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.Celebration targets over 2.5m African users
Paxful, the leading global peer-to-peer fintech in celebration of sixth-year anniversary hosted a weeklong virtual event around the globe.
The conference began from 12 to 16 July, 2021.
The event featured reputable speakers across Africa, like Farzam Ehsani, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), VALR (South Africa); Philip Asare, Founder, Blockchain Foundation Africa, and CEO at BTCGhana (Ghana); Ugochukwu Aronu, Founder and CEO, Xend Finance (Nigeria); David Gitonga, Founder, BitcoinKE (Kenya); Artur Schaback, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Paxful and Abikure Tega, CEO, KurePay. x
Fintech Association of Nigeria also led the discussion on “Crypto Disruptiveness”.
Paxful’s Built with Bitcoin Foundation Director, Yusuf Nessary gave a presentation on “Bitcoin for Social Good”.
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