ROUNDUP OF BLOCKCHAIN NEWS IN KENYA AND EAST AFRICA
Nuira Books now accepts payments in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and DodgeCoin as Nadeem is to be extradited by the Nigerian Government. Here's everything that happened in Web3 KE last week
Hello there! Welcome to Blockwisely, where you get the latest news, insights, updates, and trends from the Web3 ecosystem in Kenya and East Africa at Large.
Let’s get into the news for last week.
Nuira Books now accepts payments in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and DodgeCoin:
Nuria Books does accept payments in Bitcoin, as evidenced by a tweet from a customer on April 11, 2024. The bookstore also supports other cryptocurrencies, such as Ethereum and Dogecoin, as indicated in its BitcoinWide listing.
Nadeem is to be extradited, reports claim that the Nigeria Government is working with Interpol, FBI, Kenya, and British governments to extradite him:
Nadeem Anjarwalla, a Binance executive, is being pursued for extradition by the Nigerian government in collaboration with international law enforcement agencies and governments, including Interpol, the FBI, the UK, Northern Ireland, Kenya, and the Nigerian and Kenyan police forces.
Anjarwalla is wanted for allegedly committing money laundering, tax evasion, and currency speculation totaling $35.4 million. He is believed to have fled to Kenya to evade authorities after being detained in Nigeria in February alongside another Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, over claims of manipulating the Nigerian naira.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Alphabloq’s CEO Trevor Kimani will be speaking at the East African Property Investment (EAPI) Summit happening on the 17th and 18th of April:
Celo Kenya Codejam will be happening on April 20th, marking a culmination of the BuildWithCelo Hackathon:
Lisk Blockchain Incubation Hub launch,in partnership with Nodo, will be happening on April 30th at Bao Box in Spring Valley:
IC FOOTPRINT will be hosting the inaugural ICP Community Conference (ICPCC) 2024 on Friday, May 10th:
Code Africa Conference by Memoi will be happening from 10th - 11th May 2024:
Bitcoin Dada will be having a movie night on May 11th at Unseen Nairobi in Kilimani:
Ethereum Frontiers Africa will be happening in Nairobi on May 12th. It will feature the largest number of global Ethereum devs & researchers Africa has hosted so far:
Registration for the 2nd edition of the Kenya Blockchain and Crypto Conference is underway:
ETH Safari 2024 will be happening later this year:
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Africa Bitcoin Conference will be happening in Nairobi Kenya from Dec 9th - 11th 2024:
EVENTS THAT HAPPENED:
The AquaPurge project conducted its decentralized cleanup pilot at three locations:
BitKE in partnership with Moringa had a Web3 developer workshop:
X SPACES/WEBINARS:
Web3 Developer Clubs Zk-SNARKS bootcamp final session will be going live on Monday 15th at 8 PM EAT:
Memoi in partnership with ByteShield Ops will be having a free bootcamp on security and smart contract auditing:
Web3 Clubs 2024 cohorts will be kicking off in the next 8 days. Applications close on Monday, April 15th.
ICP Hub Kenya will be having a session on how to build canisters on ICP on Wednesday:
Bitcoin Local Price this week:
9,500,000.02 KES
USDT Local Price:
136.18 KES
Source: Binance
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That marks the end of this week's updates. We hope you found our coverage informative and insightful.
Don't forget to join us next week for more exciting news, interviews, and analysis from Kenya's vibrant web3 community.
In the meantime, keep innovating, learning, and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with Web3 technology. See you next week!