Ghana Dot Com (GDC), a Ghana-based IT solutions provider, has launched what it claims to be the first bitcoin mining facility in Africa. The company also says that its farm is now producing "several hundred terahashes per second" of capacity to the bitcoin blockchain, CoinDesk reported.

Ghana Dot Com is a descendant company of Network Computer Systems, a leader in West Africa and the pioneer of internet service in the sub-region. Ghana Dot Com, incorporated in 2007, provides the capabilities to enable companies and organizations operate more efficiently in an increasingly competitive environment. It offers highly specialized technology and support services using open standards of the internet. 

"As one of first African computer [companies], we have an interest in seeing the adoption of computing sciences in Africa. We pioneered Internet development and will similarly promote bitcoin development in Africa”, CoinDesk quoted GDC chairman Nii Quaynor’s said in a statement.

GDC said it will seek to launch more cryptocurrency products soon, without revealing any further details. It said that it is supporting bitcoin in order to help boost cryptocurrency adoption in Africa. It believes that the digital currency, and its underlying distributed ledger, the blockchain, have the ability to change global finance.