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Museveni confirmed as chief guest at Africa Block Chain Conference

Catherine Apolot by Catherine Apolot
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President Museveni’s full speech at the reading of the National Budget 2019/2020

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President Yoweri Museveni will officiate at the forthcoming Africa Blockchain Conference, State House has confirmed.

In a statement released to journalists, State House Press Secretary Linda Nabusayi also confirmed that the President will host his counterpart, HE President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone who will arrive on July 1 and the two will address the media.

Sierra Leone is one of the few countries in Africa that are spearheading the use of advanced innovations and innovative thinkers in the running of businesses both in the public and private sector.

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At the inaugural conference In 2018, President Museveni delivered a Keynote address on how Africa is ready for the digital age, saying Blockchain technology removes opaqueness in business and replaces it with total transparency.He further said Blockchain should not substitute goods and services but enable things to move faster through technology and systems. He added that it should support the four sectors in the economy that produce goods and services such as Agriculture, manufacturing and processing Industry, Services sector and the ICT sector.

The 2019 Africa Blockchain Conference which will happen on the 3rd and 4th July 2019, is organized by Crypto Savannah and the Blockchain Association of Uganda with the support of the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance.

This year’s conference theme will be‘’Africa 4.0: Preparing Africa for the 4th Industrial Revolution’’ and will focus on what the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) is, what opportunities it presents, what threats it poses and what Africa must do to leverage 4IR for its development.

Alongside the conference, will run the “Africa 4.0 Tech Expo,” an experiential journey showcasing the leading technology innovations and applications in Africa. The Conference and Tech Expo will host 3,000 people, comprising the public and private sector, experts and leaders from global technology companies, entrepreneurs, innovators, students, youth and government representatives.

Topics to be discussed include Africa’s readiness for the 4th Industrial Revolution, Fintech, payment systems and digital financial services, the future of work and education, SDGs and technology for impact.

The Conference comes at a time debate is rife about social media giants Facebook’s recent introduction of their cryptocurrency, Libra. In An article published about the future of finance on https://qz.com, Yomi Kazeem writes,”The big-picture goal, Facebook says, is to “empower” unbanked people across the world by providing access to the global financial system. That’s an ambitious target given the sheer size of that population (1.7 billion) —a bulk of which are in Africa.

CryptoSavannahDirector, Noah Baalesanvu, agrees that Africa is ripe for the revolution; “While initially being marred by scams and cons, significant value has moved to crypros with major markets like Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa with significant crypto holdings also trading activity.

There will be 50 speakers at the conference some of which include; Sheikh KhaledAl Nehayan, Chairman Bin Zayed Group, Mohamed Taysir, CEO Drakon Tech Solutions, Toro Orero, Partner QI Holdings, Ian Balina, Founder 100X Advisors.



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