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September 13, 2017 •
East Africa, General, North Africa, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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Custos Media Technologies, a South African company that provides a globally effective solution to piracy by outsourcing the detection of pirated content using Bitcoin and its blockchain, announced on Wednesday 13 September 2017 that the company will be...
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August 30, 2017 •
Finance, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Startups, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Invest Using ProsperiProp South Africa’s Very Own Cryptocurrency
ProsperiProp, a South African startup using blockchain technology to develop their own cryptocurrency, has announced that the company will open its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) on Friday, 8 September 2017. According to the company, the launch will help allow...
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August 1, 2017 •
East Africa, Finance, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on New Bitcoin Exchange launched in Kenya
Belfrics Global, a Malaysia based, bitcoin technology provider has launched its Bitcoin Exchange in Kenya to allow traders and Bitcoin users to trade at a much lower cost. The cost of transactions while using Belfrics will be 5 percent. Belfrics Kenya will...
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July 26, 2017 •
General, Opinion •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Opinion: Using Blockchain to reinvent asset management
Blockchain is one of the most discussed and intriguing technologies out there today. Suffice it to say that Blockchain is a huge, global distributed ledger or database running on many devices and open to anyone within the Blockchain. In the Blockchain,...
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July 6, 2017 •
Finance, Security •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on More global banks leverage blockchain
SWIFT has announced today that 22 additional global banks have joined its blockchain proof of concept (PoC), designed to validate whether the technology can help banks reconcile their international nostro accounts in real time. The PoC is part of the SWIFT...
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July 5, 2017 •
Finance, General, Opinion, Security •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on The Battle of Fintech vs Cybercrime
Bitcoin is now worth more than gold, and internet banking and mobile money usage globally has rocketed by 34% in the past six years. One thing has outpaced this growth, however: the rate of online fraud. “Cyber fraud is growing even faster than the move to...
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July 5, 2017 •
Finance, Southern Africa, Startups, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on South Africa: Blockchain startup to service R50 billion Township economy
Ekasi-bucks, a blockchain startup company based in South Africa, will be looking to make an impact on South Africa’s Townships by providing Financial systems to Township-based small businesses. These businesses operate in an economy estimated to be...
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July 1, 2017 •
Finance, General •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Blockchain is set to revolutionise international trade
In international trade, the shipping documents that accompany the goods carried can weigh as much as 40kg per vessel and cost up to 10% of the value of the goods. What’s more, paper can be easily forged or mislaid. Now, for the first time, it looks as if a...
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May 26, 2017 •
Finance, Sponsored •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Real-world applications of blockchain-enabled supply chains
This is the second of a two-part series examining the impact of blockchain technology on supply chains. In part 01 we examined how blockchains work, and the potential game changing impact of this new technology on supply chains as a record keeping,...
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May 10, 2017 •
Finance, Software, Sponsored •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Blockchain for supply chains
Blockchain is widely known for its most famous application, Bitcoin, and other virtual currencies. However, it is the conviction of many that in the fullness of time blockchain will make its biggest mark as a game changer for supply chains. Blockchain’s...
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March 29, 2017 •
Cloud Computing, Online & Social •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on IBM Bluemix container Service to fuel development of Cognitive Apps
IBM announced a new container service on Bluemix, its cloud platform, to fuel the speed and simplicity at which developers can build and manage more secure and cognitive apps. Available on IBM Cloud, this service uses Kubernetes, an open-source container...
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March 27, 2017 •
Events, Finance, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on CoinFest to hit Nigeria
African Youth Peace Call (AYPC), Nigeria, is set to host CoinFest Nigeria, an international gathering of BitCoiners, Crypto-Enthusiasts, Programmers/Developers, (eCommerce) Entrepreneurs, Merchants, and Traders, as a way of creating an incentive to...
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March 15, 2017 •
Internet of Things, Opinion, Security •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Preventing intrusion in the age of blockchain and IoT
The era of the Internet of Things (IoT) is here, bringing with it a host of ‘futuristic’ functionality, from fully smart buildings which can be monitored and controlled through a single handheld device, to smart health devices which can detect...
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February 21, 2017 •
Finance, Lists, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on 5 African Blockchain Companies to watch
Blockchain is undoubtedly one of the hottest topics in the tech industry. When people think of Blockchain their initial thought lean towards cryptocurrencies and fintech; it is however far more than just a new payment system. Blockchain can potentially...
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February 20, 2017 •
Internet of Things, Opinion •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on IoT adoption puts focus on availability
South African companies are preparing themselves for more widespread adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) to transform their business and improve their operations in 2017. Despite the potential this holds across consumer and business segments,...
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February 16, 2017 •
Finance, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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Deloitte hosted the Blockchain Africa Forum on the 15th of February at their offices in Woodmead, Johannesburg. Deloitte brought in their Blockchain experts from their Grid EMEA Blockchain Lab in Ireland to help de-mystify one of the most controversial and...
