Blockchain and Cryptocurrency regulation in Africa under discussion at Afro-Asia Fintech Festival
17 July 2019
African countries are no strangers to the use of digital solutions for money transfers, nor to the rapid implementation of such technologies. However, approaches to the regulation of financial technologies (fintech) in Africa has been varied across countries. This is according to Ashlin Perumall Senior Associate in the Corporate/M&A Practice at Baker McKenzie in Johannesburg, who was part of the Blockchain in Africa panel at the Afro-Asia FinTech Festival, held in Nairobi Kenya on 15th - 16th July 2019.