Key Takeaways:
- Akoin Launch: Akoin launched Akoin, a cryptocurrency supporting business endeavors in Africa, promoting digital economic participation via mobile phones.
- Akoin Ecosystem: Akoin Token, built on Stellar, has a maximum supply of 450 million tokens and is listed on Bitmart and Bittrex Exchanges.
- Akoin City: Akoin City in Senegal adopts Akoin as its primary medium of exchange, showcasing blockchain technology's integration into a smart, sustainable city.
- Akoin Wallet & Exchange: The Akoin Multi-Currency Wallet allows internal trading with partnered cryptocurrencies through proprietary Atomic Swap technology, reducing exchange complexities.
- Akoin's Impact: Akoin, a Grammy-nominated artist and philanthropist, has powered 18 African nations with solar energy through Akoin Lighting Africa, and envisions Akoin as the official currency of his eco-friendly city, Akoin City.
Akoin, a well-known singer and forward-thinking changemaker, launched AKoin, a cryptocurrency intended to support budding businesspeople in Africa and elsewhere. According to the Akoin Team, Akoin will be utilised as a standard means of transfer between the 54 nations of Africa (each with its own volatile currency). enabling people and businesses in Africa to participate in the digital economy with only a cell phone.
AKOIN ECOSYSTEM:
- AKOIN TOKEN: Akoin is a cryptocurrency built on Stellar. The Akoin Token, which has a maximum supply of 450 million tokens, is currently available on the Bitmart and Bittrex Exchanges.
- AKOIN CITY: Akon City, an eco-friendly and smart city in Senegal, Africa, will use akoin as its primary medium of exchange. With the aim of creating a completely new way of life, Akon City combines cutting-edge smart city planning concepts with a blank canvas for incorporating blockchain technology. Akon and Akon City have signed a letter of intent with Akoin, Inc. committing to the use of Akoin as the primary currency as part of this smart city’s blockchain design.
- AKOIN EXCHANGE/WALLET: The native Akoin wallet, the Akoin Multi-Currency Wallet, enables users to conduct internal trading between partnered cryptocurrencies without having to deal with the significant obstacles and costs frequently associated with exchanges. This exchange is made possible by a private and proprietary Atomic Swap technology that enables direct transfers with all major cryptocurrencies, including the alternative currencies of our Partners, without the need for a significant exchange. One of the features of the Dapp Marketplace is the Multi-Currency Wallet.
- MARKETPLACE: For business owners creating DApps and apps for the African market, AKoin offers chances for earning, saving, and spending, as well as user discounts and reward programmes.
- ATOMIC SWAP: Users may easily shift fiat money, prepaid minutes, and cryptocurrency thanks to the innovative Atomic Swap technology. It enables users to switch between Dapp applications and enter and exit the network without the need for an exchange to act as a middleman. The swap capability is internal to a user’s decentralised wallet, which cuts down on costs and time.
- PARTNER ACCELERATOR: Adoption of Akoin and DApp/App partners is rising thanks to a massive marketing platform for brands and foundations.
TEAM
Akoin – A multi-platinum-selling performer, producer, businessman, and philanthropist who has received a Grammy nomination.
According to the Forbes Celebrity 100 & 40 Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa lists, Akon is one of the most influential voices in Africa and the Diaspora. Through Akon Lighting Africa, he has already provided solar power to 18 African nations, improving the safety, health, and well-being of millions of the continent’s 600+ million people who are now without access to electricity. Akon is also the brains behind Akon City, an eco-friendly, smart city under construction in Senegal, Africa, where Akoin will serve as the official currency.
Jon Karas – Jon is a significant figure at the nexus of celebrity and social good with more than 25 years of experience in the entertainment, technology, and financial sectors. In order to provide resources, services, and training for budding businesspeople in Africa and elsewhere, he co-founded and serves as president of Akoin, a cryptocurrency project that he co-founded with worldwide celebrity and impact leader Akoin.
Liss Lynn – Lynn has worked in the social impact sector for more than ten years, providing advice, carrying out innovative business plans, and managing them. As a pioneer in the field of “blockchain for good,” Lynn was a founding member of the ICO Impact Group, which offered guidance to blockchain startups and new cryptocurrencies with a positive social impact.