Over 90% of registered businesses in Africa are small and medium-sized enterprises, and they employ roughly 80% of the workforce. What's the real implication for crypto and blockchain investors looking at African markets?

These numbers suggest massive adoption potential. When SMEs represent such a dominant share of economic activity, any fintech solution—especially decentralized finance—that reduces friction in payments, cross-border transfers, or access to capital hits a massive addressable market.

The question shifts from "Is there demand?" to "What barriers still exist?" Regulatory clarity, mobile penetration, and stablecoin integration become the actual battlegrounds. Investors tracking this metric should be watching which blockchain projects are actually solving real pain points for this 80% workforce.