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Central African Republic follows El Salvador in making Bitcoin an official currency

TechSpot

A bill governing the use of Bitcoin was adopted unanimously by parliament last week, writes Reuters.

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MARA raises $23M from Coinbase Ventures and FTX to build Africa’s portal to the crypto economy

TechCrunch

With the right resources, this region has potential for mass adoption of cryptocurrency. ” MARA says it is building a suite of products that address various crypto-finance needs for the African audience. Nestcoin raises $6.45M pre-seed to accelerate crypto and web3 adoption in Africa and frontier markets.

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Case Study: How Human Rights Watch Leverages Employee Personal Brands on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Says Jim Murphy, “In the early days of Twitter, our Executive Director, Ken Roth , was an early adopter is still active on Twitter. When conflict broke out in the Central African Republic, they started the CARcrisis hashtag on Twitter. Many tweets lead to press calls.”.