Crypto-currencies will transition into a new role, as 50% of unbanked smartphone owners turn to the currency for daily transactions.

The social media company appoints Derya Matraş to grow Facebook’s economic and social impact across the region.

Marius Reitz, Luno GM for Africa, makes some crypto-currency predictions for 2020.

The social media giant is celebrating the milestones that it accomplished in Sub-Saharan Africa.

PrepaidWealth.com takes the social media giant to court over its suspension from the platform.

Fake accounts, images of nude children, content on suicide and self-harm were culled by Facebook and Instagram.

The social network laments that a fewer number of people in Africa report community standards violations.

The attacks on Libra, Facebook’s proposed crypto-currency, reveal the financial world’s fear of losing control.

Stafford Masie, computer scientist and GM of WeWork SA, believes Bitcoin is the greatest gift mankind has ever received technologically.

Industry players believe the planned crypto-currency will still launch regardless of key partners pulling out.

In a blow to Facebook’s ambitions, major payment companies including MasterCard and Visa have quit the group behind the project.

The crypto-currency suffers a major setback after a key partner pulls out, with others reconsidering their positions.