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4.2 million Kenyans own crypto, highest in Africa – report
8.5% of the population in Kenya own cryptocurrencies
YouTube Shorts celebrates 1 year in Nigeria, launches new features
*YouTube Shorts are being watched by over 1.5B logged-in users every month.
| *In April 2022, Shorts containing content sampled from long-form videos generated over 100B views
Chimezie Chuta speaks on starting BNUG, the dilemma of crypto regulation
Chimezie Chuta started the Blockchain Nigerian User Group (BNUG) after he completed his 3 months Pre-MSC Cryptocurrency and Blockchain programme at the University of Nicosia...
realme and Jumia join forces to boost smartphone adoption in Africa
realme would provide affordable, advanced devices with cutting-edge technologies to Jumia consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria telcos gained 2.9m new telephone subscribers in May- NCC report
...teledensity (telephone connections per 100 people) increased from 105.65% in April to 107.17% in May
Binance offers zero bitcoin trading fees to mark 5th anniversary
...users will enjoy fee-free trading on thirteen stablecoins and fiat combinations including BTC/USDT, BTC/BUSD, BTC/USDC, BTC/EUR, BTC/TRY, and more...
Flutterwave reacts to money laundering accusations in Kenya, says it has records to verify claims
In a statement to Technext, Flutterwave has said the claims of "financial improprieties involving the company in Kenya are entirely false...
Kenyan authorities Freeze Flutterwave’s accounts over money laundering allegations
The Asset Recovery Agency (ARA), the body that filed for the order, told the court that the accounts owned by the Flutterwave were used for money laundering activities
Meta introduces AI model to translate 200 languages, including 55 African languages
The single AI model was created with high-quality translation skills in order to serve some of the world's low-resource languages...
Google to merge Google Meet and Duo into one single app
It also said that it will be merging both apps into one later this year which will be called Google Meet...
