Last month, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded bitcoin startup Bitsoko $100,000 to help troubleshoot Africa's mobile money systems.
Emerging markets-focused bitcoin services provider BitX has launched services in Nigeria.
Ben Parker, co-founder of IRIN, a humanitarian news service spoke to CoinDesk about bitcoin's potential in fragile states.
Africa has significant market potential for bitcoin companies, but its challenging regulatory environment is deterring development.
CoinDesk examines this week's bitcoin headlines, paying special attention to the media's longform features.
Kenya-based bitcoin services provider BitPesa has raised $1.1m in funding led by Pantera Capital and including Bitcoin Opportunity Corp.
ICE3X has launched Nigeria's first bitcoin exchange, opening up a potentially huge market for the digital currency in Africa's most populous country.
Australia-based exchange igot is opening up its services to over 40 countries, including all of the EU and parts of the Middle East and Africa.
BitX has released mobile apps for iOS and Android, aiming to attract newcomers with an attractive and user-friendly design.
Ghana-based startup Beam plans to disrupt the local remittance market using the low cost, speed and convenience of bitcoin.
The Sierra Leone Liberty Group has used bitcoin donations to combt Ebola, but says the fight is not over.
British bitcoin service Azteco and South African start-up Xoin have separately launched two services designed for emerging markets.
A bitcoin advocacy group in Sierra Leone is switching its focus to a more urgent problem: the Ebola virus.
BlinkTrade launched bitcoin exchange SurBitcoin in Venezuela last week, and today will unveil its West African venture, UbuntuBitX.
Emerging market-focused bitcoin exchange BitX has raised S$1m as part of its latest seed funding round.