Bitcoin Funding & Education For Zimbabwean Farmers

Zimbabwean women farmers will be given Bitcoins which they can redeem for goods at selected suppliers. Put together by BitMari, the first black owned Bitcoin startup, this first ever Bitcoin accelerator programme for women farmers in Africa is aimed at making the farmers successful and to return the initial investment at the end of the second harvest. It will also teach them on the usefulness and power of Bitcoin, and train the female farmers to be able to make Bitcoin transfers. According to BitMari’s CEO, Sinclair Skinner, it is important to make women understand how to transfer Bitcoin....

E-Livestock Global, a venture-funded social enterprise, recently launched a blockchain-based livestock traceability system for Zimbabwean cattle farmers. The Mastercard “Provenance solution”-powered system, claiming to be the first of its kind in Africa, aims to bring “end-to-end visibility to the cattle supply chain.” It could also help Zimbabwean farmers prove the origin and health records of their cattle while reducing risks to buyers. Solution Brings Hope to Zimbabwe Cattle Farmers According to a statement released by Mastercard, this solution could not only....

Bitcoin startup Bitmari is leading efforts at introducing a Zimbabwe Women Farmers Accelerator program that is aimed at opening the doors of bitcoin to farmers as an alternative to cash, reports TechZim, a Zimbabwe technology news site. The bitcoin-based money remittance service for the African market based in Zimbabwe has recently been laying the foundations to extend its financial services to a small group of rural female farmers through an accelerator program. The Zimbabwe Women Farmers Accelerator has been set up that will work with ten women farmers from ten provinces. Its aim is to....

Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has reportedly extended its blockade of Zimbabwean users to include non-resident citizens. As a result of the new measures, all Zimbabwean nationals are now precluded from using the Binance trading platform. Zimbabwean Nationals Blocked Prior to the introduction of this new measure, Binance apparently allowed Zimbabwean nationals with non-Zimbabwean residential addresses to access its trading platform, while those residing in-country were blocked. Still, some Zimbabwe-based crypto users were able to circumvent this blockade by installing....

In a country ravaged by a financial crisis, a women farmers accelerator program called Kurima neBitmari (Farming with Bitmari) has been launched to help 100 Zimbabwe women farmers pay for materials and equipment, according to UPI. The company, the first bitcoin accelerator for African women, aims to improve farming productivity and educate women about bitcoin as a payment method. The financial crisis has entered a crucial phase in Zimbabwe, with women farmers having lost cattle and unable to harvest maize due to drought. Farmers interviewed fear they will be unable to feed their children.....