Hong Kong-based digital asset infrastructure provider Cregis has confirmed its entry into Africa, marking the company’s newest regional expansion after building a presence across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Latin America. The move comes as demand for enterprise-grade digital asset infrastructure continues to grow worldwide, with Cregis pointing to Africa as one of the fastest-growing digital asset markets globally.
Why Cregis Is Betting On Africa
Citing Chainalysis data, the company noted that Sub-Saharan Africa received more than 205 billion dollars in on-chain value between July 2024 and June 2025, a 52 percent increase year over year, with growth driven by stablecoin payments, cross-border transactions and wider adoption of digital financial services. Cregis also pointed to regulatory frameworks becoming clearer across several major African markets, which it says is building a stronger foundation for enterprise adoption. Cregis chief executive Shawn Yan has framed the region as having moved past simple adoption of digital assets into a phase where enterprise-level infrastructure is now essential to sustaining that growth.
Nigeria, Kenya And South Africa In Focus
Cregis said the expansion has become necessary because it has already onboarded enterprise customers in the region, and it is now scaling up local business development efforts with particular attention to Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, where digital asset ecosystems are among the continent’s most developed. The company said it is working with stablecoin payment providers, over-the-counter trading desks, cryptocurrency exchanges and digital banks as demand for enterprise infrastructure grows across these markets.
What Cregis Actually Offers
Cregis runs an integrated platform that lets enterprises manage the full lifecycle of digital assets, covering wallet operations, fund flows, custody, governance and compliance. Its product portfolio includes Wallet as a Service, a Payment Engine, TronGas and a Crypto Off Ramp tool, giving businesses a single infrastructure layer instead of stitching together several separate providers. For fintech operators and exchanges across Africa juggling compliance requirements alongside operational speed, that kind of consolidated tooling is often the main selling point over building infrastructure in-house.
A Track Record Built In Asia And The Middle East
The African push builds on nearly a decade of experience serving enterprise customers in high-growth markets, starting in Asia-Pacific where Cregis worked with thousands of businesses in an environment where digital asset adoption frequently outpaced regulation. That experience shaped how the company approaches new markets, favouring infrastructure that keeps operational flexibility intact while staying ready for tighter compliance requirements down the line. The same approach carried into the Middle East, where Cregis established Dubai as its regional hub in 2024, building a local team and expanding its compliance capabilities as the business grew. The company now supports more than 200 long-term enterprise deployments across that region.
