This discussion between Arthur Hayes, Sinclair Skinner and John Wainaina Karanja covers multiple topics related to cryptocurrency, particularly Bitcoin, and its role in both developed and developing economies. The text first highlights the potential for Bitcoin to act as a decentralized currency that gives ordinary people, not just the political elite, a means to trade…
AITEC Africa and BitHub.Africa partnered to launch the presale for our Report titled The Blockchain Opportunity at the 10th Anniversary of the AITEC Banking & Mobile Money Conference on 31 August 2016 at the Sarova Panafric hotel. See a video presentation on The African Blockchain Opportunity at the conference below: The conference, themed “Technology to secure and transform financial…
The UNICEF Innovation Fund has determined that it is looking to make $50-90K equity-free investments to provide early stage (seed) finance to for-profit technology startups that have the potential to benefit humanity. BitHub Africa hosted the UNICEF InnovationFund Meetup on Saturday, 27 January 2018 at its space in Hurlingham. Ms. Ariam, the UNICEF Learning Lead…
We are excited to inform you that the peer reviewed and final revised first edition is now ready for you to download at a discounted fee of $29.99 only. Sale proceeds will go to funding activities at our new incubator and partner hubs across Africa. With the support of our partner AITEC Africa we launched the…
The world of blockchain is a vast and exciting landscape, promising transformative solutions across industries. However, for Black founders and innovators, the path through this jungle can be fraught with challenges. This blog delves into the experiences of Sinclair, a Black entrepreneur navigating the complexities of building a blockchain startup in Zimbabwe. We’ll explore the…
This guide was written by Edwin Kiaraho, a Community Member at BitHub Africa. Reach Edwin at ekairu(at)alumni.cmu.edu. Prerequisites This guide was pieced together from several other online guides including: http://dev.lightning.community/overview/ https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/INSTALL.md https://medium.com/@stadicus/noobs-guide-to–lightning-on-a-raspberry-pi-f0ab7525586e Port Forwarding Unless your Raspberry Pi is hosted on the network DMZ with a public IP address, you will need to forward incoming…
The BitHub.Africa team was at the Hack4Farming hackathon facilitated by aWhere and our partners IOTAtoken whom we were representing. During the two day hackathon we were able to work with and advise the various #AgriTech startups present during the day. Among the teams represented were: MbeguBora AgData Seedex The winning was MbeguBora which in Swahili Kenya’s national…
