Egorov’s new DeFi strategy is making waves — and with good reason. Eliminating impermanent loss? That's a game changer. Let's cut through the hype and ask a crucial question: could this seemingly technical tweak unlock a wave of crypto adoption in Africa? I think it might, and here’s why.DeFi's Broken...

I first met Zeina last year at the Blockchain for Adaptation conference in Nairobi. A remarkable coder from Kibera, she was creating a decentralized platform to help local artisans sell directly into global markets. Her vision? To eliminate the middlemen who have long taken advantage of African creatives. The whole...

Another tech panacea, delivering the moonshot, targeted to Africa. Sound familiar? We've seen it before: grandiose promises of technological leaps bypassing traditional development, only to fall flat due to lack of infrastructure, education, or simply being the wrong solution for the problem. Are AI stablecoins any different? Is this the...

Coinbase is opening the floodgates. By integrating DEXs directly into their app, providing access to every crypto asset under the sun. It's a seismic shift, especially for Africa. Consider the outdated, tortuously slow, bureaucratic pace of traditional finance, and let’s say it, even Coinbase’s own so-called “rigorous” CEX listing process....

Africa. A continent full of ideas waiting to flourish, hampered by archaic structures and processes. I’ve seen it firsthand. From the vibrant energy of blockchain meetups in Nairobi to the frustration etched on the faces of young entrepreneurs struggling to access funding, the story is always the same: talent and...

Now imagine that same grandmother in rural Kenya. Today, she has access to consistent yields on her limited savings through DeFi, far from the hands of predatory micro-lenders. Imagine an entrepreneur in Lagos being able to raise capital in a frictionless, predictable way. They’re escaping the terrible weight of predatory...

Dating in Africa, to put it mildly, is a shitshow. Tradition clashes with TikTok trends, family expectations wrestle with individual desires, and the pressure to "settle down" before you're even ready can be intense. We’re figuring out the balance between WhatsApp romances and Instagram influencers, all while staying true to...

Ripple XRP price is making big waves with its bullish momentum. On the other hand, institutions tire kicking tokenized assets and AI kind of taking over the crypto world. Might this be the moment for a continent so frequently marginalized by conventional finance to seize the day?Let's make an unexpected...

Now picture Aissata, a single mother in rural Senegal, facing a food crisis. Traditional banks? A distant, unattainable dream. Loan sharks? A predatory nightmare. Now picture Aissata using her very low-end smartphone to interact with a DeFi application. She values highly, for example, a fixed, predictable return on her modest...

Take the example of Aisha, a woman entrepreneur in Nairobi. She’s finding it hard to make ends meet with her small business. Inflation eats away at her profits daily. Her savings dwindle. The bank loans she needs are out of reach, cloaked in bureaucracy and collateral demands she is unable...