
Jul 8, 2025
Stablecoin
Tether expands African blockchain education initiative with Zanzibar partnership
The USDT issuer also wants to integrate USDT and XAUT into Zanzibar’s local payments system, ZanMalipo.
Jul 2, 2025
ANALYSIS
Sidebar
ANALYSISSidebar: How governments can solve blockchain problems in Africa — Web3Bridge founder
Ayodeji Awosika, founder of Web3Bridge, believes that 70% of Nigeria’s problems can be solved if the government steps up to fix just education, infrastructure, and travel policies.
Jun 27, 2025
Ecosystem
Luno re-enters Kenyan market after decade-long hiatus
Kenyans can now trade BTC, ETH, USDT and USDC with the Kenyan shilling on the exchange
Jun 27, 2025
Ecosystem
Mariblock announces OnChain Conference — with Busha as founding partner
OnChain 2025 will explore core themes, including stablecoins, payments, FX, tokenized real-world assets, regulatory clarity, the business case for blockchain and talent pipelines.
Jun 25, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 Announcing OnChain Conference by Mariblock
Our first OnChain Conference is happening this September — with Busha as founding partner.
Jun 24, 2025