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- 18 Apr 2017
Global Blockchain Market to Hit $5.4Bn in 6 years - Study
The global blockchain distributed ledger market accounted for $228 million in 2016, and between 2017 and 2023 is expected to reach $5.43 billion, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 57.6…
- 16 Jan 2017
SWIFT Adopts Blockchain as Global Payment Initiative
SWIFT is introducing a proof of concept (POC) to explore whether distributed ledger technology (DLT), also known as blockchain, can be used by banks to improve the reconciliation of their nostro…
- 8 Mar 2017
New Research Highlights Impact of Blockchain on Data and Data Management
International Data Corporation (IDC) has just published a study that assesses the implications that blockchain will have on multiple data technologies: persistence, integration, migration, and…
- 24 Apr 2022
NCC, Stakeholders Brainstorm on Blockchain's Benefits to Economy
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), stakeholders in the academia, the public sector and enthusiasts of technology for development, have deliberated on the benefits derivable from emerging…
- 4 Oct 2021
Interstellar, Interswitch Group Partner on Blockchain-powered Infrastructure Services & Solutions
Interstellar Inc.("Interstellar"), an Enterprise Blockchain Infrastructure Services Company and Interswitch Group (“Interswitch”), Africa’s leading Integrated Payments and Digital Commerce Solutions…
- 12 Aug 2026
AFC Raises $430m in Digital Bond to Deepens Digital Financial Infrastructure
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has raised CHF350 million, about $430 million, through a five-year digital bond, marking a major step in the use of regulated digital financial infrastructure by…
- 5 Jul 2026
Tokenization, Blockchain Technology will Transform Financial Institutions – IMF
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that tokenization and blockchain technology will fundamentally transform global financial market infrastructure (FMI), but insisted that regulated…
- 24 Apr 2019
Using Blockchain To Re-Tool Nigeria’s Economy, By Chimezie
Africa is home to 16.3 percent of humanity but home to less than one percent of the world’s billion-dollar companies and only about four percent of global GDP. Africa cannot afford, nor does it have…
- 22 Apr 2022
FG to Implement Blockchain Technology — Arabi
Dr Dasuki Arabi, director-general, Bureau of Public Service Reform (BPSR) has said the Federal Government is set to implement a road map for blockchain technology in the country. Arabi said this at a…
- 25 May 2022
NITDA Aligns with Global Experts in Upscaling Blockchain Technology
With the significant impact of blockchain technology on the nation’s digital transformation by using it as a platform to sustain the country’s digital economy, Kashifu Inuwa, director general of the…
- 5 Dec 2021
Obaro, SystemSpecs Boss Says Digital Solutions will Solve Unclaimed Dividends
John Obaro, managing director, SystemSpecs, African technology giant, has stated that the deployment of digital innovations, cross-industry collaborations and the right policies would solve the…
- 7 Apr 2019
Nigeria Sits at Outskirts of Blockchain Technology
Industries are increasingly shifting to blockchain technology because it is already transforming certain industries – like banking and financial products and indeed entire industries. …
- 29 Mar 2018
Blockchain to Transform Anti-money Laundering Ecosystem - Report
Blockchain technology may be the answer to money laundering and fraud associated with payment processing services within financial institutions. This is according to a Forrester report titled:…
- 3 Jul 2022
Blockchain: FG to Fast-Track Development of Healthy ICT Ecosystem for Emerging Technologies
Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has assured key industry players and indeed Nigerians of the Federal Government's commitment to create and enforce…
- 30 Mar 2022
BoICT Lecture 2022 to Explore Impact of Blockchain Technology in a Digitalized Nigeria
This year’s Beacon of Information and Communication Technology (BoICT) awards/lecture series scheduled for May 28, will be exploring Impact of Blockchain Technology in a Digitalized Nigeria. Now in…
- 20 Oct 2019
Technology To Enhance Insurance Sector’s Financial Inclusion Programme-NAICOM
Investing in technology is one of the ways the insurance industry could effectively key into the financial inclusion target of the Federal Government. Mr Sunday Thomas, National Insurance Commission…
- 12 Feb 2018
Blockchain Spending in Middle East & Africa to Double in 2018 - IDC
Spending on blockchain solutions in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is set to more than double this year, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation. The global technology…
- 22 Oct 2024
CEO of Trium Limited, Highlights the Future of Capital Markets @2024 ICMA FinTech & Digitalisation Forum
Adebayo Adewolu, the Chief Executive Officer of Trium Limited, delivered key insights at the 2024 International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) FinTech & Digitalisation Forum, held recently in…
- 13 Jul 2026
Nigerians Accumulate $59Bn in Cryptocurrency Assets —FDC
Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) Limited, a premier economic think-tank and financial advisory firm, led by Bismarck Rewane, has reported that Nigerians have accumulated an estimated $59 billion…
- 25 Feb 2020
Luno Introduces Ripple
In 2019 Luno promised that more coins would be available and close on the heels of Bitcoin Cash being introduced, Ripple XRP will now be launched, expanding the Lunoverse for all customers. Ripple…
- 17 Oct 2018
World Payments Report Shows Strong Consumer Demand for Digital Payments
Digital payments are experiencing a boom, according to the World Payments Report 2018 launched by Capgemini and BNP Paribas. The report forecasts that noncash transactions will post a compound annual…
- 12 Dec 2021
NITDA DG Says Blockchain Technology Essential for Digital Transformation
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, has said that Blockchain technology supports the digital transformation agenda of the Agency and will…
- 12 Jan 2017
Sage Reveals 6 Tech Trends SMES Should Watch Out for in ‘17
Sage, the market leader in Cloud accounting software, has predicted that chatbots, collective intelligence and blockchain are some of the big technology trends that will change the way entrepreneurs…
- 7 Nov 2017
Allianz Pioneers Blockchain Prototype for the Captive Insurance Market
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) has successfully trialed blockchain technology for a global ‘captive’ insurance program including cash transfer between countries. AGCS’s…
- 13 Aug 2019
IDC Expects Blockchain Solutions Spending to Reach $2.7B by Year End
Global spending on blockchain solutions is expected to reach $2.7 billion by year-end – an increase of 80% over 2018, according to global technology research and consulting firm International Data…
- 1 Mar 2017
MS, Intel, others form Blockchain Alliance
JPMorgan Chase & Co, Microsoft, Intel and more than two-dozen other companies have teamed up to develop standards and technology to make it easier for enterprises to use blockchain code Ethereum…
- 22 Nov 2021
Appzone to Host Industry Leaders @ the Unveiling of Zone
Captains of industry and leaders from the payment, finance and technology spaces will converge at the prestigious Eko Hotels and Suites on Friday the 10th of December 2021, as Appzone Group,…
- 23 Mar 2022
Digital Evolution: NITDA, Others Partner to Sustain National Socio-Economic Development
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has partnered with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) National Assembly (NASS) and Cyber Future Academy (CFA) to ensure that…
- 10 Jan 2018
CBN, Experts Say Bitcoin is Dangerous Scam
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned Nigerians and financial institutions to stay away from bitcoin and other digital currencies. Experst also said that when bitcoin inevitably crashes,…
- 19 Nov 2017
Blockchain to Reinvent African Economies, Ecosystems, Organizations
By Dipo Faulkner In today’s fast emerging economic zones, technology adoption can be a journey of faith into the unknown, riddled with the conflicting priorities of modern societies, bouts of human…