Archive of article (with no ads, and easier to read):

https://archive.fo/mEhRx

Today I purchased a newspaper for the first time in 5 years to read about the @CBKKenya plans to issue Kenya shillings backed Central Bank digital currency

Thread by @pesa_africa on Thread Reader App

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1492041664155762688.html https://twitter.com/pesa_africa/status/1492041664155762688

Archive of article (with no ads, and easier to read):

https://archive.fo/mEhRx

Accepts Bitcoin, Tether, and some altcoins. Minimum deposit, 0.00025 BTC (worth about $10, today).

Sportsbet.io’s FAQ for Crypto as payment method:

https://sportsbet.io/help-centre/help-payments/help-payments-using-crypto

I clicked follow for !africa@baraza.africa (among some other Baraza.africa communities as well), but on Mastodon that profile shows “Cancel Follow Request”.

Is this something that requires the mod to accept the follow request (or something like that)?

Looks like this Lemmy is hosted on Greenhost.

https://www.whoishostingthis.com/#search=baraza.africa

While Greenhost definitely is not a bad choice, might at some point there be consideration into using a data center in Africa?

Some of the Communities on Baraza.Africa (sorted alphabetically, other than !main@baraza.africa which is listed first):

• !main@baraza.africa
• !africa@baraza.africa
• !ethiopia@baraza.africa
• !kenya@baraza.africa
• !mozambique@baraza.africa
• !tanzania@baraza.africa
• !uganda@baraza.africa

Related Lemmys Elsewhere:

• !africa@lemmygrad.ml

Am I missing any?

https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2021/02/2-muhuri-activists-arrested-for-resisting-m-pesa-toll-payments-at-likoni-ferry

There are no traditional bitcoin exchanges that work with Kenya’s domestic banking network.

M-Pesa works pretty well as a payment method for trading person-to-person (P2P).

How M-Pesa Is Used On P2P Trading Platforms:

https://kenyacoin.medium.com/how-m-pesa-is-used-on-p2p-trading-platforms-62b382ddc00e