# BitPesa News
On January 24, 2019, the World Economic Forum announced it has chosen BitPesa Founder Elizabeth Rossiello to become a member of the Global Blockchain Council. World Economic Forum Targeting the Best According to Business Wire, Rossiello, CEO and founder of BitPesa, was invited to take part in the Global Council on...
On March 28, Pan-African B2B remittance platform BitPesa and global peer-to-peer bitcoin lending platform BitBond announced a partnership with the aim to improve access to funding for small and medium-sized enterprises in Africa. BitPesa provides a digital platform that uses bitcoin and blockchain technology to facilitate cross-border B2B FX payments...
Global Bitcoin Blockchain infrastructure provider and transaction processing company BitFury has announced their investment in African Bitcoin payments platform BitPesa. BitPesa is a hybrid enterprise-level Bitcoin payments platform which allows individuals and businesses worldwide to send payments to Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Tanzania. The firm operates Africa’s most efficient and...
Bitcoin remittance platform BitPesa, has expanded its services to two additional countries, now enabling users to make direct money transfers to and from Uganda and Nigeria. The addition takes the number of countries that BitPesa is serving to four with Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and Uganda, and follows a funding round...
