<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Listers</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Global Tech Giant, IBM is in talks to use BlockChain Technology in management of records in the Health, Education and Real Estate Sectors.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Read on:-</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/IBM-eyes-Blockchain-technology-deal-for-Kenya-s-public-records/539550-3488120-item-0-2pnbfu/index.html">IBM eyes BlockChain deals</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Definitely a welcome development. The community will be watching keenly on how this develops. This technology is certainly game changing and its super commendable that the Government has taken the first step towards this. We do hope that this will also soon include the favorable adaption of this technology towards addressing the systemic risks in the Financial Sector. </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Yesterday, at the BlockChain Conference at Strathmore, we had the good fortune to be addressed by a Mr. Nyimbi Odero, an Advisor, Innovation & Digitization Ecosystem at the MOICT. We were impressed by the address on how the Ministry is collaborating within the Government to ensure that Innovation and Digitization permeates the whole government ecosystem. </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">As a player in the Fintech space in this country I would humbly request the Ministry to look at what the Central Bank of the Netherlands is doing to nurture innovation in the Dutch Financial Sector. These guys have gone beyond the Regulatory Mandate to further the needs of the country in the New Normal. The white paper below (click the link) summarizes what they are doing but the title of it speaks volumes:-</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Technology Innovation and the Dutch Financial Sector: </b></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Opportunities and risks for financial institutions,
new market participants and supervision</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="https://www.dnb.nl/en/binaries/Themaonderzoek%20%20uk_tcm47-336322.PDF">Technology Innovation and the Dutch Financial Sector</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">Happy reading!</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font size="2">Ali
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