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The president of Tanzania, East Africa, John Pombe Magufuli is one of the world leaders who tries to fight corruption from all government institutions. He made a surprise visit to the Ministry of Finance on the first day he took the oath as president, which brought public confidence in the war against "cancer" corruption.
The Tanzanian government is optimistic that the blockchain will eradicate corruption by starting to solve the problem of ghost workers in all the public sectors. The phantom workers bring about $ 195.4 million in the form of salaries. Tanzania is not fighting alone, in other countries like
Uganda,
South Africa, Ethiopia,
Nigeria, Ghana and other African nations resort to blockchain technology to combat financial crimes.
On May 23, 2018, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda embraced the use of DLT in an attempt to revive the country's economy and the East African community in general, such as Coinidol
reported.
"These Blockchain members are people who trust each other and are like universal SACCOS: members have access to master books because we are aware of how businessmen are infected with business secrets ", revealed Yoweri.
Massive Adoption
In June, the Kenyan government said it was planning to use blockchain technology to oversee the construction of 500,000 homes for needy citizens by the year 2022.
The Reserve Bank of South Africa is testing an Ethereum-based blockchain (ETH) for bank-to-bank transactions.
In July 2018, the customs service in Nigeria also started using DLP technology (distributed ledger technology), optimistic that it will increase revenue by 50% after corruption has decreased.
In Madagascar, a public DLT and Internet platform of things known as Ambrosius, in collaboration with a French company of aromas called Premium Goods, to offer quality assurance for bourbon
vanilla.
In
Ghana, Bitland – a local DLT startup, is helping land owners who have unregistered property titles to create traceable land records. In July 2018, the government of
Ghana he also worked with IBM to create DLT capabilities that could be used3d in land administration. Later, the MoU was signed to legalize the agreement, according to Coinidol's report. The general manager, IBM Middle East and Africa, Takreem El-Tohamy revealed that:
"We are doing this with a group of commercial partners in Ghana, ensuring the transfer of know-how and technology".
It's now or never
In May 2018, IOHK – a DLT research company based in Hong Kong collaborated with the Government of Ethiopia to oversee the supply chain of
coffee so that farmers can benefit a lot.
Dalton Kisanga, professor of computer science at the Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology, revealed:
"Blockchain creates an immutable trail of information, allowing full traceability of each transaction."
In addition, in March, Starbucks launched a major pilot project that allows farmers in Colombia, Rwanda and Costa Rica to effectively follow their coffee beans.
However, Jason Eisen, founder and CEO of Utu, a DLT startup in Kenya (Nairobi).
"What's really exciting is that Africa is building whole new piles of decentralized technologies, infrastructures and applications that fit the particular needs of the continent."
