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Sierra Leone launches Africa’s first blockchain online ID platform

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Sierra Leone has become the first African country to launch a blockchain national digital identification platform. The country’s President Julius Maada Bio officially launched the system in the capital Freetown on Wednesday. This is the first time an African country is implementing such an online credit system designed by a San Francisco-based tech charity called Kiva. With such a system… Read More
Business Investments 

Bitcoin and Blockchain Explained

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What is Bitcoin?  Bitcoin is an online investment system where money is being saved in a digital currency using Blockchain technology. We usually express Bitcoin as a digital currency in dollars. The stored value of bitcoin fluctuates like most currencies or precious metals such as gold or silver. In the cryptocurrency marketplace, there are over 2172 cryptocurrencies operating in 10,840… Read More
Business Development Global News 

10 areas to apply Blockchain in healthcare

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Many industry leaders are discussing blockchain — from the President of the United States to the Nigerian government. Despite all the global publicity, the blockchain idea still appears to be hard to get a handle on, which makes it a standout amongst the most misunderstood technological advances of 2017(1). Blockchain technology is a distributed database that allows users to share… Read More