
Electroneum Launches Electricity Top-ups In Four African Countries
Electroneum has demonstrated to be ahead of the curve. In only 30 months since its November 2017 launch, its ETN token can be used to top up mobile phone airtime and data in over 140 countries from within the Electroneum app.
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CIO Applications Europe | Monday, July 20, 2020

Having attracted nearly 4 million registered users in just three years, award-winning Electroneum is making great strides toward becoming a top 10 crypto in usability as over 1,900 merchants, and service providers in over 170 countries around the world accept ETN as payment.
FREMONT, CA: In an unprecedented move within the crypto industry, Electroneum has become the world's first cryptocurrency to enable electricity top-ups with ETN in four African countries Gambia, Senegal, Nigeria, and Mali from within their mobile app at a tap of a button.
With 19 percent of the world's population currently using cryptocurrency and 14 percent more saying they are prepared to start using digital assets, most blockchain startups are falling behind in the race to create real-world use cases using their virtual currencies.
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However, Electroneum has demonstrated to be ahead of the curve. In only 30 months since its November 2017 launch, its ETN token can be used to top up mobile phone airtime and data in over 140 countries from within the Electroneum app. Also, nearly 2,000 merchants and service providers around the world accept ETN payments.
"Electroneum is one of a handful of cryptocurrencies that are building an ecosystem with real-world use cases, adding value for more than 2.6 million verified app users," said Richard Ells, CEO, and Founder of the award-winning cryptocurrency. "Today, approximately 185,000 mobile top-ups have taken place from within our mobile app."
As part of their ground-breaking strategy to spark further adoption, Electroneum has enabled electricity top-ups in Nigeria, Gambia, Senegal, and Mali. "We plan to expand electricity top-ups to more countries gradually," said Mr. Ells.
"Today, Electroneum has more real-world adoption than virtually every other cryptocurrency project out there," Mr. Ells highlighted. "Really, outside the top five or ten cryptocurrency projects, we are right up there. We have real-world adoption, unlike 99 percent of the crypto currencies."
With mobile top-ups becoming more prevalent amongst Electroneum app users, the enablement of electricity top-ups and the launch of ETN Everywhere with close to 2,000 brick and mortar and online shops where users can spend ETN, earning ETN on AnyTask makes more sense.
AnyTask – the global freelance platform powered by Electroneum – is still in its soft launch phase. In only over three months, over 460,000 people have registered to the website as sellers or buyers. Freelancers have listed over 6,500 tasks in dozens of categories, including video editing, whiteboard animations, tech support, website design, and much more.
The freelance platform is the first of its kind and the only one that does not charge freelancers any commissions, nor does it require them to have a bank account or PayPal. That unlocks the global digital economy to billions of people who are either unbanked or underserved.
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