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Bundle | Social Payment for Cash & Crypto 💵💰

Africa needs the emergence of more builders and innovators that can create solutions to solve its pressing problems using blockchain technology.
This episode again features Emmanuel Babalola, a pioneer in Nigeria’s Blockchain Landscape and CEO at Bundle, a social finance platform. He is a builder and innovator in web3 with a passion for creating next-level solutions to solve Africa’s pressing problems. 
Bundle is a social payments app that enables users to buy, sell and invest in cryptocurrency. The simplistic design of its interface makes it easy for even first-timers to navigate its features quite easily. Bundle solves the problem of crypto-fiat convertibility and gives users access to the crypto market. 
Emmanuel cites that the goal of the Bundle team is to help people find value in using the service by providing top-notch solutions that ensure users have the best experience.He mentions the growing interest of foreign investors in Africa and the need for entrepreneurs in the space to ride this wave so as to be able to access necessary resources and infrastructure needed to scale their products to the next level.
Amongst many exciting features, the team has developed Cashlink, the largest decentralized payments platform in Africa for p2p exchanges and the Bundle Leveraged Token as a special option to facilitate trading on the platform. Their wide range of services also includes services like remittances and more basic needs like airtime purchases.
Emmanuel mentions the need for blockchain communities to incentivize members to participate in the growth of the ecosystem.This is what it is currently aiming to achieve with its affiliate program. Through these efforts and more through education program, Bundle is aiming to transform Africa for the better one step at a time. 
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Sats & Gwei 15 | Acqusition, Integrations, Crypto mining attacks & more in Africa🌍

Bankless Africa presents Sats & Gwei, a podcast for your weekly crypto news update from all around Africa!
The Africa Crypto scene continues to buzz with activities every week. Prices of major currencies have remained relatively stable, with slightly noticeable changes in a few instances across the board. Africans continue to innovate despite harsh operating conditions and the bear. A major win recorded in the past week is the acquisition of the parent company of Africa’s acclaimed first proof of work token, the Safcoin. 
More efforts are being directed towards blockchain security, with a resultant effect of a decline in crypto-mining attacks. More innovative strategies such as the collaboration between Fuse blockchain and ChromePay are aimed at placing decentralized finance and web3 technologies in the hands of the ordinary African. 
African blockchain startups continue to attract huge slews of foreign investment, notably Yellowcard, from its just concluded series B funding round. Moreso, in recognition of the potential permanence and revolutionary power of cryptocurrencies, regulatory bodies in more African countries across the continent are clamoring for its adoption
Education remains the driving force for crypto awareness. Binance continues to remain at the helm of this affair in Africa, through its unrelenting efforts to bring blockchain education to people in many different demographics across the African continent. . 
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Binance | Binance in Africa

Emmanuel Babalola is a pioneer in Nigeria’s Blockchain Landscape. He is the former Binance Africa Director and CEO at Bundle, a social finance platform. Being a founder and member of the SiBAN advisory board, he remains a core influence in the Nigerian and African blockchain space, and a strong believer in impact innovations that drive prosperity on the African continent
Emmanuel expresses his vision to contribute in setting Africa at the forefront of global innovation using blockchain technology, and by collaborating with relevant stakeholders in the industry to provide resources needed to create impactful solutions that have particular use-cases to Africa. The best way to solve the current problems in the continent is to allow in-dwellers to build solutions for the continent.
The question of how best to put the power of blockchain technology in the hands of the ordinary person is one that must be given utmost attention. He cites the advantage that Africa has based on a large population demographic of youths which is indicative of sufficient human resources to champion the cause of blockchain technology in Africa.
Emmanuel speaks on Binance’s educational efforts to teach Africans about crypto, with much emphasis on the youths in the population. Laying much emphasis on the ripple effect of educating a single individual, he reiterates the efficacy of word-of-mouth as a strategy to onboarding more people into crypto. He emphasise on the need for fundamental infrastructure  to position Africans to grow and retain talent. He again restates the unwavering support of Binance for blockchain education and its belief in Africa as a potential global hub for blockchain technology. 
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Sats & Gwei 14 | fundraising season, first official Bitcoin event in Africa and more💯⚡

Bankless Africa presents Sats & Gwei, a podcast for your weekly crypto news update from all around Africa!
It was a long time coming but the Merge finally happened, and it was a huge success. While we continue post Merge celebrations, we dive into some crypto updates across Africa.
Crypto Exchange LBank, targets the African cryptocurrency market with 17 Web3 projects. The exchange aims to facilitate mass adoption of Web3 applications and cryptocurrency investments on the African continent. with multiple growth-oriented projects and initiatives already set up.
Old Mutual, a trusted financial institution in South Africa, gets behind Rand-backed crypto stablecoin. ZARP, which claims to be the only bank-approved, fully backed, transparent, and audited stablecoin for the South African Rand, appointed Old Mutual Wealth to manage the cash reserves of the rand-backed stablecoin. They believe this will further enhance trust and transparency. 
 Play To Earn (P2E) continues to gain traction globally, especially in Africa. Carry1st, a mobile publisher in Africa, received a $20 million investment fund from Alphabet, a16z, and a host of other organizations, to drive play-to-earn in Africa. 
While Nigeria continues to hit new strides in crypto, some other countries continue limiting its mass adoption. Nigeria’s global Bitcoin trade hit $3 trillion, however, the Central Bank of Egypt renewed warning against dealing in cryptocurrencies. This might seem to be a setback but it is only a step to further crypto adoption and enlightenment in Africa.
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SiBAN | Stakeholders in Blockchain Technology Association of Nigeria ⚖️⚖️

