The UK Investor Magazine was thrilled to welcome Africa Bitcoin Corporation’s Warren Wheatley and Stafford Masie to the studio to discuss the company’s plans for a London IPO.
Africa Bitcoin Corporation is the world’s first Bitcoin-backed SME growth accelerator, providing secured lending to job-creating SMEs across Africa through the Altvest Credit Opportunities Fund.
Find out more about Africa Bitcoin Corporation here.
As at 31 May 2026, the fund held £23.5 million in assets under management, deployed across 59 loans to 45 SMEs, with strong credit quality, at an average lending rate of 18.3%.
ABC holds Bitcoin as a strategic treasury reserve, using it as collateral to access low-cost US Dollar funding (sub-5% p.a.) that is then on-lent to SMEs at circa 18%. The company see this is a structural funding advantage in a market with an estimated £247 billion SME credit gap.
Already listed on the JSE, A2X, the Namibian Stock Exchange, OTCQB and Frankfurt, ABC is now preparing to list on the Aquis Growth Exchange in London, with admission expected in Q3 2026, giving UK and European investors direct sterling-denominated access.
