After his tour of Latin America, Chanpeng Zhao, the founder and CEO of the bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency exchange Binance, traveled to Africa, a continent that, according to him, “is ready” for the adoption of these assets.
The executive director of the centralized exchange house He flew this week to the Ivory Coast and Senegal, where he met with the presidents of both nations, Alassane Dramane Ouattar and Macky Sall, respectively. This, framed in his world tour that seeks to promote the adoption of bitcoin.
According to the businessman, Binance wants to “collaborate” with African politics, by to recognize that “Africa is ready for the adoption of cryptocurrencies”.
“Blockchains provide financial accessibility that is currently unavailable to many Africans,” he said.
Zhao reported that his company, which is one of the most widely used exchanges in the world, has partnered with the JokkoLabs hub, with which they will launch a blockchain education program in communities in Africa where French is spoken.
The information says that there will be monetary donations from Binance, for educational workshops to be carried out. This, “with the aim of increasing literacy”.
“Binance aims to build the fintech community across the Francophone Africa region, ensuring that enthusiasts are empowered to build blockchain solutions and solve real-world problems,” says Binance in a press release.
Zhao’s interest in Africa is not accidental, taking into account that this continent has already had signs of wanting to promote a massive adoption of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, although limitations prevent its realization, as we have seen in CriptoNoticias.
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Chanpeng Zhao’s visit to Africa comes after the executive traveled to Latin American countries, where the adoption of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is also growing. He went to Argentina, Uruguay, El Salvador and Brazil.
Zhao held meetings with politicians, such as the Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou, and spoke with high-ranking figures from the Brazilian monetary environment, as reported by CriptoNoticias.
Now in Africa it follows the same pattern, which could be understood as an open door to the massification of bitcoin and cryptocurrency users, but through a centralized entity that believes that demanding personal information is a right.