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Ethereum Founder Is Backing Zambia’s Bid to be Africa’s Tech Hub

  • Entrepreneurs in talks with state about business incentives
  • Zambia looking to tap into soaring interest in Africa startups
Vitalik ButerinPhotographer: Chet Strange/Bloomberg
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Zambia may be better known for mining copper than crypto, but a group of young entrepreneurs are looking to reinvent the country as an African technology hub -- with support from Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin.