Jan 27, 2020
In this episode, Editor of African Business Magazine, David Thomas, and podcast host, Desne Masie, discuss the first UK-Africa Summit in London, and the highlights of this month's issue of African Business Magazine especially developments in Sudan and in Francophone West Africa around the new eco currency. We also look ahead to the upcoming Mining Indaba in South Africa on 3-6 February.
Our special guest this week is the Africa lead for Consensys, Monica Singer, who is also the former CEO of Strate. We discuss the Consensys paper on Central Bank Backed Digital Currencies of which she is a co-author, as well as the future of blockchain and crypto-assets in Africa and Worldwide.
Links:
Mining
Indaba
Consensys
Consensys CBDC paper
Bitcoin White
Paper
Credits:
Executive Producer and Host: Desné Masie
Co-producer and audio editor: Peter Doerrie
Digital and social editor: Shoshana Kedem
Group Publisher: Omar Ben Yedder
Music: ‘Give Love’ by Nettson