Africa Free Routing, Africa's fastest and most reliable lightning payments network, has announced the launch of its 3rd Bitcoin lightning node in Africa: Ghana Free Routing. The node, which is located in Ghana's capital city, Accra, is the country's first free routing node and gives the Ghanaian people access to the fastest, cheapest payments in the world.

Bitcoin is the currency of the internet age, and it is already one of the top ten global currencies. With a base layer secured by over 10 gigawatts of energy, it offers greater security than all the world's banks combined. With this Bitcoin in any free lightning enabled wallet, anyone can send the currency anywhere in the world almost instantly and for free. For Africans, many of whom remain unbanked, this is a life changing economic opportunity as they are now able to both earn and save globally in the hardest money available.

Lightning payments recently took center stage when Africa's second-largest retailer, Pick n Pay, began accepting Bitcoin lightning payments at their 1500 stores. For merchants and retailers, Lightning offers instant settlement with no merchant fees. This is a stunning value proposition, and the rapid growth of the Lightning Network is a testament to this. With capacity more than doubling year over year and transaction volumes breaking new records each month, it is clear that consumer adoption is growing rapidly across the continent.

Africa Free Routing aims to bring this exciting technology to retailers and consumers in Africa. At the end of the day, the reduced risks and costs will mean better prices and value for the consumer.

Please visit https://freerouting.africa/ to find out more.