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Introduction Moving money across Africa has never been simple. Onafriq – the payments network connecting banks, mobile money operators, merchants, and enterprises in 43 African markets, linking over a billion mobile wallets and 500 million bank accounts, knows this better than most.  Now the company is betting that stablecoins can make its own treasury operations […]

Introduction A new Standard Chartered and Zodia Markets report finds that the biggest gaps in the stablecoin economy aren’t in Europe or North America, they’re in the very markets that are supposedly least ready for them. Stablecoins have become vital infrastructure for digital payments, treasury operations and cross-border transactions. Yet more than 98% of stablecoin

Introduction Kenya’s 2025 Finance Act introduced a shift in how the Government taxes virtual asset transactions. After collecting about KSh 1.1 billion in revenue from a 3% Digital Asset Tax (“DAT”) over 21 months (September 2023–June 2025), the Government has repealed that turnover-based tax and replaced it with an excise duty on transaction fees. This