{"id":8890,"date":"2015-05-09T13:02:02","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T13:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/?p=8890"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:30:32","slug":"fast-company-bitcoins-big-opportunity-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/fast-company-bitcoins-big-opportunity-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Company: Bitcoin\u2019s Big Opportunity In Africa","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin is gaining traction in Africa, particularly in Kenya, where local tech startups are exploring its potential to revolutionize financial transactions. These startups, led by tech-savvy individuals like Michael Kimani and companies such as BitPesa, are leveraging bitcoin to tackle high remittance costs and financial inefficiencies. Kenya&#8217;s robust mobile money infrastructure, exemplified by M-Pesa, provides a fertile ground for bitcoin adoption. However, challenges remain, including regulatory uncertainties and the need to overcome bitcoin&#8217;s association with illicit activities. Despite these hurdles, the potential for bitcoin to reduce transaction costs and enhance financial inclusion is significant. Read it <a class=\"waffle-rich-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3038472\/bitcoins-big-opportunity-in-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin is gaining traction in Africa, particularly in Kenya, where local tech startups are exploring its potential to revolutionize financial transactions. These startups, led by tech-savvy individuals like Michael Kimani and companies such as BitPesa, are leveraging bitcoin to tackle high remittance costs and financial inefficiencies. Kenya&#8217;s robust mobile money infrastructure, exemplified by M-Pesa, provides [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":4,"featured_media":8891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[188,177,585,583,759,592,707,757,198,709,756,244,758,441],"class_list":["post-8890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aza-news","tag-africa","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitpesa","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-digital-currency-adoption","tag-financial-inclusion","tag-financial-technology","tag-fintech-startups","tag-kenya","tag-m-pesa","tag-michael-kimani","tag-mobile-money","tag-regulatory-challenges","tag-remittances"],"acf":[],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azafinance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}