Africa has long been a continent of rich promise and potential, but has suffered due to economic underdevelopment and poverty. However, the cryptocurrency revolution which is sweeping across Africa could potentially change this narrative, bringing modern finance to the fingertips of millions of Africans who have not had access to such services so far. It is a sign of how much Africans are moving towards cryptocurrency that monthly crypto transactions, both in and out of the continent, under $10,000 in value, shot up by more than 55% over the last one year, reaching as high as $316 million in value in June 2020.