Kenya looks to blockchain tech for settling land disputes – Coingeek
In February this year, under Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s orders, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is set to explore blockchain technology and Internet of Things (IoT) for their potential benefits in different facets of the African country’s economy. The initiative shall focus on the president’s “Big Four” agenda: manufacturing, affordable housing, universal healthcare, and a food security plan.
“Digital technology will also support efforts to increase food security by playing a key role in agricultural value chains through better access to inputs, more reliable weather and crop information, tracking of counterfeit inputs, more transparent access to markets, and fair pricing,” Kenyatta said. “Digital technology also underpins a range of agro-financing services that are essential for equipping smallholder farmers across the country,” Kenyatta said.
This was a major turn for the country, which has been warning its citizens of the risks of cryptocurrencies. But with Joe Mucheru, a former lead at Google who happens to be a strong advocate of allowing and regulating cryptocurrencies, sitting as Kenya’s ICT Cabinet Secretary, it looks like the country has begun starting to see things beyond negative stigma.