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What Does Bitcoin and Charles Ponzi Have in Common?

“Chi da savio operar vuole, pensi al fine.” An Italian proverb to allude to Charles Ponzi’s descent to mean Think on the end before you begin, buyer beware.When I think about Ponzi schemes and the people who perpetrate them, one thing comes to mind- that the best ponzis happen around, within an innovation. Bitcoin is ... Read more

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Understanding Blockchain's Role in Africa's Development

Understanding Blockchain’s Role in Africa’s Development

Unlocking Africa’s Blockchain Revolution: How Bitcoin and Distributed Ledgers Are Transforming African FinTech As Africa continues its remarkable economic rise, blockchain technology emerges as a powerful catalyst for solving longstanding challenges across the continent. From land registry inefficiencies to cross-border payment hurdles, distributed ledger technology offers unprecedented opportunities for financial inclusion and innovation. Here’s how ... Read more

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Engaging African Central Banks & Regulators at DFS Workshop

BitHub.Africa was invited by Bankable Frontier Associates, a global strategy consulting firm, to speak to representatives from African Central Banks and Regulators at the Digital Finance Services(DFS) Workshop hosted at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies in Nairobi. John Karanja, our Lead Consultant gave a presentation on The Blockchain Opportunity for Financial Inclusion which covered the ... Read more

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The Blockchain Opportunity AITEC launch

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 ... Read more

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Notes from the Hack4Farming hackathon in Nairobi

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 ... Read more

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BitHub Africa at Dot Finance Africa Conference

BitHub.Africa recently attended the Dot Finance Africa conference in Nairobi Kenya. The 2 day conference on 4th and 5th May touched on the financial technology and banking sectors with a focus on solutions for Africa. Our Founder John Karanja was both a Speaker and Panelist and shared a stage with Chris Skinner, Jon Matonis and ... Read more

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