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Can Blockchain Tech Revolutionize The Global Aid Industry?
Powered by the ethereum blockchain, Disberse is building a distributed financial network that helps to improve transparency and efficiency in the aid sector
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MetLife Plans To Disrupt $2.7 Trillion Life Insurance Industry Using Ethereum Blockchain
If successful, this program has the potential to transform the insurance industry as a whole, creating new markets, products, and the ability to serve a more diverse set of customers at lower price points.
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- Finance, Technology
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How Blockchain Can Enable Economic Inclusion of Refugees
For Syrian and other refugees travelling to Europe, emerging blockchain-based solutions can play a vital role in facilitating labour recruitment and data exchange of jobseekers in a trusted and secure manner, enabling refugees to find a job or start a business.
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Viewpoint: Impact Investing Can Unlock the Potential of Blockchain in Africa
Impact investors should wake up to the potential of blockchain. The positives of security and transparency via distributed ledgers outweigh the negative perceptions, such as the ICO bubble.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How to Become a Founding Member of the Libra Association
To be a validator node and founding member, organizations will need to meet technical requirements and specific evaluation criteria. If the conditions are met, upon approval, the Enterprise will have to make an initial minimum investment of $10 million worth of Libra Investment Tokens issued by the Association. Nonprofits will not be required to make the initial investment.
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Facebook Unveils Libra Cryptocurrency, Targeting 1.7 Billion Unbanked
Customers interested in holding or transferring Facebook’s newly-announced Libra token will be given a number of options to do so, the company announced Tuesday, with an initial focus on international remittances.
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How Technology Could Help Rural South Africa Turn Sunshine Into Income
If South Africa positions itself well, it could become a test bed for these technologies and thereby benefit from investments in research and development by major international corporations that have an interest in driving these trial runs.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Scaling Impact Investing Using Blockchain Technology
Most opportunities empower socio-environmental causes in developing or underdeveloped nations where typically there are no standards and norms to regulate this sector. This creates transparency challenges for investors who lack visibility into how their patient capital is being used (or potentially misused).
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- Investing
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