Can Blockchain Bring change into Africa?

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Knowledge, if not implemented, is useless. It is not exactly the education but not changing your way of thinking even after getting some education. This is the real problem of today's world. Do you really think Africa lacks educational institutes, it lacks wise people. China was able to build it from ashes. It did that with the help of implementing the little knowledge they hold and chasing the best.

Thank you for pointing it out.

Exactly. That's a big advantage that China has over Africa. Well, I didn't really specify what I really meant. I don't mean that Africa doesn't literally have education per se, but they're not utilizing it properly (as you said). And I don't think they don't have "wise" people also, I think they do, but turning a blind eye--for wealth. That's why there's no "major" development in Africa. When we talked about China, they have built their civilization way back, so I think it's not an equal comparison at all (no intention on belittling Africa).

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although like that I think in China has good facilities and infrastructure, despite the limitations of education, people can work with the facilities provided. It is different from Africa, where there are minimal facilities for the development of the blockchain.

By that, it is obvious that China is more developed and rich than Africa. After all, they had a very rich history and that foundation alone makes them supreme from other neighboring nations.

Quote from: carriebee on November 09, 2019, 04:03:32 AM

<....> even some of them don't have proper education.

This is the very reason why Africa shouldn't be hasty on getting involved in this matter. Well, they already are, and I think that's inevitable. But what my point is, this shouldn't be the priority of Africa, and to believe that this is the way (no pun intended) to make them better.

As you mentioned education, it is very crucial to anyone. If they would focus more on things that are "priority" I think they would be one step closer to prioritizing other things such as Blockchain.

Knowledge, if not implemented, is useless. It is not exactly the education but not changing your way of thinking even after getting some education. This is the real problem of today's world. Do you really think Africa lacks educational institutes, it lacks wise people. China was able to build it from ashes. It did that with the help of implementing the little knowledge they hold and chasing the best.

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The nature of Africa was decentralization! Africa was unite and great until colonial masters began to centralize everything. Now all the resources is control by the western world. Now that the world is changing and blockchain is bring back decentralization to the world would Africa get their power back?

It will be easy to africa to adapt the blockchain especially now that their country are growing and they have ability now to use technology. Africa is nice country because of their tourist spot like wild animals. And I think they will consider to adapt the blockchain which they have decentralized economy before. But at some point this country also have some problems because of poverty but I think if someone can teach them about blockchain they will understand it even some of them don't have proper education.

If Africa adapts blockchain then it will be able to solve the problem of corruption but then again, this is the question, that whether the governments their want to get rid of this evil or not. Blockchain is for everyone. Any system can improve its security and reliability with this technology. Poverty is a problem that common public faces, not authorities and they can implement any technology they want to. At most, it will take a lot of time.

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Quote from: awik p on November 09, 2019, 12:07:11 AM

although like that I think in China has good facilities and infrastructure, despite the limitations of education, people can work with the facilities provided. It is different from Africa, where there are minimal facilities for the development of the blockchain.

By that, it is obvious that China is more developed and rich than Africa. After all, they had a very rich history and that foundation alone makes them supreme from other neighboring nations.

Quote from: carriebee on November 09, 2019, 04:03:32 AM

<....> even some of them don't have proper education.

This is the very reason why Africa shouldn't be hasty on getting involved in this matter. Well, they already are, and I think that's inevitable. But what my point is, this shouldn't be the priority of Africa, and to believe that this is the way (no pun intended) to make them better.

As you mentioned education, it is very crucial to anyone. If they would focus more on things that are "priority" I think they would be one step closer to prioritizing other things such as Blockchain.

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Quote from: joinfree on October 01, 2019, 07:26:09 AM

The nature of Africa was decentralization! Africa was unite and great until colonial masters began to centralize everything. Now all the resources is control by the western world. Now that the world is changing and blockchain is bring back decentralization to the world would Africa get their power back?

It will be easy to africa to adapt the blockchain especially now that their country are growing and they have ability now to use technology. Africa is nice country because of their tourist spot like wild animals. And I think they will consider to adapt the blockchain which they have decentralized economy before. But at some point this country also have some problems because of poverty but I think if someone can teach them about blockchain they will understand it even some of them don't have proper education.

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With very abundant natural resources i think Africa should be can be consider as one of the richest continent in the world but some of african countries cannot utilize existing natural resources and their citizen still poor until now and about how to utilize blockchain technology in africa i think it's hard to be implemented because at there still too many issue have to be resolved and some of the countries also don't have facilities to support this technology

People don't follow family planning in Africa and they have dozens of kids each. And the end result is that none of them gets proper education or skill training and in most cases they themselves will produce a dozen kids each. Bitcoin can help poor people all over the world. But Africans will remain as poor unless they give priority to education over child-bearing.

