Worldcoin Deletes Kenyan Biometric Data Following Court Order
TLDR Worldcoin deletes all biometric data gathered from Kenyans in 2023 following a High Court ruling. The Data Protection Commiss...
Kenya’s DCI Takes Action Against Crypto Scams with New Specialized Unit
TLDR Kenya’s DCI has established a specialized unit to fight rising crypto fraud, focusing on scams and cybercrimes. Crypto fraud...
Kenya Says No Crypto Firms Licensed Yet — But Bitcoin ATMs Are Already Live
Bitcoin ATMs have gone live in major Nairobi shopping centers just days after Kenya's Virtual Assets Service Providers Act took ef...
Kenya Pushes Crypto Bill to Final Step, Awaits President Ruto’s Signature
TLDR: Kenya’s parliament approved a crypto regulation bill awaiting President Ruto’s signature to become law. The Central Bank wil...
Kenya Parliament OKs Virtual Asset Law in Push for Crypto Legitimacy
Kenya’s parliament has passed the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, now awaiting President William Ruto’s approval to take eff...
Uganda Unleashes $5.5B Tokenization Push and CBDC Pilot as Kenya Finalizes Crypt...
The Uganda CBDC pilot, backed by treasury bonds, has been initiated with a $5.5B tokenization push by GSN and Diacente Group, foll...
Ripple’s RLUSD Stablecoin Expands Into Africa With Local Partners
TLDR: Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin enters Africa through Chipper Cash, VALR, and Yellow Card, boosting institutional and retail crypt...