Meet Amina, a 24-year-old entrepreneur living in Lagos, Nigeria. She wants to be able to get her own small business off the ground selling her handmade clothing, but access to traditional loans is out of reach. Lending banks demand collateral she doesn’t possess and charge interest rates that would financially...

Is Africa about to leapfrog traditional finance? I think so. We’re used to hearing the promises of DeFi. It seldom gets democratized in meaningful ways, particularly in places that would benefit from it the most. The EASE Protocol is home to the groundbreaking Exponential Liquidity System™. Such a game-changing tool...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is a space full of thrilling potential. This is critically true in areas such as Africa, where standard financial systems often fail miserably. Let’s face it—today’s DeFi market resembles the wild west more than a robust financial marketplace. No wonder fortunes can be made or lost in...

Let’s be blunt. I’d never have guessed that the West’s obsession with KYC (Know Your Customer) was about to strangle this most promising and revolutionary financial development in Africa. We’re discussing a continent where access to traditional banking services is a privilege at best, if even possible. And now, the...

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...

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...

By 2025, we can expect stablecoins to play an even larger role as the future of cryptocurrency goes mainstream. Their stability and increasing pragmatism in regular commerce will push this change. With their value pegged 1:1 to fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar, stablecoins offer a hedge against the volatility...

Africa is usually portrayed as a continent that is always ten steps behind, forever playing catch up to the West in the latest technology. What if Africa could leapfrog the old guard? By embracing these forward-thinking, smart city solutions, it could not only meet its own distinct challenges but help...

Imagine a world where your grandmother in rural Kenya can access the same financial tools as a Wall Street trader. Sounds crazy, right? As an innovation, DeFi has an incredible promise. It can deliver on the promise of years of misguided aid initiatives and abandoned pledges.Financial Freedom: A Basic Human...

Now picture that same entrepreneur in Lagos, unable to get a $500 loan to help grow her business. The bank refuses unless she can provide collateral—collateral that she already does not have. It charges her exorbitant high interest rates and puts her through an unintuitive process that appears to be...