Coinfest Africa Gathers Crypto Activists in Ghana with Tanzania and Botswana to Follow
A successful Coinfest event took place on March 20 in Kumasi, Ghana attracting crypto enthusiasts from all over the world. Similar events are also scheduled to be held in Tanzania and Botswana on March 27, with the latter expecting to receive Africa’s second Bitcoin ATM. Coinfest 2015 was supposed to welcome the participation of several African countries on the weekend of February 20 and 22. However, the Coinfest’s African counterparts have been pushed to March with one event already held in Kumasi on March 20 with others scheduled for March 27 in Gaborone, Botswana and Dar es Salaam,....
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The continent of Africa, in particularly Ghana, is set to open doors of opportunity to a land perceived as hopeless in the eyes of many. The internet has provided decentralized information that allows some of these marginalized populations to educate themselves, and the development of the blockchain represents decentralized wealth controllable by the people. Africa will be getting Dreamcoins. Dreamcoin is a community cryptocurrency being designed for merchants and consumers in sub-Saharan Africa. DreamCoin creator Phillip Agyei Asare explains it:"Dreamcoin is a purely African initiative,....
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Land in many parts of Africa remains an emotive subject. Often fought over, few governments seem to have a clear approach to handling sensitive land issues. However one group in Ghana the Africa Youth Peace Call has come up with a novel way of solving the land question in Northern Ghana - by registering land titles on the block chain. Land Ownership in Ghana - The Bottlenecks. Northern Ghana is home to some of the richest arable land in the country. It however also plays host to Ghana's poorest citizens. In a paper written for the Food and Agricultural Organization, former Ghanaian....