Strike partners with Bitnob to facilitate cross-border payments into Africa

Want to send dollars to Nigeria, Ghana or Kenya? The Bitcoin Lightning Network is here to look after you.

Mallers made the announcement on stage at AfroBitcoin, a Bitcoin conference in Ghana's capital city of Accra. He stood alongside Bernard Farah, the Nigerian CEO of Bitnob, following a short presentation on how it works.built atop Bitcoin. The feature is called “Send Globally,” and it enables instant, low-cost payments to Africa.The feature does not require people to use Bitcoin themselves, Bitnob CEO Bernard Parah explained on stage.

Dollar payments are instantly converted into naira, cedi or shillings and are deposited directly to recipients' banks, mobile money, or Bitnob accounts.Mallers compared the overall experience to PayPal's Venmo app because it’s an instant peer-to-peer payment. Venmo is a mobile app that allows instant and frictionless payments between United States customers. Mallers said the Lightning Network has “just achieved dollars to Naira, Naira to dollars.

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