Original Story Published by: Samuel Wan, www.cryptoslate.com
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As revealed today during the Africa Special event, developers IOG has secured a second major partnership deal for Cardano
The East African country of Tanzania will partner with Cardano’s parent company IOG to facilitate mobile internet connectivity, digital identity, and financial empowerment to rural communities in the country.
IOG CEO Charles Hoskinson has previously spoken on the importance of Africa as a conduit for crypto adoption. He expects Africa to leapfrog the rest of the world when it comes to blockchain adoption. Cardano is now beginning to see the fruits of that effort.
Rumors of Cardano landing a big African government contract have been years in the making. Things intensified earlier this year when Hoskinson started tweeting cryptic messages about birds landing.
Initial time frames came and went with no announcement. Leading to frustration from some sections of the community. However, Tuesday’s announcement of an Ethiopian blockchain-based student and teacher ID system went a long way to answering the critics.
The system aims to improve education and employment by recording and digitally verifying grades and remotely monitoring school performance.
As announced in today’s airing of the Africa Special, the firm has also landed a second partnership deal, this time to build scalable infrastructure in Tanzania.
In conjunction with World Mobile, the project focuses on providing mobile internet access to those who don’t have it. It plans to give telecom customers a digital identity and have ADA as a payment method..
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