Weather-tracking blockchain in West Africa, but transparency on a raincheck
A blockchain-based project aims to collect weather data generated in West Africa. Will the region be open to data sharing? West Africa is home to an estimated 381 million people and counting. Unfortunately, the region was also found to be a hotspot for climate change, which will likely impact crop yields and food production while causing damage to its unique wildlife.At the same time, West Africa is well on its way to becoming the next blockchain hotspot as well, with the region continuing to show interest in cryptocurrency and digital solutions. In 2019, Nigeria ranked as the number one....
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The parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has joined the list of African organizations that have cautioned against the use of cryptocurrencies. In its warning to West Africa crypto users, the legislative body insists these digital assets are too volatile and as such “their use on the African continent is not without dangers.” Refusing to Accept Crypto Not a Violation of Legal Provisions According to a report, this parliamentary warning came after the joint committee meeting that was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The meeting, according to the....
Its exciting times in West Africa as Pak Universal Services a premier technology service company based in Ghana signs a franchise deal with News BTC. This deal affords Pak Universal Services the opportunity to broadcast and share bitcoin information and happenings to a wide audience especially the people of West Africa. Philip Agyei Asare is the founder and CEO of Pak Universal Services and has been instrumental in spreading the benefits of bitcoin while creating coin related foundations in the sub-region especially Ghana for some time now. West Africa is a vast area which spans more than....
Digital assets of The Weather Company has been acquired by data giant IBM, a company that is also invested in blockchain technology. Part of this deal sees the weather.com website, together with several other ventures, change hands. The ever popular Weather Channel is not part of this agreement, as the television network will become independent from now on. IBM will now have access to the weather dot com website, along with Intellicast, Weather Underground, and WSI. Especially that latter service is of great interest, as this platform is known for its data and private forecasting....