Nairobi, Nov. 16 -- Pan-African cryptocurrency exchange platform, Yellow Card, has bagged the top financial industry award for innovative businesses in the sector, signaling a growing acceptance of the unconventional digital assets on the continent.

The Africa Financial Industry Summit (Afis) 'Disrupter of the Year' award is normally conferred on the sector's most innovative young business, "whose innovation represents a market disruption" and whose activities have significantly increased within the year.

Yellow Card, headquartered in Nigeria, has become the first crypto company in Africa both to bag the award and to win a conventional financial sector prize, an indication that the industry is beginning to embrace the cryptocurrency tec...