Mauritius plans to issue digital currency

Johannesburg, Nairobi, Lagos and Cape Town are listed in the top 100 cities worldwide for fintech businesses.

Wealthy millennials embrace growth-focused investing, hold less cash in their bank accounts and are bullish about about technological innovations like blockchain, says Sean Sanders, the CEO and co-founder of Revix.

Invest in crypto-currencies like Warren Buffett wants you to invest in stocks, says Sean Andrew Sanders, co-founder of Revix.

By providing a virtually tamper-proof way of safeguarding data and ensuring its integrity, blockchain has so many applications across a wide range of industries.

Local exchanges react to the bank’s decision to close crypto-currency-linked accounts due to the risks the digital currencies present.

Crypto-currencies will solve many of the issues associated with existing fiat currencies in Africa, says Marcus Swanepoel, co-founder and CEO of Luno.

Multi-platinum-selling musician Akon says his new crypto-currency aims to root out corruption and empower Africa’s youth.

The pilot study area consists of almost 1 000 properties in four sites in Khayelitsha’s Makhaza location in Cape Town.

Pat Gelsinger, VMware CEO, says bitcoin is ‘not engineered for good’.

Fujitsu and Ricex are bringing to market the world’s first global blockchain-based rice trading platform.

The city says it will not concede to the demands of cyber criminals and is confident to restore systems to full functionality.

The city detects a network breach which resulted in unauthorised access to its information systems.