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Seven African start-ups shaking up the global tech ecosystem

Leave a Comment / Africa, Education, Investment, Leadership, Tech, Techpreneurship / By Black4Tech

Young African start-ups are making headway in cutting-edge sectors and catching the eye of leading organizations, including the World Economic Forum. There are no mistaking certain signals, even if they are weak ones, like the recent nod from the Israeli research center StartupBlink to Africa’s growing prominence in the global start-up ecosystem. Providing research and …

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Akon Launches AkoinNFT to Empower Artists

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The Akoin team, responsible for the digital asset platform and cryptocurrency AKN, created by music artist and philanthropist Akon, has partnered with Taqo.io to create AkoinNFT. Launching today, AkoinNFT will be a full-service creation, design, minting, and distribution platform for providing artists around the world the full power of NFTs. According to Akon, the idea behind the …

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Akon finalizes deal to build a cryptocurrency city in Senegal

Leave a Comment / Africa, Investment, Leadership, Tech, Techpreneurship / By Black4Tech

On January 13, pop singer Akon confirmed via tweet that his 2,000-acre, cryptocurrency-powered city in Senegal would soon break ground. The project was first announced in 2018, and the smart city will rise near the capital of Dakar, on a plot gifted to Akon by President Macky Sall. Oh, and Akon City will run on ‘AKoin,’ a proprietary cryptocurrency, …

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