Cardano [ADA] spreads its influence in Asia and Africa | [blokt]

Input Output HK, a blockchain start-up that develops the Cardano blockchain, is deploying the ledger platform distributed in several developing countries of Asia and Africa. In May this year, the company signed a protocol agreement with the Ethiopian government to bring its farming practices to the blockchain. It will also use the platform to digitize land registers to protect the data from manipulation.

Work in Africa and Beyond

The Ethiopian coffee supply chain may soon use the Cardano block chain. IOHK will help the Ethiopian government hire and train young software developers to learn how to use Cardano blockchain solutions and implement them in the coffee supply chain. The first batch should begin in September 2018 with 30 female developers. The main developers will be hired by the company to build agricultural blockchain solutions and contribute to the Cardano core code.

In a blog post, John O Connor, Director of African Operations, noted:

"We did not come up with solutions, but with a commitment to finding them. emerged from the dialogue between IOHK and the ministry validated our launch in Ethiopia, and our belief in a productive and mutually beneficial relationship.This belief is inscribed in the Charles MoU signed with the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Getahun. "

The company is engaged in the use of the blockchain for land registration in Rwanda, taking advantage of the strong mobile penetration. The company notes that Kenya and South Africa are interested in using their technology. Several voices in the country support the use of distributed registers to improve biodiversity, as well as to organize the informal rental market.

Efforts in Asia

IOHK also plans to use the Cardano railway chain to trace the supply of beef in both Vietnam and Cambodia. Another Cardano development company, Emurgo Hong Kong, is eager to publish digital university certificates using the blockchain. The technology could help reduce falsification and theft while improving the transparency of the system and enabling a quick check of information on a network.

Charles Hoskinson, CEO of IOHK, said that the adoption of blockchain creates a unique global market. trade on a global scale, which is revolutionary. The blockchain platform can solve many different problems and make the world better .

He also highlighted the issue of smuggling of beef in Cambodia.Wagyu Japanese beef is exported to Cambodia, the largest importer of the product, after which much is re-exported to Mainland China. Japanese in 2001. Blockchain tracking can help reduce the smuggling of this beef, helping authorities identify the origins of a product

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