Bitcoins explained at Afrikoin, Nairobi

While the hype around Bitcoin grows stronger everyday, the conference on mobile money at Afrikoin in Nairobi and a discussion with a few startups in the crypto-currency business has helped to debunk what Bitcoin is, and isn’t. In our exploration we’ve listened to and chatted with: Pelle Braendgaard, who has worked in cryptography related businesses for 9 years and is now heading Kipochi, an […]

Somali diaspora and mobile money: a research on hawala presented at Afrikoin

After a few panels and talks on mobile money at Afrikoin, we had the opportunity to listen to Gianluca Iazzolino, a researcher from the University of Edinburgh. Gianluca studies the way Somali people deal with mobile money, particular as a people who are constantly moving – whether as refugees or traders of gold and other goods that can be exchanged […]