[kictanet] Blockchains could help restore trust in the food we choose to eat

[Ali Hussein]

Wangari

I think the community is already dabbling in BlockChain. What we need is a nation wide push/call to action on this new paradigm that threatens to be as game changing as the Internet itself. We also need to be very clear and categorical that financial services is just one industry that can hugely benefit from BlockChains.

Ali Hussein
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> On 11 Aug 2016, at 6:55 AM, WANGARI KABIRU <wangarikabiru at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Blessed Thursday!
> 
> While there is great appreciation on the possible uses of the blockchain technology, it is still strange that our vibrant tech community is not highly immersed into it. 
> 
> Where is the block?
> 
> I pray that discussion forums bring out on why our techies are not publicly vibrant in this cookie jar and most of all on how to enable/support more activity.
> 
> 
> Be blessed.
> 
> Regards/Wangari
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> On Thu, 11/8/16, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Blockchains could help restore trust in the food we choose to eat
> To: wangarikabiru at yahoo.co.uk
> Cc: "Ali Hussein" <ali at hussein.me.ke>
> Date: Thursday, 11 August, 2016, 2:29
> 
> And
> here are 20 industries which will be disrupted by
> BlockChains:-
>  https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/industries-disrupted-blockchain/?utm_source=CB+Insights+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ec0d61b746-ThursNL_7_28_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9dc0513989-ec0d61b746-87151397
> Ali
> HusseinPrincipalHussein & Associates+254 0713
> 601113 / 0770906375
> Twitter: @AliHKassimSkype: abu-jomoLinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
> 
> "Discovery consists in
> seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one
> else has thought".  ~ Albert
> Szent-Györgyi
> Sent from my iPad
> On 10 Aug
> 2016, at 8:27 PM, John Karanja via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
> 
> Great catch Tony.
> At BitHub we recently judged a
> hackathon dubbed #Hack4Farming that was looking at using
> Blockchain for supply chain and we had some local teams
> develop solutions around this. It was great to see interest
> in blockchain for providing transparency and security in
> tracking various aspects of food supply.
> You can see the photos for the event
> here blog post is
> coming soon.
> We will
> certainely see more interesting solutions in the space in
> the near future.
> regards,
> John
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at
> 8:13 PM, Tony White via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
> http://goo.gl/Q1RiI9
> 
> 
> 
> Yet another use case for blockchain technology.  As
> security issues
> 
> become ever more critical in our electronic systems, there
> are so many
> 
> areas, other than finance, where this technology can be
> used.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
> 
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> Tony White
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