Updates
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Celebrating International Women’s Day
For the team at hiveonline, International Women’s Day is a day to honour women’s achievements and shed a light on the inspirational women we work with. In truth, we love celebrating our woman-led team everyday, and are proud that our team is over 60% women, all from different parts of the world. To mark this
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CEO Sofie Blakstad Wins FDM Every Woman In Technology Award!
We are excited to announce that our CEO, Sofie Blakstad has won the 2021 FDM Every Woman in Technology Award, in the category of International Inspiration. This is awarded to an individual for their active commitment to encouraging, advancing, sponsoring or championing the progress of women working in technology. Since 2010, FDM has celebrated the industry’s
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hiveonline secures new Danish investor
We are pleased to announce that Knud Lundgaard-Karlshøj, a Danish angel investor, through his company Kigkurren 2, has joined the hive with a convertible note investment of EUR 100,000 towards our next equity round. Knud has previously worked for the IFU, the Danish investment fund focused on African investments, and has lived and worked in
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What does the OCC ruling on stablecoins mean for Africa?
This month, the US Office of Comptroller of the Currencies, a Federal regulatory agency, announced that regulated US banks could use blockchain based stablecoins in payments, and operate nodes on a blockchain network. At a stroke, this move legitimises the previously ambiguous status of stablecoins as a secure, trustworthy and legitimate payment instrument, equivalent to
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hiveonline is supporting Savings and Internal Lending Communities! (SILCs)
As well as VSLA there are a number of other operating models that support community finance. Anaïs Ndjavé looks at the SILC model, its key characteristics and how hiveonline’s solutions can support the digital financial inclusion of these groups. In developing countries, it is common to rely on informal savings groups to get access to
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hiveonline on AMEA Ag-Tech Exchange
Interested in learning how the hiveonline platform is being used to help farmers and agricultural cooperatives in Mozambique? Check out hiveonline on the AMEA Ag-Tech Exchange Webinar! The Ag-Tech Working Group organizes regular webinars with leading Ag-Tech providers and hiveonline is excited to be a part of the network. Back in December, we participated in
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Africa and COVID-19 – The Response to Economic Contraction
2020 was bad for all of us, but what about Africa? African countries, experienced at dealing with epidemics and lacking satisfactory healthcare systems, have taken robust measures against COVID-19 and so have mostly been relatively successful in controlling the spread of the virus, but the economic impact has been severe. The fallout has reversed previous 2020 growth
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vsla.online Pilot with Self Help Africa in Zambia
As a sneak peak into 2021, we are excited to announce that we have partnered with Self Help Africa (SHA) in Zambia to roll out the hiveonline savings group platform, vlsa.online to selected communities in the SHA network. Earlier this week representatives of hiveonline and SHA signed a Letter of Engagement, outlining the project and
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CEO Sofie Blakstad named to Wirex ‘Rising Women in Crypto Power List’
hiveonline is proud to announce that CEO Sofie Blakstad was named of the of top 10 women in Crypto by Wirex in partnership with the Fintech Times! Check out the full list here: https://thefintechtimes.com/wirex-announces-rising-women-in-crypto-power-list/
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Fintech Times: New Report Finds Common “Blockchain for Good” Would Help Humanitarian Sector Build More Trust and Efficiency
by Polly Harrison November 11, 2020 A new report has found that a new, cross-sector blockchain could help aid agencies respond to increasingly frequent and complex crises, and provide significant cost savings. The technology would allow humanitarian groups to reach more people at a time when aid spending is under pressure from shrinking government budgets and