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Wed, July 3rd 2013, 15:17 · Nanine Steenkamp

Bitcoin to launch trust fund

The Winklevoss brothers have revealed plans to launch a Bitcoin trust fund to sell US$20 million worth of shares. → Read more
Mon, May 13th 2013, 08:49 · Richard Cutcher

SA Bitcoin traders not concerned by “illegal mining”

South African Bitcoin traders and merchants have played down the latest high-profile security breach of the digital currency as “no big deal”. → Read more
Fri, May 10th 2013, 14:12 · Richard Cutcher

Q&A: South Africa’s first Bitcoin exchange site speaks to HumanIPO

Bitcoin is one of the buzz words in the tech world at the moment as supporters and critics debate the merits and drawbacks of the digital currency. To find out more HumanIPO caught up with the founders of South Africa's first rand-to-Bitcoin exchange platform. → Read more
Mon, May 6th 2013, 15:07 · Richard Cutcher

Governments must understand Bitcoin first – BitX

Governments need to “take the time” to understand Bitcoin before rushing into aggressive regulation or making it illegal, according to the South African founders of the first rand-to-Bitcoin exchange platform. → Read more
Fri, May 3rd 2013, 12:11 · Richard Cutcher

SA’s first Bitcoin exchange expecting rapid growth

The founders of South Africa’s first rand-to-Bitcoin exchange platform have told HumanIPO it is 300 times faster and 10 times cheaper than traditional money transfers. → Read more
Mon, April 29th 2013, 12:41 · Richard Cutcher

Date announced for first Bitcoin ATM

The world’s first Bitcoin ATM will be launched in San Diego, California, on Thursday, May 2 at a special press event. → Read more
Wed, April 17th 2013, 15:56 · Richard Cutcher

SA traders starting to accept Bitcoin

Three South Africans currently accepting Bitcoin payments as part of their business have told HumanIPO more consumers and merchants should sign up and help revolutionise payment solutions. → Read more
Mon, April 15th 2013, 08:05 · Richard Cutcher

South Africa on hitlist of five for first Bitcoin ATMs in Africa

South Africa, Ghana, Angola, Egypt and Libya could be the first African countries to install Bitcoin ATMs in a move which has the potential to revolutionise currency trading on the continent. → Read more
Thu, April 11th 2013, 11:18 · Richard Cutcher

Bitcoin’s rollercoaster value continues

Digital currency Bitcoin reached its highest value yesterday (Wednesday) before plunging more than US$160, as the increasingly popular unit continues to fluctuate. → Read more
Mon, April 8th 2013, 14:06 · Richard Cutcher

Instawallet service for Bitcoin users still inaccessible

The Bitcoin Instawallet website remains down today after being hacked last week, as it looks to build a more robust platform. → Read more
Thu, April 4th 2013, 09:08 · Richard Cutcher

Bitcoin spikes in value in reaction to Cyprus crisis

The value of the growing internet currency Bitcoin surged to a record high of US$147 in reaction to the Cypriot banking crisis. → Read more
Thu, March 28th 2013, 15:47 · HumanIPO

Guest Post: Long John Bitcoin – Pirates must go high tech

Duncan Arthur is an independent payments, mobile and African banking professional who has worked at Absa, Standard Bank Africa and Vodacom South Africa. In an exclusive article for HumanIPO, Arthur discusses the emergence of Bitcoin and what it could mean for Africa. → Read more
Fri, October 3rd 2014, 10:31 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: Falk Benke, CTO, BeamRemit.com

Falk Benke is the chief technology officer (CTO) of BeamRemit.com, an Accra-based startup that allows Africans to remit money cheaply and instantly. He spoke to HumanIPO on the increasing demand for Bitcoin in Africa, the money remit market in Ghana and the startup community in Accra. → Read more
Thu, September 18th 2014, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: Rich Tanksley, Director of Operations, SimplePay

Founded by Simeon Ononobi, SimplePay is a web and mobile-based wallet that won the Lagos edition of seedstars world challenge. Tanksley in this interview spoke on SimplePay's potentials, latest products including Bitcoin acceptance and the platform's goal of registering 1 million users by January 2015 and 16 million by 2016. → Read more
Thu, August 21st 2014, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Q&A : Timothy Stranex, BitX

Despite the lack of awareness and mistrust, Bitcoin is becoming popular in Africa, and Kenya now has another entrant, Bit X. HumanIPO caught up with Bit X’s Timothy Stranex to talk about the company’s Kenyan launch, and how Bitcoin can be integrated with M-Pesa. → Read more
Fri, July 11th 2014, 12:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Khusela wins Seedstars Cape Town

The last African leg of the Seedstars World 2014 competition took place in Cape Town yesterday, with local startup Khusela taking first place and progressing to compete against other regional champions at the global event in Geneva, Switzerland in February. → Read more
Thu, July 10th 2014, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Nigerians dominate DEMO Africa finalists

DEMO Africa has announced the 40 finalists set to launch their startups at this year’s event in Lagos, with Nigerian entrepreneurs dominating the list of finalists. → Read more
Fri, June 27th 2014, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi

BitPesa officially launches in Kenya

BitPesa has been officially launched in Kenya, allowing Kenyans in the diaspora to remit money back to the country using Bitcoin technology leveraging on mobile money. → Read more
Sun, June 22nd 2014, 08:00 · Tom Jackson

FEATURE: The week in startups 22/06/2014

This week was a good one for startup initiatives in Africa, with much funding being raised to drive continued innovation on the continent. → Read more
Fri, June 20th 2014, 11:30 · Tom Jackson

BitPesa to launch in Nairobi next week

Kenyan startup BitPesa is set to formally launch in Nairobi next week, bidding to bring down the high transaction fees associated with international money remittance companies by taking advantage of the digital, borderless currency Bitcoin. → Read more