China has a good family planning but do you really think that all the Chinese are educated. Poverty is everywhere, even the rate of this curse is high in countries like America. Though there should be planning in everything, but who desire to move forward do not come up with such excuses. Today we have sufficient resources to get skills. Owners of Giant companies mostly do not hold degrees.

although like that I think in China has good facilities and infrastructure, despite the limitations of education, people can work with the facilities provided. It is different from Africa, where there are minimal facilities for the development of the blockchain.

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Quote from: Lucas* on November 08, 2019, 12:24:25 PM

With the high levels of corruption in most African countries, I believe that the blockchain technology would be the very important thing that this continent needs. Banks can use Blockchain to develop it's connexion with other countries in the world, with cryptocurrencies people will be satisfied and will use it to found solution to their countries. It will be a great opportunity for African country if they can adopt blockchain but not African countries also we can talk about some Asian countries like minamar, Cambodia, bengladech and other poor countries...

True, but those living in countries with high corruption are trapped, if the blockchain was adopted then corruption will go down but for the blockchain to be adopted you will need honest politicians that care about the people and want what it is best for them, but if they had those kind of politicians then they will not need to blockchain, and like always the dream of a change coming from the top does not work, if we want the blockchain and bitcoin to improve the conditions of those living in Africa then each person needs to take the personal decision to adopt it one at the time.

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Quote from: Lucas* on November 08, 2019, 12:24:25 PM

With the high levels of corruption in most African countries, I believe that the blockchain technology would be the very important thing that this continent needs. Banks can use Blockchain to develop it's connexion with other countries in the world, with cryptocurrencies people will be satisfied and will use it to found solution to their countries. It will be a great opportunity for African country if they can adopt blockchain but not African countries also we can talk about some Asian countries like minamar, Cambodia, bengladech and other poor countries...

I don't see any correlation between the level of corruption in a country and the use of cryptocurrency in Africa which can reduce its value. Blockchain is an option with the aim of accelerating and validating transactions.
Why in Africa and other conflict countries, crypto is usually used as a solution because of TINA (there is no alternative).

What is needed by Africa and conflict countries is an opportunity to survive, how they can survive is by means of the many jobs, jobs need investment.

China sees the potential of Africa, so China mimics the American strategy of siphoning Chinese assets. China plans to move many of its factories to Africa, as was the American strategy of 1900-2000 which moved many of its factories to China. Sustainable transformation requires a radical new approach in Africa.

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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on November 08, 2019, 10:26:45 AM

Quote from: bering on November 08, 2019, 02:48:44 AM

With very abundant natural resources i think Africa should be can be consider as one of the richest continent in the world but some of african countries cannot utilize existing natural resources and their citizen still poor until now and about how to utilize blockchain technology in africa i think it's hard to be implemented because at there still too many issue have to be resolved and some of the countries also don't have facilities to support this technology

People don't follow family planning in Africa and they have dozens of kids each. And the end result is that none of them gets proper education or skill training and in most cases they themselves will produce a dozen kids each. Bitcoin can help poor people all over the world. But Africans will remain as poor unless they give priority to education over child-bearing.

China has a good family planning but do you really think that all the Chinese are educated. Poverty is everywhere, even the rate of this curse is high in countries like America. Though there should be planning in everything, but who desire to move forward do not come up with such excuses. Today we have sufficient resources to get skills. Owners of Giant companies mostly do not hold degrees.

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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on November 08, 2019, 10:26:45 AM

People don't follow family planning in Africa and they have dozens of kids each. And the end result is that none of them gets proper education or skill training and in most cases they themselves will produce a dozen kids each. Bitcoin can help poor people all over the world. But Africans will remain as poor unless they give priority to education over child-bearing.

I think most of the 3rd world countries don't really follow any family planning. And I think it is most likely because there is no policy/law passed on regarding the number of children from each family allowed in a country. IIRC, China has a 1-child policy, because they've suffered from a lot of issues from having such a massive amount of population. If I'm not wrong, China is really handling it well enough. After all, it's a very powerful country. So Africa might consider doing the same thing.

Quote from: Lucas* on November 08, 2019, 12:24:25 PM

With the high levels of corruption in most African countries, I believe that the blockchain technology would be the very important thing that this continent needs.

I think that would not be the solution at all. There are more important matters that this continent needs fixing.

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With the high levels of corruption in most African countries, I believe that the blockchain technology would be the very important thing that this continent needs. Banks can use Blockchain to develop it's connexion with other countries in the world, with cryptocurrencies people will be satisfied and will use it to found solution to their countries. It will be a great opportunity for African country if they can adopt blockchain but not African countries also we can talk about some Asian countries like minamar, Cambodia, bengladech and other poor countries...

