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CBN VASP AML Supervision Pilot: Nigeria Names Paystack and Flutterwave to Monthly Compliance Reporting

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April 6, 2026

The CBN has named six VASPs — including Paystack and Flutterwave — to a new AML supervision pilot requiring monthly compliance reports and Travel Rule readiness plans. BETAR analyses the compliance cost stack and what comes next for all Nigerian fintechs.

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Rwanda virtual assets CBDC dual track regulation 2026

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Rwanda’s Dual-Track Digital Currency Strategy: Virtual Assets Law and the e-FRW CBDC Pilot

UphivaBETAR
April 4, 2026

Rwanda has simultaneously approved a Virtual Assets Law and launched a real-user CBDC pilot — the only country on the continent pursuing both strategies in parallel.

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Rwanda dual-track digital currency strategy combining virtual assets law and e-FRW CBDC pilot in 2026

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Rwanda’s Dual-Track Digital Currency Strategy: Virtual Assets Law and the e-FRW CBDC Pilot

UphivaBETAR
April 3, 2026

Rwanda’s Dual-Track Digital Currency Strategy: Virtual Assets Law and the e-FRW CBDC Pilot Rwanda’s Dual-Track Digital Currency Strategy: Virtual Assets Law and the e-FRW CBDC Pilot On March 4, 2026,…

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Kenya VASP stablecoin capital rule NIFC crypto hub 2026

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Kenya Sets Africa’s Highest Stablecoin Bar — and 50 Crypto Firms Still Want In

UphivaBETAR
March 29, 2026

Kenya’s draft VASP rules set a KES 500M capital floor for stablecoin issuers — the strictest threshold in Sub-Saharan Africa. The NIFC crypto hub is the compensating prize for global firms.

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Rwanda virtual assets law CBDC e-FRW dual track 2026

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Rwanda’s Dual-Track Digital Currency Strategy: Virtual Assets Law and the e-FRW CBDC Pilot

UphivaBETAR
March 29, 2026

Rwanda is running two digital currency tracks simultaneously: a comprehensive virtual assets law and an e-FRW retail CBDC pilot. BETAR explains why the dual-track approach is deliberate.

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Kenya VASP stablecoin capital rule 2026 — KES 500M floor for stablecoin issuers

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Kenya Sets Africa’s Highest Stablecoin Bar — and 50 Crypto Firms Still Want In

UphivaBETAR
March 29, 2026

Kenya’s draft VASP rules propose a KES 500M capital requirement for stablecoin issuers — the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa — as 50 global firms eye Nairobi’s NIFC hub.

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Ghana's VASP Sandbox: 11 Firms Approved, Crypto Regulation Framework Takes Shape — BETAR.africa

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Ghana’s VASP Sandbox: 11 Firms Approved, Crypto Regulation Framework Takes Shape

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Ghana’s Bank of Ghana has approved 11 firms into its crypto regulatory sandbox. What the framework looks like and what comes next.

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Luno Launches Prediction Markets in Nigeria and South Africa — and Tests Regulatory Boundaries — BETAR.africa

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Luno Launches Prediction Markets in Nigeria and South Africa — and Tests Regulatory Boundaries

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Luno’s prediction markets product — daily price bets on Bitcoin and Ethereum — sits in a classification no-man’s-land between derivatives and gambling.

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Nigeria's VARA Framework: Africa's Largest Crypto Market Rewrites the Rules Without a New Law — BETAR.africa

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Nigeria’s VARA Framework: Africa’s Largest Crypto Market Rewrites the Rules Without a New Law

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Nigeria has created a binding crypto regulatory framework through administrative action — no new legislation required.

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South Africa's CARF Crypto Reporting Framework: What Exchanges Must Disclose to SARS — BETAR.africa

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South Africa’s CARF Crypto Reporting Framework: What Exchanges Must Disclose to SARS

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

South Africa is implementing the OECD’s Crypto Asset Reporting Framework. What crypto exchanges must report to SARS — and by when.

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CBN VASP AML Supervision Pilot: Nigeria Names Paystack and Flutterwave to Monthly Compliance Reporting

Rwanda’s Dual-Track Digital Currency Strategy: Virtual Assets Law and the e-FRW CBDC Pilot

Rwanda’s Dual-Track Digital Currency Strategy: Virtual Assets Law and the e-FRW CBDC Pilot

Kenya Sets Africa’s Highest Stablecoin Bar — and 50 Crypto Firms Still Want In

Rwanda’s Dual-Track Digital Currency Strategy: Virtual Assets Law and the e-FRW CBDC Pilot

Kenya Sets Africa’s Highest Stablecoin Bar — and 50 Crypto Firms Still Want In

Ghana’s VASP Sandbox: 11 Firms Approved, Crypto Regulation Framework Takes Shape

Luno Launches Prediction Markets in Nigeria and South Africa — and Tests Regulatory Boundaries

Nigeria’s VARA Framework: Africa’s Largest Crypto Market Rewrites the Rules Without a New Law

South Africa’s CARF Crypto Reporting Framework: What Exchanges Must Disclose to SARS

The 1% Promise: Which African Governments Are Meeting the Kigali R&D Commitment — and What the Gap Costs the Continent

Africa Offshore Wind: Zero Commissioned Capacity Despite 100GW Announced Projects

Africa Offshore Wind: Zero Commissioned Capacity Despite 100GW Announced Projects

Nigeria Fintech M&A Pipeline Q2 2026: Who Is Buying the Compliance Laggards?

The Merch Gap: Why African Creators Leave Money on the Table With Physical Products

Africa’s Reality TV Format Economy: Inside the Business of Big Brother Naija, Format Fees, and the Sponsor Arms Race

Building a Game Studio in Africa Costs $3,000 a Month. Publishing One Game Costs Three Times That. The Unit Economics Explain Why African Studios Struggle to Scale.

Nigeria Banks at Day 35: The CBN Blinks, the Courts Are Deciding, and No Buyer Has Moved

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The 1% Promise: Which African Governments Are Meeting the Kigali R&D Commitment — and What the Gap Costs the Continent

Africa Offshore Wind: Zero Commissioned Capacity Despite 100GW Announced Projects

Africa Offshore Wind: Zero Commissioned Capacity Despite 100GW Announced Projects

Nigeria Fintech M&A Pipeline Q2 2026: Who Is Buying the Compliance Laggards?