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Inside the Jordan refugee camp that runs on blockchain
By letting a machine scan his iris, he confirmed his identity on a traditional United Nations database, queried a family account kept on a variant of the Ethereum blockchain by the World Food Programme (WFP), and settled his bill without opening his wallet.
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- Technology
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Block-chain based microfinancing for Kenyan food stall owners
IBM Research and Twiga Food will be extending access to microloans to 220 food stall retailers across Kenya using a block-chain based financing system.
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- Entrepreneurship, Inclusive Fintech
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Terra Incognita: Africa’s Crypto Boom Is Just Getting Started
Africa is often a forgotten continent in the tech world. However, blockchain is set to boom in a big way across the landscape; in fact, it has already begun to.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Africa, blockchain, cryptocurrency
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Vietnam May Soon Emerge As One Of Southeast Asia’s Blockchain Innovation Hubs
Looking at financial inclusion alone, only 31% of adults in Vietnam have bank accounts. But smartphone ownership is on the rise, with 40% of the population expected to own these devices by 2021, which means app-based, blockchain financial services could bring the underbanked into the fold.
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- Inclusive Fintech, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Kenya is finally softening its stance on blockchain technology
Kenya has for years regarded blockchain technology and digital currencies with suspicion, comparing bitcoin to a “pyramid scheme,” and emphasizing that it had no legal footing.
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- Inclusive Fintech, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Kenya, mobile money
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Singapore Inks FinTech, Blockchain Pact with Indian State Government
Today’s agreement will also foster engagements between FinTech startups in Singapore and Maharashtra, which sees Mumbai as its state capital. A FinTech-based curriculum developed for educational programs in the Indian state are also being considered.
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- Inclusive Fintech, Technology
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- South Asia
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- blockchain, fintech, India, Singapore
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Report: Blockchain, AI to shape fintech’s future
The report highlights emerging products and services, technology-enabled sub-segments, new business models, and innovations that are set to disrupt the industry.
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- Inclusive Fintech, Technology
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Can The World’s Underbanked Leapfrog On To A New Blockchain Financial System?
Moeda is a new startup that allows investors to use the blockchain to support cooperatives in rural Brazil–in a different way than is possible in the current system.
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- Inclusive Fintech
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- Latin America
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