{"id":58879,"date":"2022-03-17T12:09:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T10:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=58879"},"modified":"2025-09-04T19:01:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T16:01:04","slug":"ftx-signs-partnership-with-aza-finance-to-promote-web3-technologies-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/ftx-signs-partnership-with-aza-finance-to-promote-web3-technologies-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"FTX signs partnership with AZA Finance to promote Web3 technologies in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange FTX has signed a partnership with payments provider AZA Finance (formerly BitPesa) to promote Web3 technologies on the African continent.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are super excited to partner with Aza Finance to connect AFRICAN markets to the global Web3 economy by building vital infrastructure. AZA Finance will be bringing its payments expertise to FTX.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qw1l18msCz\">https:\/\/t.co\/qw1l18msCz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r3syTL6MV1\">pic.twitter.com\/r3syTL6MV1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FTX Africa (@ftxafrica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ftxafrica\/status\/1504006866011103232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The companies will work jointly in several key areas:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>support for deposits and withdrawals in the fiat currencies of African countries;<\/li>\n<li>improvement of Web3 infrastructure;<\/li>\n<li>creating opportunities for education and networking;<\/li>\n<li>launching new trading pairs;<\/li>\n<li>attracting African NFT creators to the FTX platform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In November, FTX supported the company Chipper Cash \u2014 in the Series C financing round, the African fintech unicorn <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/11\/01\/chipper-cash-gets-2b-valuation-with-150m-extension-round-led-by-ftx\/?guccounter=1&#038;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYmxvY2tjcnlwdG8uY29tLw&#038;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMraE8h2DiQO5giPzWjeAr7UskNDs4-9-OEicLS0wewZhU9WD5N8RRwAnJcXK918dCIDWgTDJGim8WDnB3bYDGxa0e9DZM4hlXPT0UtaVPUSAr8uv1asb4Z8dXIXEn_7e51eLEtbMWc93bJWN1jnP-cdnEpNiLsaNzu_ae__cGVy\">\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043a $150 \u043c\u043b\u043d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ftx-secures-licence-in-dubai\">FTX received a license in Dubai<\/a> and plans to open a headquarters in the emirate.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s channel on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC9FnXTC8_ENzaNSO5cHQ6g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FTX signed a partnership with AZA Finance, a payments provider, to promote Web3 technologies in Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[284,1236],"class_list":["post-58879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-africa","tag-ftx"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"19","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58881,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58879\/revisions\/58881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}