Press Release: Cryptocurrency as a Tool for Wealth Creation & Economic Development

As cryptocurrency continues to expand across the continent, African leader in bitcoin, Yellow Card, will host a Crypto Symposium themed “Cryptocurrency as a Tool for Wealth Creation and Economic Development”.

The online event will take place on Saturday 10 July 2021 at 5PM (GMT), with a strong focus on the Ghanaian market. 

The webinar will feature acclaimed speakers in the crypto space who will share their insights on the industry. The speakers include:

• Obinna Iwuno, Executive Secretary of Siban and Founder of The Crypto Bootcamp 
• Desmond Atsakpo, Marketing Manager at Yellow Card
• Uche Akajiuba, Lead Security Engineer at Yellow Card
• Solomon Afranie, Business Analyst at EMTECH

In addition, Yellow Card will present their newly launched Mobile Money (MoMo) feature which allows users to buy, sell, send, receive and withdraw bitcoin anywhere in the world. Users can also keep their bitcoin in their wallet as a form of savings or investment in a secure way.

Uche Akajiuba, Lead Security Engineer at Yellow Card, says when it comes to cryptocurrencies it is imperative that one understands and educates themselves on the platforms they use. At Yellow Card, security is an important factor. 

“Insecure platforms could expose sensitive information of users like passwords, OTP, tokens etc during transmission. Also, users trading on insecure platforms could have their accounts hijacked by bad actors due to the failure of the platform in protecting their sessions and accounts”, he says. 

Attendees can expect to engage in insightful discussions on the future of bitcoin in Ghana, how cryptocurrency will promote economic development across the continent as well as disruptive

About Yellow Card: 

Yellow Card was founded by Chris Maurice and Justin Poiroux in 2016 with the intent to create a Bitcoin gift card. 

Then, in 2018, Chris and Justin met a man at a Wells Fargo who was trying to send $200 dollars to his family in Nigeria. The bank charged him an unjust fee of $90. We decided to undertake the mission of bringing Bitcoin to Africa with the objective of “financial inclusion for all”, and since then with the help of our partner Munachi Ogueke we've taken Africa by storm with tens of thousands of merchants and coverage across the continent. 

Yellow Card is dedicated to providing Africa with “Financial Freedom for All”. 

For more information contact:

Rutendo Nyamuda, Public Relations Officer 

Email: [email protected]