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Decentralized wireless (DeWi) network operator, World Mobile, has announced the successful completion of field tests for its DeWi technology in Kenya, Mozambique, and Nigeria.
This achievement signifies a significant step forward for World Mobile bringing it closer to a comprehensive rollout of its

MoonPay has open-sourced a new ‘wallet layer’ designed to power the emerging agent economy aiming to standardize how AI agents hold and move value across blockchains.
The company unveiled the Open Wallet Standard, an open-source framework that enables AI agents to
securely manage funds,
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FlexID, a Zimbabwean-based blockchain identity startup, has introduced FlexPay, its P2P service, on the Algorand blockchain mainnet.
FlexID is on a mission to create a self-sovereign identity platform. This is a digital identity network that FlexID is fronting to address the problem of many poor

Ride-hailing app, Twytch, has officially launched in South Africa, introducing the use of blockchain’s verifiable credentials to tackle the safety issues that dog the sector dominated by players like Uber.
Twytch is the first e-hailing platform in Africa to incorporate blockchain-backed identity ve

AgriDex International, the Solana-based Real World Assets (RWA) platform behind the Loam digital payments and treasury optimization platform, has announced a strategic partnership with Tradeflow Capital Management, marking a significant step forward in deploying institutional capital in Kenya’s

TRON DAO, the community-governed organization committed to advancing internet decentralization through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), has announced an expanded strategic integration with Bridge – a leading stablecoin orchestration platform and a Stripe company. This

Mercy Corps Ventures (MCV), the impact investing arm of the global development organization, Mercy Corps, has announced a partnership with Polygon Labs, a leading player in the blockchain space.
The partnership aims to accelerate blockchain solutions for under-served

Crypto.com, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges globally has reduced its workforce by more than 2,000 staff, about 30- 40% of its total workforce since around June 2022.
This information contradicts earlier

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a rule change allowing Nasdaq to introduce trading and settlement of tokenized securities marking a major step toward integrating blockchain into traditional capital markets.
The Nasdaq (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated

Brij Fintech Ghana, a licensed Payment Service Provider, has launched a six-month pilot of its BrijX B2B Currency Swap Platform under the oversight of the Bank of Ghana’s Regulatory Sandbox.
The BrijX platform facilitates direct currency swaps between the Ghanaian Cedi and the Nigerian Naira,

From October 16-20 2023, representatives of 10 African fintechs traveled to Togo, in Lomé, to take part in the 6th edition of CATAPULT: Financial Inclusion Africa, an accelerator program focused on financial inclusion, developed and delivered by the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology

BoundlessPay, a Nigerian-based digital banking platform simplifying cross-border transactions for Africans and diasporan Africans, has secured an undisclosed seed investment from Adaverse.
Founded in 2021 by CEO, Franklin Peters, the startup utilizes blockchain to solve remittance and payment

Jumia shares dropped 14% following the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) news that co-founders, Sacha Poignonnec and Jeremy Hodara, were leaving the company.
The company stock is currently 71% down from its IPO opening price of $14.95, eliminating 75% gains post-IPO Jumia, which became the first

Scroll, an Ethereum Layer 2 network that utilizes zk-rollups technology, has raised $50 million in its most recent funding round bringing its valuation to $1.8 billion.
The round comes at a time when funding to the entire sector has cooled off after a difficult 2022 when many companies went

Global payments giant, Stripe, has taken a major leap into the world of digital finance by launching stablecoin-based accounts for users in over 100 countries – including Angola, Liberia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Botswana.
Announced on May 7 2025, the new feature allows users to send, receive, and