Now picture Thabo, a bright-eyed graduate from a small Kenyan village. He’s not thinking about a future in a Fortune 500 company, he’s creating a solar-powered irrigation system with microloans obtained on the blockchain through DeFi platforms. It’s a climate resiliency game-changer for his community, giving them the ability to...

Are crypto casinos the panacea we’ve been hoping for, or a mirage glimmering on the African sand? That’s a question that really requires more than a yes or no. For too long, the vibrant gaming community across Africa has been sidelined, their passion stifled by financial barriers and systemic exclusion....

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...

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...

The allure of DeFi is strong. Any user can become a market maker and trade tokenized versions of traditional assets such as stocks. This is what enables a genuinely global, inventoried, and therefore democratized financial system – and that core idea is electronics so alluring. We’ve experienced the emergence of...

We’re bombarded with news on Ethereum’s increasing market cap, its emerging technological breakthroughs, and their supposed positive influence on the global cryptocurrency landscape. Let’s face it—how often do we sit down and think about the real power this technology has to change people’s lives for the better. This is critical,...

Alexey Salashny, founder and CEO of Super, envisions a future where DeFi is the invisible infrastructure that supports our global economy. A bold vision, undoubtedly. While Salashny builds his multi-product financial ecosystem from the UK, fueled by favorable fintech regulations, a critical question lingers: What about Africa? Can a continent...

DeFi promises to democratize access and level the playing field. It democratizes access to financial instruments that only the super wealthy enjoyed just a few years ago. Yet how often does that promise actually make its way to the communities most in need of it? For far too long, Africa...

The potential of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is staggering, heralding a new age of financial liberation and inclusivity. To many, making their way through this daunting world is like reading instructions in Martian. This is where DreamCash steps in as a more intuitive solution, aspiring to make DeFi more accessible and...

Consider the example of young Kwame living in Accra, Ghana. He’s talented, tech-savvy and bursting with ambitious dreams, but each time he walks into a major bank, he gets rejected — no credit history. He aspires to achieve financial independence, but it appears the doors of opportunity are closed. This...