Africa Blockchain Institute to Open Blockchain School in Rwanda

December 27, 2019, by Marko Vidrih on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE

The Africa Blockchain Institute (ABI) announced that in 2020 it will open the first blockchain school in Rwanda with five new courses for local developers, industry professionals and officials.

ABI Executive Director Kayode Babarinde explained that the courses will focus on the basics of distributed ledger technology and the use of blockchain in the corporate industry, as well as in marketing and law.

Babarind noted that before the school was opened in Rwanda, an experimental course was conducted in Ghana in order to receive feedback from “students” and to know their further wishes. Based on the experience of the participants in this pilot course, the curriculum of the Rwandan school had to be reviewed and necessary changes added.

Kayode Babarinda also emphasized that the support of Norbert Haguma, Chairman of the Blockchain DLT Rwanda Association, has become a key factor in opening a school in the country, given that Rwanda is gradually providing an enabling environment for the development of digital technology. At the same time, Babarind believes that it is necessary to promote the implementation of the blockchain not only at the local level but also to be open to cooperation with other countries.

ABI together with the Association intends to develop recommendations for the formation of a regulatory framework for the development of blockchain on the African continent, which will reduce the incidence of cryptocurrency fraud.

Recall that in August, the Central Bank of Rwanda considered the possibility of issuing its own cryptocurrency, studying the reports of the regulators of other countries, and in October last year, Rwanda began to use the blockchain to track tantalum.