Ghana
IT solutions firm Ghana Dot Com has launched a bitcoin mining facility it claims is the first in Africa.
Ghana-based startup Beam plans to disrupt the local remittance market using the low cost, speed and convenience of bitcoin.
Ghana is joining the ranks of nations eyeing the launch of a central bank digital currency, and is already in talks over a pilot project.
The Sierra Leone Liberty Group has used bitcoin donations to combt Ebola, but says the fight is not over.