Bitcoin ATM Comes to South Africa

By Eric Calouro - August 15, 2014 22:49

Residents of Johannesburg, South Africa will have the ability to purchase bitcoin with cash come this weekend, with the launch of one of Africa’s (if not the first) bitcoin ATMs.

As you may be aware, the continent of Africa is severely underbanked (with an estimated 135 million people not banked at all), and many in the bitcoin community have argued that bitcoin’s presence in Africa could very well have a positive impact on the population.


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