Blockchain Africa Conference 2018

<div class&equals;"wpb&lowbar;text&lowbar;column wpb&lowbar;content&lowbar;element ">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wpb&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wpb&lowbar;text&lowbar;column wpb&lowbar;content&lowbar;element ">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wpb&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Blockchain technology and digital currencies are changing the way we do business with each other&colon; how we store and retrieve information&comma; how we transact&comma; and how we send and receive money across the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Blockchain technology offers advancements and innovation in various technological fields&period; The open-source&comma; decentralised and distributed nature of the blockchain creates new opportunities in Africa because the technology offers people&comma; governments&comma; companies and institutions an alternative to existing systems&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Africa has a huge need for financial inclusion&semi; therefore&comma; governments&comma; regulators and banks are looking at various supporting technologies to bring more financial services to the end user&period; Blockchain technology opens new avenues for traditional banking&comma; mobile banking&comma; payments and remittance services&period; More and more startups and established companies are now looking to disrupt this industry by undercutting or bypassing traditional operators and payment networks&comma; while also offering businesses new ways of accepting payments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Around the world&comma; we have already seen innovation where title deeds&comma; identity documents and marriage certificates are recorded and stored on blockchain systems&period; This evolution of smart contracts can also make businesses in Africa more efficient and make the legal system more equitable as they enable transactional efficiency&period; Any contract capable of automatically enforcing itself&comma; without the need for a trusted intermediary&comma; will save a massive amount of time and money&comma; especially within the financial and securities sectors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The financial services industry is in a metamorphosis with companies racing to provide both new products and services&comma; and improve existing ones&period; The end result will be that the consumer will benefit greatly from these distributed ledger technologies&period; Many of the world’s largest banks are already experimenting with Ethereum&comma; Bitcoin and Ripple through private and public blockchains as these offer secure&comma; immutable&comma; faster&comma; cheaper alternatives to some of the traditional banking systems&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The possibilities of blockchain technology are endless&period; Any industry that deals with transactions can and will be disrupted by this technology&period; Rather than the Internet of Information&comma; this is the Internet of Value or the Internet of Money&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The Blockchain Africa Conference 2018 will bring together a diverse range of experts who will discuss how blockchain technology can be used to transform exiting processes and systems in order to lower costs&comma; improve efficacies and reduce fraud&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<h3>Whether you’re a financial services professional&comma; CEO&comma; CIO&comma; CTO&comma; compliance officer&comma; investor&comma; fund manager or entrepreneur&comma; it’s time to be prepared for the impact that blockchain technology will have on your business and how it will affect your competitors&period;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Register&sol;Get your tickets here&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blockchainafrica&period;co&sol;&num;tickets">Blockchain Africa Conference 2018<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wpb&lowbar;text&lowbar;column wpb&lowbar;content&lowbar;element ">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wpb&lowbar;animate&lowbar;when&lowbar;almost&lowbar;visible wpb&lowbar;fadeIn fadeIn wpb&lowbar;column vc&lowbar;column&lowbar;container vc&lowbar;col-sm-4 vc&lowbar;col-has-fill wpb&lowbar;start&lowbar;animation animated" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"vc&lowbar;column-inner vc&lowbar;custom&lowbar;1503409460770">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wpb&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wpb&lowbar;text&lowbar;column wpb&lowbar;content&lowbar;element ">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wpb&lowbar;wrapper"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;