With 70% Population Unbanked, Future of Bitcoin in Ghana is Bright
Aside South Africa, Kenya and to some extent the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bitcoin doesn’t seem to be penetrating other African countries. Many have attributed it to lack of infrastructure and ignorance of the digital currency. Godwin Bush, Director of Operations at PmCedis Capital, an Accra based Bitcoin Exchange, spoke to Cointelegraph about the future of Bitcoin in Ghana. He stated that Bitcoin adoption in Ghana is invigorating but it is most popular among the young generation. It is significant to mention that Bitcoin has an enormous power to lift the copious unemployed Ghanaian....
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Stellar Development Foundation is a nonprofit organization working on bringing banking and financial services to the unbanked across the world. A simple Google search is enough to know that there are over 2.5 billion unbanked adults across the world. These people don't have access to, or don't use banks or any microfinance institutions to manage their money. Most of the unbanked population are from the developing countries in African, Asian and South American continents. The unbanked population in these regions do not have access financial institutions or services for multiple reasons.....