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

UphivaBETAR
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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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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Kenya VASP stablecoin capital rule 2026 — NIFC crypto hub regulation

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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 regulations propose a KES 500 million capital requirement for stablecoin issuers — the highest bar in Africa. Fifty firms have still registered intent to apply.

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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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Ghana VASP sandbox crypto regulation 2026 — 11 firms West Africa digital assets, BETAR.africa

Policy & Regulation

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Ghana’s VASP Sandbox: 11 Firms, Live Crypto Regulation, and What It Means for West Africa’s Digital Asset Market

UphivaBETAR
March 20, 2026

Ghana has admitted 11 firms to a crypto VASP sandbox — the most structured digital asset licensing framework in West Africa. What it means for regional crypto operators.

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Abstract illustration of Nigeria VARA crypto regulatory framework showing coordination architecture

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Nigeria’s Crypto Market Just Got Rules — Without a New Law. Here’s What VASPs Must Do Now.

UphivaBETAR
March 16, 2026

Nigeria processed $92.1 billion in cryptocurrency transactions. Its new VARA framework uses a tri-agency model instead of new legislation. Here’s what VASPs must do to comply.

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Ghana Admits 11 Crypto Firms to Regulatory Sandbox — The VASP Act 2025 Is Now Operational

UphivaBETAR
March 12, 2026

Ghana has admitted 11 crypto firms to its regulatory sandbox under the VASP Act 2025 — making it one of the first African countries to operationalise a formal virtual asset regulatory framework.

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Illustration: Ghana VASP crypto licence — 11 firms in sandbox, VC deployment ready

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Ghana’s Crypto Licence Opens the Investment Gate — and VCs Are Ready to Move

UphivaBETAR
March 10, 2026

When Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission issued updated sandbox rules on March 9, 2026 — operationalising a VASP Act signed just ten weeks earlier — it completed the last piece…

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

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

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

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

Ghana’s VASP Sandbox: 11 Firms, Live Crypto Regulation, and What It Means for West Africa’s Digital Asset Market

Nigeria’s Crypto Market Just Got Rules — Without a New Law. Here’s What VASPs Must Do Now.

Ghana Admits 11 Crypto Firms to Regulatory Sandbox — The VASP Act 2025 Is Now Operational

Ghana’s Crypto Licence Opens the Investment Gate — and VCs Are Ready to Move

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?