Blockchain technology has a large untapped potential in being part of a solution to many of the pain-points plaguing Nigeria and Africa at large.
Legal practitioner Senator Ihenyen, with his special interest in fintech, blockchain technology and virtual assets practice, is the lead partner at Infusion Lawyers and sitting president of the Stakeholders in Blockchain Association of Nigeria. Senator also currently holds administrative positions in several other organisations centred around blockchain. 
He expresses where his concern of the African governments around their approaches on the potential risks surrounding the adoption of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency comes from, given the positively disruptive nature of the technology. He lays emphasis on the need to develop working policies aimed more at minimizing risks, and maximizing opportunities.
As an alternative to bans and strict prohibitions on the use of blockchain technologies, Senator cites the engagement of stakeholders, policymakers and employing the use of sustainable policies to drive engagement as the better approach. This will in turn, foster the growth of the next generation of ideators and innovators. 
He states the critical importance of ensuring the adoption of best practices by individuals and enterprises operating in the blockchain space. There is a need for regulation to ensure safety, which is achievable through strategic collaborations and partnerships with local and international regulatory bodies. 
SIBAN seeks to foster a conducive environment where open-ended discussions between policy makers and users can be held about the growing concerns on the risky nature of blockchain technology. This is with the aim of transforming the perception of blockchain technology from being simply disruptive, to also bringing it into the realm of acceptance as an innovative force for good.
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Sats & Gwei 13 | Nigeria and Binance in talks to create a crypto friendly zone in the country!

Bankless Africa presents Sats & Gwei, a podcast for your weekly crypto news update from all around Africa!
This week was so eventful. There was a lot to unpack, but just to give you a few touchpoints, Nigeria and Binance are in talks to create a crypto friendly zone in the country. The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority ( NEPZA) is also in talks with Talent City as they look to mirror the Dubai Virtual Free Zone. 
Nestcoin raised and successfully completed a pre-seed round for Metaverse Magna. With a focus on emerging markets, the company raised $3.2 million to power Africa’s largest gaming DAO. This will be taking the world of GameFi up a notch, and we can’t wait to see how all this unfolds.
Binance continues to spread its tentacles all around Africa as their charity organization, Binance Charity is in collaboration with Women in Tech to train Moroccan women on blockchain. The exchange also launched a zero-fee South African Rand deposit, a policy that took effect on September 7th.
A recent survey of the Ghana cryptocurrency community has shown that adoption is on a steady rise. With 20% of Ghanaian internet users currently owning cryptocurrency, we can see that the country is gaining ground in the crypto space. In more news as regards Ghana, their Mybitstore app becomes the Paxful and Coinbase of Africa with over 250 payment methods.
It is amazing to see how the word about crypto is moving and a thought on where we will be in a couple of years is even more pleasing. 62% of Moroccans have never heard of Bitcoin, with the majority of people informed being youths. Although there was a crypto ban in the country, they are slowly but surely getting more acquainted with blockchain technology.
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Revewz | Review to Earn

This episode's guest is Kode, a software engineer with experience in the financial industry. He became fully involved in the blockchain development space in 2018, starting off with Solana, then finally moving into Ethereum with solidity & Polygon. The idea for Revewz was first presented at a Solana hackathon in 2021.
Revewz is a decentralised write-to-earn platform built on the Polygon blockchain; it leverages ERC20 tokens to authenticate & validate consumer evaluations and product transactions. The goal of the platform is to localise some measure of power into the hands of the customer, thus allowing for well-informed buying decisions to be made.
Through the use of blockchain modelling, reviews on the platform are immutable once created, meaning they cannot be deleted; this eliminates the subtle influence that large organisations tend to have over the publics perception of their products/services in the more centralised systems.  The everyday consumer now has full ownership of their thoughts & reviews while effectively being onboarded into the Polygon ecosystem through their rewards. 
As a reward for creating and validating reviews, either as a user or platform moderator, the Revewz native tokens (RVZ) are allocated based on a smart contract algorithm; depending on the task done, a specific user will receive certain rewards at the discretion of the algorithm. This encourages the growth of a sustainable ecosystem where contributors are rewarded based on valuable contributions to the growth of the platform. 
Kode reiterates that the mission of the platform is to maintain a free and fair web3 environment devoid of biases and centralised influences. With its goals in view and working systems in place, Revewz is well on its way to becoming phenomenal in the web3 space.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/revewz_official 
 
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Sats & Gwei 12 | More Than a Third of Africa’s 53 Million Crypto Owners Are From Nigeria😮

Bankless Africa presents Sats & Gwei, a podcast for your weekly crypto news update from all around Africa!
Nigeria remains a leader in cryptocurrency adoption across African countries, with nearly half of all active users based there. The judiciary of the Central African Republic has moved to ratify initiatives put forward by the executive as regards to adoption of the sango coin by foreign investors, terming them illegal.
Venture capitalists remain optimistic about the prospects for growth in African countries leading the scoreboard in crypto adoption, including Nigeria and Kenya. This relentless adoption of blockchain technology by Africans is causing governments to lift bans, and instead adopt regulatory practices as watchdogs.
The involvement of Binance in blockchain education and awareness programs is not backing down, as they set sights on more target demographics. The involvement of public figures to champion the cause of cryptocurrency is becoming more popular as a means to build trust between the masses and the system. 
Regardless of a seemingly plunging market, government bans, regulations, and economic instability, Africans in many countries still see cryptocurrency as the beacon of hope that can potentially change the tides for the better. 
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