August 2026

Introduction For decades, proving that an academic certificate is genuine in Kenya has meant navigating slow manual verification chains, processes that could take a month for a single check and stretch to six months for employers verifying large batches of candidates. Even the more recent move to QR-coded paper certificates left a weakness: the underlying […]

Introduction Yellow Card, the stablecoin infrastructure provider best known for powering crypto-to-fiat rails across Africa, has closed a $40 million strategic funding round. The round drew participation from SC Ventures (Standard Chartered’s innovation and investment arm), Sony Innovation Fund, Polychain Capital, Blockchain Capital, and other strategic backers. The new capital brings Yellow Card’s total equity

Introduction On 31 July 2026, the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) published Information Circular No. 2026/21, its first comprehensive guidance on how Virtual Assets (VAs), crypto, stablecoins, NFTs, tokenized securities, and more, will be taxed. For anyone building, trading, or transacting in this space in Nigeria, this is the framework to know. Here’s the full picture,

Introduction South Africa has taken a significant step toward formalising how crypto assets move across its borders. On 3 August 2026, the National Treasury and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) jointly released a draft Crypto Assets Manual for cross-border activities, opening it up for public comment. For the first time, the country is spelling

Introduction Kenya has quietly become East Africa’s most important Web3 proving ground, and a new report from Hashed Emergent, with knowledge partners Web3 Developer Clubs and the Virtual Assets Chamber of Commerce, lays out exactly why. For anyone building bridges between global capital, corporates, and Africa’s blockchain economy, this is essential reading. Here’s what stands