Virtual Asset License in Africa: A Country-by-Country Guide for VASP Founders
You’ve built the platform. Your product is live. Users in Lagos, Nairobi, and Johannesburg are already asking how to sign up. Now the real work…
You’ve built the platform. Your product is live. Users in Lagos, Nairobi, and Johannesburg are already asking how to sign up. Now the real work…
Nigeria is a top-3 global stablecoin market. More Nigerians hold crypto as a share of the population than citizens of the United States. Peer-to-peer trading…
South Africa made history quietly. In October 2022, the country declared crypto assets as financial products under the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act. The…
It started with a warning. In 2015, the Central Bank of Kenya issued a stark public notice: Bitcoin is not legal tender, and the CBK…
Trademark registration in Nigeria is handled by the Nigerian Intellectual Property Office (NIPO), previously the Trademarks, Patents and Designs Registry, under the Trade Marks Act.…
Trademark registration in Kenya is handled by the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) under the Trade Marks Act and the Industrial Property Act. KIPI has…
A crypto licence in Nigeria is a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) registration issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria (SEC Nigeria) under…
A Payment Service Provider (PSP) licence in Ghana is issued by the Bank of Ghana (BOG) under the Payment Systems and Services Act 2019 (Act…
A Payment Service Provider (PSP) licence in Kenya is issued by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) under the National Payment System Act 2011 and…
A Payment Service Provider (PSP) licence in Nigeria is issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the National Payments System Act and is…