Kenya News

A Kenyan university and a blockchain healthcare provider will join forces to study whether Africa’s HIV crisis can be helped by using crypto and blockchain technology.

The tour will begin in Zanzibar on Oct. 23 before continuing on to Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania.

MMTC founder Julius Mwale and Akon are expected to be in attendance at next month’s major launch event that will unveil Akoin’s national rollout across Kenya.

The project said it would be paying roughly 6,000 farmers for crops adversely affected by climate change before the end of the season.

One electoral commission aspirant in Kenya said that the country should consider adopting blockchain-based voting.

Akon’s Akoin cryptocurrency is set to become the exclusive cryptocurrency of the Mwale Medical and Technology City in Kenya.

Crypto transactions in Kenya now attract a 1.5% tax.

A report this weekend claimed that DeFi has reached a million users, but the emerging financial vertical has a long road to travel towards widespread success.

The launch coincides with an AKN token listing on the Bittrex cryptocurrency exchange.

Blockchain can reportedly return billions of dollars back to Kenya’s budget.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya told reporters the institution is "already feeling left out."

A stablecoin that will be used to pay entrance fees for the golfing tournaments of a Kenyan 'entrepreneurs network’ has started testing under the local regulatory sandbox.

African crypto adoption has exploded in 2020, prompting fears of a heavy-handed regulatory response

Africans are turning to cryptocurrencies to avoid high fees and currency instability, with transfers to and from the continent increasing 55% over the last year.

Ukraine beats Russia, China and more in adoption metrics, according to new research from Chainalysis.