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UN Kenyan Mission Praises Local Blockchain-Based Initiative for Helping to Reduce Poverty

25.6.2021
The United Nations (UN) mission in Kenya recently praised a local blockchain-based community inclusion currency (CIC) initiative for its part in helping to reduce poverty in one of the country’s poor informal settlements. The mission’s sentiments follow a tour of the Mukuru informal...

UN sees blockchain technology as tool to fight climate crisis

22.6.2021
The UN will keep exploring the uses of blockchain to improve the reliability of data on harmful greenhouse gas emissions

Africa’s solarized digitalization agenda in the time of coronavirus

20.3.2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the necessity for the digitalization and sustainable development of African economies

UN Report: North Korea Stockpiles $316 Million in Cryptocurrencies From Cyberattacks

10.2.2021
A panel of experts at the United Nations says that North Korea has amassed $316 million in cryptocurrencies from various cyberattacks on crypto exchanges and financial institutions. The panel also investigated North Korea’s involvement in the $281 million hack of a crypto exchange. UN Expert...

Blockchain tech makes sustainable development goals more achievable

1.2.2021
Blockchain technology will turn the table by improving the measuring, reporting and verification processes of development projects

The pandemic year ends with a tokenized carbon cap-and-trade solution

27.12.2020
Lowering CO2 emissions and lessening carbon-intensive approaches are the essential goals in global efforts to fight climate change

UN blockchain tool aims to improve land registry in Afghanistan's cities

4.12.2020
The United Nations wants to tackle urban challenges like land grabbing and inefficient use of space with blockchain technology

Hedera Hashgraph to be used for crowdsourced airstrike warning app in Syria

17.11.2020
An app that has been used for years to help civilians to access better real-time information about airstrikes has switched from using Ethereum to Hedera Hashgraph

UN drugs and crime wing advises Kenya to use blockchain against corruption

3.11.2020
Blockchain can reportedly return billions of dollars back to Kenya’s budget

The UN’s ‘decade of delivery’ needs blockchain to succeed

26.9.2020
Emerging technologies are essential to fasten SDGs, but this shouldn’t come at the expense of prudence and careful evaluation

North Korea Reportedly Using Altcoins to Convert $1.5B in Stolen Funds to Cash

7.8.2020
North Korean hackers are reportedly using untraceable altcoins to convert stolen cryptocurrencies into cash

Tracing Fishy Risks With Blockchain Tech Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

4.8.2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted challenges in global seafood supply chains, and blockchain tech may help improve them

BOSAGORA(BOA) Won UN Solidarity Awards

21.7.2020
Public Blockchain Platform ‘BOSAGORA’ has received ‘the UN Solidarity Awards’ last 16th. The UN received stories of various actors contributing to individual/society to overcome COVID 19 last May. Among thousands of entries were gathered from all around the world and the...

Islanders Demand Return of ‘.IO’ Domain From Colonizers

10.7.2020
The ‘.io’ domain name has become part of a complaint against the U.K. for alleged human rights violations tied to its continuing administration of territories in the Indian Ocean

Unicef Funding Startups With Cryptocurrency for Covid-19 Relief

21.6.2020
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has announced its largest cryptocurrency investment funding of startups. Eight companies in seven countries will use Unicef’s crypto fund to develop prototypes, pilot, or scale their technologies. Several of them are working on mitigating...