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The Africoin Report: Shopping Online with Bitcoin Gets Better
Published on April 30th, 2016 by ahmadmanga
Last October, I wrote an article about "Why Bitcoin Is Perfect for Libya." Nothing has changed since then. My country doesn't offer much support when it comes to online payments. We d...
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The Africoin Report: 'Appreciation to the Bitcoin Community,' by Rashid Osei
Published on January 16th, 2016 by DBFGhana
The team at Dream Bitcoin Foundation (DBF) is grateful to everyone who donated to the Dream Bitcoin Holiday Fund. In the month of December 2015, the DBF team set out to feed the poor and homeless during the holidays. We [set up a fund](https://letsta...
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Africoin Report: 'How Bitcoin Will Help Africa,' by Madiou Bah
Published on January 14th, 2016 by Madiou Bah
The continent of Africa makes up 6% of the earth’s land surface, with 30 islands. Its area covers 415,873 square kilometers (258,411 miles). With over 1.1 billion inhabitants in 2014, the 55 countries of Africa represented 16% of the world’s popu...
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The Africoin Report: The Financial Consequence of Centralisation
Published on January 8th, 2016 by Goefells
South Africa is infamous for being one of the longest-running modern-day governments to legalise racial separation, called apartheid, in many facets of everyday life. Only in 1994 were black South Africans able to vote for the first time to change th...
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The Africoin Report: 'Banks Are a Poor Solution for Monetary Transactions,' by Chernoh Saeed Sow
Published on December 31st, 2015 by Chernoh Saeed Sow
I visited many banks recently just to see how they work, and how they render services to customers. Since then, I see no authentic reason why people should ignore bitcoin, because it is the only global currency that preaches liberty to all. It makes ...
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The Africoin Report: 'ChangeTip Isn't Global Anymore,' by Ahmad Al-Hemmally
Published on December 20th, 2015 by ahmadmanga
In October, I wrote an article about bitcoin in my country. Since then, I've found a lot of ways to get the most out of it. I was going to write an article about these things, until o...
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The Africoin Report: Put Smiles on the Faces of the Needy This Festive Season
Published on December 16th, 2015 by DBFGhana
Dream Bitcoin Foundation, one of the leading bitcoin-related foundations based in Ghana, is embarking on a fundraising drive to raise money to put together a meal for the aged and young who live on the streets.
Peo...
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The Africoin Report #7: 'Bitcoin Is Real,' by Madiou Bah
Published on December 6th, 2015 by Madiou Bah -
Africoin Report #6: Bitcoin Is Perfect for Libya
Published on October 23rd, 2015 by ahmadmanga
Written and illustrated by guest author Ahmad al-Hemmaly
Salam (peace) upon you all.
I'm Ahmad al-hemmally, known on the Internet as @ahmadmanga.
It's...
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Africoin Report #5: Voices of Kenema
Published on October 20th, 2015 by Chernoh Saeed Sow
Written by guest authors: Mamadu Sallieu Barrie, Abubakar Mansaray, and Abdulrahman Jalloh
We are three young and energetic youths striving hard to make a change in our country. We are not yet university students, but on the verge of enrolling (...
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The Africoin Report #4: Introducing Mr. Carl to Bitcoin
Published on September 11th, 2015 by Chernoh Saeed Sow
Carl Humper, Jr. (Mr. Carl) is the CEO of Sierra Leone Music Television (SLMTV). He is the first guy I met in my community to discuss bitcoin and my project, SLBNet.
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The Africoin Report #3: Flooding in Freetown
Published on September 4th, 2015 by Chernoh Saeed Sow
I live in a community called Old Wharf under the Wellington section, the eastern part of Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. My family and I have lived in this community for a good six years since we migrated from Kenema, the Eastern Province, in 20...
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The Africoin Report #2: My Trip to Kenema City
Published on August 14th, 2015 by Chernoh Saeed Sow
I was born in Kenema in 1992, during the rebel war. Kenema was among the towns that the rebels captured from early 1997 to 2000. They killed thousands and destroyed properties, which led to the backwardness of the people there and the country as a wh...
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The Africoin Report: Bitcoin Makes It Possible
Published on August 8th, 2015 by Chernoh Saeed Sow
This is the first article in the Africoin Report, which was founded for all Africans and people around the world who are interested in Bitcoin — both those already in the community and newcomers. The forum on WhatsApp has already benefited many b...
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