Now, imagine a farmer in rural Kenya gaining access to microloans at reasonable interest rates. Picture an entrepreneur from Lagos being able to receive cross-border payments in near real-time and with little to no fees. This is not wishful thinking; it’s the opportunity that Sui’s DeFi revolution offers to Africa....

The dust has still not settled, and the smell of betrayal still permeates the air. More than $1 million has been siphoned off of locally-adopted, community-driven projects. These projects, often associated with Pepe the Frog, a meme that morphed into an NFT goldmine, now represent broken trust. For most Africans,...

Let’s face it, the word DeFi, or decentralized finance, tends to conjure up a scary universe of technical jargon. You may envision complicated smart contracts, yield farming, and high-frequency trading. It sounds… complicated. For most people living in the developed world, it is a confusing space. In Africa, DeFi is...

Let’s face it, the crypto world loves to splash around vague metrics like “Total Value Locked” (TVL) as if they’re ticker symbols at a Wall Street casino. We watch the user counts soar – Sui reaching $2.1 billion in locked value, outpacing their competitors – and we are meant to...

BYDFi is taking a big risk by going into the African market. It delivers on its promise with low entry barriers and welcomes them into the fun, wild world of crypto. As someone deeply inspired by the promise of decentralized finance to help our communities thrive, I take this all...

Africa’s story should be one of hope and resilience, innovation, a relentless pursuit of opportunity. For too long, traditional financial systems have fallen short of meeting the needs for the continent’s large and growing, urban and rural, young and old populations. Banks are still out of reach for millions, and...

Meet Fatima, a fictional artist living in Lagos, Nigeria. For decades, she struggled to sell her colorful artworks. She fought against gilded censorship and layers of white patriarchal bureaucracy and was exploited by art dealers who took most of her well-earned cut. Then she discovered NFTs. Just like that, Fatima...

Could BTCBULL be the key to Bitcoin riches across Africa? Or is it just another shiny object that will lead us to riches but instead bring only heartache? That’s the question reverberating in crypto circles from Lagos to Nairobi, particularly among the youth and dreamers. You can even earn Bitcoin...

Now, picture a world where sending remittances to your relatives in Africa doesn’t break the bank because of outrageous service fees. Their shared vision is a world where small businesses of all stripes can conveniently get the capital they need to grow and prosper. Could Ripple’s recent launch of their...

DeFi. Decentralized Finance. It seems like something torn from a sci-fi book, right? For a growing number of Africans, it represents something far more tangible: opportunity. Forget the Lambo dreams and moonshot hype. We’re not just discussing hypotheticalities, we’re discussing actual human beings, in real communities, who are utilizing DeFi...