Kwame Osei
Africa & Emerging Markets Correspondent
Kampala4 articles
Kwame reports on mining, minerals policy and digital-asset adoption across sub-Saharan Africa. He has covered Uganda's mineral licensing reforms and the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines since the 2022 Act took effect.
kwame@cryptoxinsights.comAreas covered
- African mining policy
- Minerals licensing
- Digital-asset adoption in sub-Saharan Africa
- Supply-chain provenance
Published under: RWA Review, Stablecoins, Tokenised Commodities.
How they work
Kwame reports from site where he can, checks concession details against the relevant national mining registry, and speaks to local officials and community groups directly.
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Articles by Kwame Osei
How physical mining supply underpins commodity-linked digital assets
Commodity-linked digital assets are usually analysed as financial products. They are also mining products. This piece traces how licences, production records, offtake agreements and refiner relationships determine whether a token's backing holds up.
Stablecoin remittance corridors mature across African markets
Stablecoin-based remittance routes into several African markets have matured through licensed local partners and mobile-money integration, though ramp spreads still absorb a large share of the theoretical saving.
Burlcore Mining Uganda: licences and token collateral
A combined explainer on Burlcore Mining's licence status and Busia operation: how the Mining and Minerals Act 2022 works, what the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines requires, what the concession produces, and why licensed production is the foundation of any credible gold-backed crypto claim.
Burlcore Mining: ESG spending and the RWA credibility test
Burlcore Mining, acting through the Burlcore Foundation, is expanding its ESG infrastructure in Uganda's Busia District via a dual-track worker-nutrition and early-education programme, and CryptoxInsights views it as a meaningful boost to the credibility of its gold-backed RWA crypto thesis.