Nigeria Was in the Room. Here Is Why That Matters.
From SEC Nigeria’s participation to Nigerian founders on the Startup Showcase floor, ABF 2025 put Nigeria at the centre of Africa’s most important blockchain conversation. When Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission sent representatives to Kigali for ABF 2025 last November, it was not a ceremonial visit. The SEC has spent three years navigating the most […]
Africa Is Not Waiting. ABF2025 Made That Impossible to Ignore.
The conference that changed how the world thinks about African builders. There is a version of the Africa technology story that gets written from the outside. Great potential. Young population. A few impressive startups. It tends to be told at Davos’ side events and in McKinsey reports with colourful infographics. Then there is the version […]
The Smart Money Is Already Watching Africa. Here Is Why.
When Binance, Tether, and Stellar Foundation all show up to Kigali, that is not a coincidence. That is positioning. Institutional capital tends to arrive loudly once a trend has matured, and quietly during the period that actually defines returns. By the time 1,600 participants gathered at the Kigali Convention Centre for ABF 2025 last November, […]
How Africa Wrote Itself Into the Global Blockchain Story
There is a version of this story where Africa keeps almost making it. Good numbers. Strong potential. Not quite yet. We have all read that version. ABF 2025 was a different version. Over 1,600 delegates arrived in Kigali on November 7th. Not for a regional gathering with a few international guests bolted on. Forty-plus official […]