$4,600 Ethereum. It's more than just a number. In short, it’s a digital promise shimmering on the horizon—a proverbial beacon of hope for a rapidly urbanizing continent overflowing with potential. While Wall Street analysts dissect charts and speculate on market trends, let's talk about what this surge really means for...

Is Africa really on the brink of an economic renaissance, powered by… NFTs? Yes, you read that right. Put aside the old canards about aid creating dependency. A whole new narrative is being written, one block at a time, on the blockchain. As the world fixates on pixelated apes fetching...

I've seen it firsthand. I feel the anger rising all around me here in Johannesburg. Yet another remittance payment eaten up by high fees and they are tired of it. The frustration reflected in the faces of young innovators rejected for loans from banks that simply don’t understand their dream....

Let's be honest, when we hear about tech deals, especially this good – $520 off a Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra without needing to trade in your grandma's old toaster – Africa isn't usually the first place that springs to mind. We picture them over on Silicon Valley, Wall Street, perhaps...

Coinbase’s move to integrate DEX trading seamlessly into its app is a game changer. Tens or hundreds of millions of new assets available instantly to users without going through a centralized exchange. It’s more a power play, a grab for market share in the exploding DEX space. What does this...

The heart of DeFi beats strongest where traditional finance fails. In Africa, that’s been true for decades. It’s a pattern we’ve witnessed in communities leapfrogging past systems, constructing new and far more expensive financial realities with crypto. Today a new kind of storm is brewing, one that flows in the...

Is this ETH surge different? You bet it is. Forget the technical charts for a minute. Forget the RSI and the 50-day EMA. This isn’t only a story of dollar amounts—this is about our neighbors. Our mission is to open doors of opportunity for African youth. This generation has been...

Azuki “Elementals” mint a digital disaster This was more than a small hiccup. It brings to light some of the risks and pitfalls that are inherent in the broader global NFT space, with Africa leading in showcasing these concerns. We don’t have the luxury of dismissing this as just another...

I had the privilege of meeting a great young man named Kwame in Accra last year, full of entrepreneurial energy. He'd sunk his savings – meant for university tuition – into what he thought was the next big thing: a meme coin promising astronomical returns. Three weeks later, it was...

We're standing at a pivotal moment, folks. You see the headlines: Tokenized assets are surging, NFTs eclipsing DeFi in daily use. What does being lit really mean, especially for a continent such as Africa? It is bursting with creativity, imagination, and promise, if not shackled by budget constraints. I don’t...