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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

The USDT issuer also wants to integrate USDT and XAUT into Zanzibar’s local payments system, ZanMalipo.

Kenyans can now trade BTC, ETH, USDT and USDC with the Kenyan shilling on the exchange

The company plans to expand into Asia and Latin America.

The parent company of the USDT stablecoin will primarily look to advance blockchain education in Guinea.

This development confirms the growth in the USDT-dominated stablecoin market in Africa since 2022.

The partnership comes amid an intensifying battle for stablecoin market share in Africa. Last year, stablecoin volume exceeded $30 billion.