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Quote from: bering on November 08, 2019, 02:48:44 AM

With very abundant natural resources i think Africa should be can be consider as one of the richest continent in the world but some of african countries cannot utilize existing natural resources and their citizen still poor until now and about how to utilize blockchain technology in africa i think it's hard to be implemented because at there still too many issue have to be resolved and some of the countries also don't have facilities to support this technology

People don't follow family planning in Africa and they have dozens of kids each. And the end result is that none of them gets proper education or skill training and in most cases they themselves will produce a dozen kids each. Bitcoin can help poor people all over the world. But Africans will remain as poor unless they give priority to education over child-bearing.

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Quote from: joinfree on October 01, 2019, 07:26:09 AM

The nature of Africa was decentralization! Africa was unite and great until colonial masters began to centralize everything. Now all the resources is control by the western world. Now that the world is changing and blockchain is bring back decentralization to the world would Africa get their power back?

Blockchain you say? Well, it can change Africa in some ways but if you mean like saving people from poverty and making a lot of people rich, then that's where you're getting it wrong because that one is not going to happen, not even Bitcoin which is an asset can do that, not to talk of blockchain that is just a system that powers cryptocurrencies.

How is Blockchain going to change Africa? If the companies in Africa decide to adopt blockchain technology that means they will be able to improve their business models, cloud storage, payment methods and a lot more.

The first impact that blockchain will make its security and keeping them safe from cyber-attacks. Another thing is transparency and we are all aware that there is less transaction time when making use of blockchain.

This technology can be used in so many areas and that includes banking, government, legal, healthcare, and voting. And I believe that in the future there will still be more. So, imagine Africa taking advantage of all that.

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With very abundant natural resources i think Africa should be can be consider as one of the richest continent in the world but some of african countries cannot utilize existing natural resources and their citizen still poor until now and about how to utilize blockchain technology in africa i think it's hard to be implemented because at there still too many issue have to be resolved and some of the countries also don't have facilities to support this technology

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The nature of Africa was decentralization! Africa was unite and great until colonial masters began to centralize everything. Now all the resources is control by the western world. Now that the world is changing and blockchain is bring back decentralization to the world would Africa get their power back?

Corruption is the major problem with Africans, all their leaders are self-centered and does not care about their citizens, they should not blame the western world colonial masters for their problems.

The solution to the African problems can not be solved by blockchain due to the high level of corruption operating there, what exist in papers are always different from the realty.

But if we see the benefits of crypto at individual level, I believe struggling people of Africa can live a good life since crypto currencies are not exclusively there for governments rather they are more inclined towards individual economical freedom. I am strongly of the view that small businesses shall adopt crypto currencies in order to be financially free than a burden on government.

Being a motivated person, yes it can be achieved further but with their underlying problems that the people of Africa is facing particular on financial struggles, I don't think crypto is the solution for that. Without education about crypto, the people in this country cannot obtain proper mindset on emerging digital currency to their businesses regardless if big or small type.
Their situation wasn't easy, yet African government should have a good alternatives to solve the problems of the country.

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Quote from: joinfree on October 01, 2019, 07:26:09 AM

The nature of Africa was decentralization! Africa was unite and great until colonial masters began to centralize everything. Now all the resources is control by the western world. Now that the world is changing and blockchain is bring back decentralization to the world would Africa get their power back?

Corruption is the major problem with Africans, all their leaders are self-centered and does not care about their citizens, they should not blame the western world colonial masters for their problems.

The solution to the African problems can not be solved by blockchain due to the high level of corruption operating there, what exist in papers are always different from the realty.

But if we see the benefits of crypto at individual level, I believe struggling people of Africa can live a good life since crypto currencies are not exclusively there for governments rather they are more inclined towards individual economical freedom. I am strongly of the view that small businesses shall adopt crypto currencies in order to be financially free than a burden on government.

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The nature of Africa was decentralization! Africa was unite and great until colonial masters began to centralize everything. Now all the resources is control by the western world. Now that the world is changing and blockchain is bring back decentralization to the world would Africa get their power back?

Corruption is the major problem with Africans, all their leaders are self-centered and does not care about their citizens, they should not blame the western world colonial masters for their problems.

The solution to the African problems can not be solved by blockchain due to the high level of corruption operating there, what exist in papers are always different from the realty.

yeah it's sad to see reality like that. the intentions are good and I am sure blockchain can indeed change Africa but if there are many who commit corruption, changes in any type will have no effect and ultimately will be useless.

