Experts highlight what they believe will be the top technology trends for next year.

Local blockchain initiatives are set to receive funding following government's support of the South African National Blockchain Alliance.

The promise of blockchain could be undone by recent advances in the protection of personal identification information.

Amazon Web Services finally gets into the blockchain game, launching blockchain services at its annual re:Invent conference, in Las Vegas.

The crypto-currency struggles to mature from a speculative asset to a serious alternative to state-issued money.

South Africans based in Mauritius are developing a mobile money platform and blockchain protocol to create a new crypto-currency.

Bitcoin is now 10 years old and has had a wild youth, taking investors on a rollercoaster ride.

SovTech creates a lab to provide access to a network of blockchain developers on the African continent.

The company takes a leaf from the Reserve Bank's distributed ledger technology to upgrade its P2P payment app.

SingularityU's Nathana Sharma believes blockchain technology presents tremendous opportunity for the region to leapfrog in key industries.

Tari Labs University provides digital currency courses in cryptography, off-chain scaling and computer science, to upskill developers and blockchain enthusiasts.

Sun Exchange receives a $500 000 seed investment from Alphabit, a multimillion-dollar hedge fund.