A new digital asset exchange has been launched in Zimbabwe. The new exchange named Styx24 aims to provide Zimbabweans with an alternative trading platform to the country’s most popular digital currency exchange Golix.

A series of worrisome events, such as numerous times when the site was offline for a substantial amount of hours without warning, has led to a decrease in consumer confidence and subsequent dissatisfaction with Golix’s platform. This is something that Styx24 aims to do better.

http://bitcoinafrica.io/2018/03/10/styx24-launches-in-zimbabwe/

A South African MBA student at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Rufaro Masiiwa, has created a solution that leverages the blockchain to curb fraud and corruption in the charitable giving sector.

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While technology has become part of our daily lives, the technology space is still very much a man’s domain. There is a substantial disparity between the number of men and women working in technology, with the number dropping even further in places of leadership. There have been a number of studies that have revealed that women in tech, especially in positions of power, augur well for both the consumer and the company.

The rise of the FemTech movement is partly in response to this disparity. FemTech refers to women in technology. Additionally, it has connotations of the use of technology as a tool for female empowerment. While female empowerment is important across the globe, it is doubly so in Africa where it has been noted that female empowerment leads to better economic standing for the whole family according to a World Bank study.

In Africa, there are a number of women making waves within the bitcoin and blockchain space. Whether they are from Africa or their projects have a specific focus on Africa, these are women who are harnessing the power of blockchain technology to spur on positive change on the continent.

http://bitcoinafrica.io/2018/03/03/femtech-in-africa-women-in-tech-pioneering-blockchain-africa/