Ugochukwu Aronu's journey from oil money to blockchain gold
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Whether tech money or oil money, this week’s People in Emerging Tech personality, Ugochukwu Aronu, just wanted to be rich. But when he discovered blockchain, he realised that passion also mattered in his pursuit of greatness.
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Higher-order moment nexus between the US Dollar, crude oil, gold, and bitcoin - ScienceDirect
Ugochukwu Aronu - Xend Finance
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Xend Finance Passes 100k Users and Launches Into Ghana and Kenya
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Emerging Tech Africa
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Space as a Service, Lessons from Space, with Zee Zheng and SpaceChain by Crypto Hipster
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Ugochukwu Aronu (@AronuUgochukwu) / X
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Getting To Know Xend Finance CEO Ugochukwu Aronu, by Kevin Leu, Xend Finance
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Emerging Tech Africa
Ugochukwu Aronu (@AronuUgochukwu) / X
IBE SUSAN UCHECHUKWU (@SusanUchechukwu) / X
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Getting To Know Xend Finance CEO Ugochukwu Aronu, by Kevin Leu, Xend Finance
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Ugochukwu Aronu (@AronuUgochukwu) / X