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Exploring the Digital Currency Frontier
Covid-19 has accelerated the adoption of digital currency and mobile money platforms in Africa. How can innovations in FinTech lower the barriers to vital remittance flows? Judd Devermont is joined by Yomi Kazeem (Quartz Africa), Alexis Akwagyiram (Reuters), and Deepali Fernandes (IOM) to discuss the tug-of-war between innovation and regulation, high-tech solutions to expanding internet access across the continent, and the Trump Administration's opposition to the first African and first female Director-General of the WTO.
Background Readings:
The Trump White House is the last obstacle to a first African leader of the WTO – Yomi Kazeem
The WTO DG Race: What Happens Now? – William Alan Reinsch
Google is working on delivering super-fast internet in Africa with experimental light beams – Yomi Kazeem
The Train is Leaving the Station: The Future of Digital Currency in Sub-Saharan Africa – Judd Devermont & Topaz Mukulu
Regulators in Africa's big economies are scrambling to get on top of a spike in cryptocurrency trade – Yomi Kazeem
How Bitcoin met the real world in Africa – Alexis Akwagyiram
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Covid-19 has accelerated the adoption of digital currency and mobile money platforms in Africa. How can innovations in FinTech lower the barriers to vital remittance flows? Judd Devermont is joined by Yomi Kazeem (Quartz Africa), Alexis Akwagyiram (Reuters), and Deepali Fernandes (IOM) to discuss the tug-of-war between innovation and regulation, high-tech solutions to expanding internet access across the continent, and the Trump Administration's opposition to the first African and first female Director-General of the WTO.
Background Readings:
The Trump White House is the last obstacle to a first African leader of the WTO – Yomi Kazeem
The WTO DG Race: What Happens Now? – William Alan Reinsch
Google is working on delivering super-fast internet in Africa with experimental light beams – Yomi Kazeem
The Train is Leaving the Station: The Future of Digital Currency in Sub-Saharan Africa – Judd Devermont & Topaz Mukulu
Regulators in Africa's big economies are scrambling to get on top of a spike in cryptocurrency trade – Yomi Kazeem
How Bitcoin met the real world in Africa – Alexis Akwagyiram
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