Africa-Press – Mozambique. As the interest in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continue to grow, cryptocurrency exchange provider Binance has stepped up its offering into Africa through training.
The firm in a bid to row the crypto trade in the continent is providing learning resources to help Africans understand the trade.
Through crypto education, Binance continues in its mission to increase the freedom of money for users, drive blockchain adoption and enable greater accessibility
Since its inception in January 2020, the Binance Masterclass has provided free crypto education to over 400,000 Africans.
By the end of 2020, over 70,000 Africans were educated in the first year of the launch of the Masterclass.
The firm has since doubled down on its efforts, providing education resources to over 177,000 Africans in Q1 2021 and over 179,500 in Q2 2021.
“As a blockchain infrastructure provider, we are committed to ensuring that more and more people have access to the right information about the workings of the ecosystem. Africa is a very important market for Binance because we see the profound opportunity blockchain brings to the entire continent.” said Emmanuel Babalola, Director at Binance Africa.
According to new research by crypto brokerage BrokerChoose, Kenya has the fourth highest interest in cryptocurrency.
Kenya’s ranking is only behind Ukraine, Russia and the United States which topped the charts with the highest crypto awareness scores.
Other top 10 chatters on the list (ordered by ranking) include South Africa, the United Kingdom, India, Nigeria, Australia and Singapore.