If blockchain will be implemented in Africa or any country who is facing the problem of corruption, will get rid of such institutes with the help of blockchain. Blockchain can replace them. Not only this but it is also better for cross-border payments. It can control inflation. Economy can be improved with the help of blockchain. But the initiative needs to be taken by the government itself.

But only the reacher one would use it and have an access to develop his blockchain or crypto knowledge because of poverty most of people in Africa can't use or doesn't afford to buy a technology in order to introduce to them.

But yes it can help the African by using blockchain but it was better if they use cashless money much better.

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Quote from: JC btc on November 04, 2019, 10:17:02 AM

There is nothing to worry about Africa as they are one of the top country who has the most number of Bitcoin users or crypto enthusiasts, they believed well in crypto and they are actually developed some of it. There is also a study that Africa will be one of the homeland for cryptocurrency as the adoption is rapidly increasing. For sure in the coming years, crypto adoption in Africa will be more popular.

Numbers are not enough to make a change or to make development even, to say that there's nothing to worry about. Because Bitcoin aside, there are so many things to worry about in Africa.

And those developed cryptos you mentioned, I wonder how well they are right now? For all I know, it's just some scheme for scamming people.

Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on November 03, 2019, 01:07:10 AM

The good thing is that till now the African governments haven't taken a hostile stance against the cryptocurrency usage in their jurisdictions, unlike the case with some of the Asian countries such as China and India. But even then, the usage levels remain very low in these nations. A lot of hype is going around cryptocurrency usage in Nigeria, but the trade volumes tell us that the usage is quite low there.

That is because Asian countries (such as China and India) are more developed and independent from other countries/continents, especially Africa. And real talk here, I believe politicians in Africa are busy corrupting the country and eagers power for governance. And I think because of that, the government doesn't give an F to Bitcoin.

Quote from: abhiseshakana on November 02, 2019, 11:42:38 PM

MPesa = Mobile Money which is identical to a cashless society. The MPesa package is very different from the blockchain. If what you mean by change here is poverty alleviation in Africa, in my opinion very little change can occur. Problems in Africa are complex and systematic. Political, military conflicts and ongoing human rights violations have led to very small investment figures in African countries. For human resources, education and health issues can be fixed but conflicts of interest are difficult to resolve in Africa, and systemic poverty caused by other countries' foreign policy towards Africa as part of providing assistance and also loans to Africa.

The growth and adoption of blockchain technology in Africa is indeed very good because it is supported by the small level of trust of the African community and the world community towards banks in Africa and the government does not reject the cryptocurrency but government disclosure and adaptation to blockchain technology is not enough to solve chronic African disease.

Thanks, for the heads up. People from other countries forget how devastated Africa has been in the past--still even now. Nothing change much IMO. And why do people think that cryptocurrency, blockchain will solve every problem in Africa(?) just because many Africans use Bitcoin(?) Even if they do, that doesn't really matter if the governance and the system don't change.

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The nature of Africa was decentralization! Africa was unite and great until colonial masters began to centralize everything. Now all the resources is control by the western world. Now that the world is changing and blockchain is bring back decentralization to the world would Africa get their power back?

Corruption is the major problem with Africans, all their leaders are self-centered and does not care about their citizens, they should not blame the western world colonial masters for their problems.

The solution to the African problems can not be solved by blockchain due to the high level of corruption operating there, what exist in papers are always different from the realty.

yeah it's sad to see reality like that. the intentions are good and I am sure blockchain can indeed change Africa but if there are many who commit corruption, changes in any type will have no effect and ultimately will be useless.

If blockchain will be implemented in Africa or any country who is facing the problem of corruption, will get rid of such institutes with the help of blockchain. Blockchain can replace them. Not only this but it is also better for cross-border payments. It can control inflation. Economy can be improved with the help of blockchain. But the initiative needs to be taken by the government itself.

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Now the African society has begun to build their thinking with Blockchain technology,
of course it will make a good development in the country. Changes will occur if their Blockchain technology is applied in the life of their national economy.

Africa is one of the country that is very interested in blockchain or crpto industry, they are the one which has the most number of crypto users, they are also developing as their talents is increasing as they are more in to technology. Let's see how things will go for their country.

Great users are there.. improvement of blockchain will start in africa. because we can see how they really believe that blockchain and crypto are a good part of our daily lives. with their knowledge and support for blockchain and crypto, other country will saw how blockchain be our system that can able to change our current situation of transactions and illegal doings. with transparency of blockchain, evil people can easily find and we can easily see what they are doing. improvement of this system will truly help us.

Indeed, some of the great project ive known is originated there, it can actually help their economical status, but the thing is, we cannot rely the change of a country for just a cryptocurrency, government and its people might change too. They need to be develop so that they can absolutely ride the flow of the modern technology too.

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