Browsing: Blockchain

Blockchain payments company Centbee announced today that it has closed its pre-Series A round with entrepreneur Calvin Ayre, founder of…

The Africa Blockchain Centre, the premier center of excellence for blockchain development in Africa, has today announced the graduation of…

ICT skills development is critical for South Africa to participate in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and reap the benefits…

Cryptocurrencies have become popular in African and other developing countries. That’s according to a policy brief released recently by UNCTAD,…

Dedicated Swiss blockchain investor Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CV VC) and its ecosystem company CV Labs have opened CV Labs…

All crypto assets have a very bleak future. Our projection, on the other hand, aims to provide the most accurate…

Cryptocurrency! It has become the limelight of the financial space.  When the first Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, was introduced into the market,…

FIFA has teamed up with blockchain technology company Algorand to agree a sponsorship and technical partnership deal. The agreement means…

This week, South Africa completed its proof-of-concept, Project Khokha 2, for its looming Digital Rand, which included a decentralised trading platform,…

Since humanity understood the meaning of wealth, the new currency mode was always outdated and made the old method of…

Altcoins have shown extraordinary growth over the past year as more people start to adopt and understand the technology behind…

In today’s digital world, where faxes have all but been replaced by email and landlines by smartphones, doesn’t it seem…

Jaguar Land Rover has trialled the use of secure blockchain technology to ensure full transparency within a sustainable leather supply…

If you’re a complete crypto newbie, chances are you’ve never heard about Polkadot—a rather impressive blockchain platform that was designed…

PayU, the payments and FinTech business of Prosus, has announced its collaboration with Celo, the mobile-first, open-source blockchain ecosystem focused…

Swiss Investment Company Crypto Valley Venture Capital will use its new Cape Town office to look for early-stage startups in…

The new cutting-edge FinTech platform Realsmart makes micro-investment in global brick and mortar real estate possible using blockchain technology sold…

At the launch of bitcoin in 2009 the size of the potential of the underlying technology, the blockchain, was not…

The Blockchain Research Institute (BRI), the world’s largest independent blockchain think-tank, is launching a new wave of global expansion with…

Aura, South Africa’s security and medical response platform, recently announced its expansion into Kenya, followed closely by a move into…

Blockchain developer platform Alchemy announced today it has raised $80 million (R1,1 billion) from Coatue and Addition, valuing the company…

Tim Hogins has launched Blacqmarket, the first online global marketplace securely backed by a blockchain in South African townships. Hogins is…

New York-based Chainalysis has raised $100 million (R1, 5 billion) and is now valued at over $2 billion (R30 billion). The…

The Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) Innovation Hub has announced the launch of Project Khokha 2 to explore the policy…

2020 was a disruptive year, not only for the global population and businesses but for the tech industry too. As…