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For decades, moving money across Africa has been far more complicated than moving money across continents. A business owner in…
Ripple, the blockchain infrastructure company behind XRP and the RLUSD stablecoin, has made an undisclosed strategic investment in Series E…
Less than five weeks after announcing plans to shut down operations due to funding constraints, cross-border payments startup Chimoney is…
For years, discussions around African finance have focused on financial inclusion and the continent’s large unbanked population. Yet one of…
Franklin Peters on Stablecoins, Crypto Regulation & Africa’s Financial Future | CoinAfrica Interview
In this episode of One-on-One with CoinAfrica, Louis Dike sits down with Franklin Peters, CEO of BoundlessPay, founder of Blockchain…
Nigeria’s cross-border payment problem is not new. Businesses face high fees, slow settlement times, and a maze of intermediaries that…
For years, stablecoins in Africa were seen mainly as a crypto trading tool or a hedge against inflation. But new…
LAGOS, Nigeria — Esca Finance, a Nigerian-founded foreign exchange and treasury management startup, has partnered with MANSA, a stablecoin-powered liquidity…
On 2 June 2026, Moneygram officially launched MGUSD, its own native U.S. dollar stablecoin on the Stellar blockchain. The product…
The Financial Intelligence Center (FAFIR) in South Africa has confirmed that crypto and stablecoins are not legal tender. Authorities agreed…