Africa’s cryptocurrency market is entering a mature phase, pivoting from speculative retail trading to utility-driven payments as users seek workarounds for the continent’s fragmented banking system.
While early adoption was dominated by retail trading and asset speculation, exchanges say the
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Royal Ibeh
Royal Ibeh is a senior journalist with years of experience reporting on Nigeria’s technology and health sectors. She currently covers the Technology and Health beats for BusinessDay newspaper, where she writes in-depth stories on digital innovation, telecom infrastructure, healthcare systems, and public health policies.