Preventing lengthy vote counts with blockchain

It has been an eventful week and we couldn’t assist however speak about it on the Techpoint Africa Podcast. From Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference 2022 (WWDC22) to Nigeria’s major election drama, we didn’t go away something out.

We kicked issues off with Apple and the thrilling bulletins they made at their WWDC occasion on Monday, June 6, 2022. Chimgozirim talked about some thrilling options such because the continuity digital camera and the purchase now pay later (BNPL) characteristic.

With our all-Android podcast panel, we couldn’t assist however diss Apple and its options, make sure to retaliate at [email protected]

From Apple, we discovered our approach again to Africa with MFS Africa’s new $34 million acquisition of a US firm — World Know-how Companions (GTP). Chimgozirim offers us all of the attention-grabbing bits of the story and why the acquisition may Africans entry companies outdoors the continent.

Nonetheless, inside Africa, we made our technique to the East, speaking about Ethiopia’s new rule on crypto. The nation’s apex financial institution, Nationwide Ethiopia Financial institution (NBE) launched an announcement calling for all transactions within the nation to be achieved with the Ethiopian Birr.

It additionally said that residents mustn’t interact in any type of buying and selling or funds with crypto. We talked about why Ethiopia is doing this and attention-grabbing methods it may implement it.

We saved one of the best for final and mentioned the drama that has ensued in Nigeria’s political scene. The nation’s ruling get together, the All Progressive Congress (APC), took a number of hours to resolve who its presidential candidate could be and we explored technological options comparable to blockchain to speed up these processes and make them extra environment friendly.

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