Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative Launches Digital Currency Hub in South Africa
The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) has announced it will launch South Africa's first digital currency hub, BitHub. It will serve to be a center point for anyone currently involved in digital currency or interested in learning more. CiTi has already made a name itself in its nearly 20 years of serving the local South African community....
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The Cape Innovative and Technology Initiative (CiTi) has announced the launch of South Africa's very first Bitcoin incubator, the BitHub. The non-profit innovation group, known for its impeccable contribution in accelerating technology startups in South Africa, believed that it was time for inspiring innovators - coders, entrepreneurs, investors, etc. - to collaborate and build futuristic Bitcoin applications. According to Ian Merrington, the CEO of CiTi, they always wanted to create a private physical space - an incubator - to foster ideas that are particularly pitched to improve upon the....
This April, the city of Cape Town, South Africa plays host to the first ever Bitcoin conference in Africa. The event is set to take place on the 16th and 17th April 2015 at the Atlantic Imbizo Conference and Function Studio, located at the Victoria and Albert Waterfront. The Bitcoin Africa Conference will bring together merchants, investors, venture capitalists, startups and Bitcoin enthusiasts who are all looking to move Bitcoin forward in Africa. Bitcoin in Africa is at a decidedly infant stage. Subjects to be discussed include what bitcoin is, the blockchain, merchant adoption, and the....
Bitcoin ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) have been popping up all over the world. Hong Kong, Australia, Dubai, and America, among other places, have operating Bitcoin ATMs. These ATMs have only become widespread in the past few months and are a very new and incomplete technology. Now, they're coming to Africa. Coming to Africa. [dropcap size="small"]Bitcoin's first ATM in the vast continent of Africa is expected to be opened to the public in late May. The ATM will be owned by ZABitcoinATM. The first ATM will come to Johannesburg, South Africa. A second one, which will come a month after....
Victoria and Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa is going to host the inaugural Bitcoin African Conference on April 16 and 17, 2015. The two-day event will bring together merchants, investors, venture capitalists, start-ups and Bitcoin enthusiasts who are all looking to move Bitcoin forward in Africa. The organizers of the Bitcoin Africa Conference plan to address many of the issues surrounding Bitcoin, as well as the potential that Bitcoin offers individuals and businesses alike. The conference aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the following:
A Blockchain research arm of a bank in South Africa has said the technology could take up to 40% of banks’ revenue if it becomes a global standard. South Africa ‘Will End Up with a Blockchain’. Speaking at the Gordon Institute of Business Science Wednesday, Rand Merchant Bank’s (RMB) Farzam Ehsani said that blockchain “calls institutions to a new....