# From smart insurance to on-chain document verification: Here’s how NEAR aims to improve Kenya

# From smart insurance to on-chain document verification: Here’s how NEAR aims to improve Kenya

” From smart insurance to on-chain document verification: Here’s how NEAR aims to improve Kenya “ Kenya-based blockchain community Sankore has partnered with Swiss nonprofit NEAR Foundation to launch a regional hub that aims to develop talent within the region and build projects that aim to improve the local ecosystem.  Sankore supports projects like Kilimo…

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#Amnesty reports widespread rapes ‘with impunity’ in Tigray

#Amnesty reports widespread rapes ‘with impunity’ in Tigray

“#Amnesty reports widespread rapes ‘with impunity’ in Tigray” NAIROBI, Kenya — Dozens of women have described shocking sexual assaults by Ethiopian soldiers and allied forces in the country’s Tigray conflict, says an Amnesty International report published Wednesday, and its researcher calls it striking how the perpetrators appeared to act without fear of punishment from their commanders. “All…

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# Etherisc onboards 17K Kenyan farmers covered by blockchain-based crop insurance

# Etherisc onboards 17K Kenyan farmers covered by blockchain-based crop insurance

“# Etherisc onboards 17K Kenyan farmers covered by blockchain-based crop insurance ” An insurance collaboration between decentralized protocol Etherisc and microinsurance issuer ACRE Africa has allowed thousands of farmers in Kenya to receive coverage for weather-related risks. Etherisc and ACRE Africa said they had processed insurance payouts for some of the more than 17,000 smallholder…

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# Akoin rolled out in B medical metropolis in Kenya

# Akoin rolled out in $2B medical metropolis in Kenya

“# Akoin rolled out in $2B medical metropolis in Kenya ” Akoin (AKN), the crypto project developed by Senegalese-American singer Akon, has completed the pilot rollout stage of its deployment in the Mwale Medical and Technology City complex in Kenya. As previously reported by Cointelegraph, the trial phase was launched back in November 2020 at…

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