School teacher Nancy Gbamoi smiles outside a hotel after becoming the first person in the country to apply for an online ID database in credit system, in Freetown, Sierra Leone. — Reuters
Kiva, a San Francisco-based tech nonprofit organisation, is using blockchain to create an online ID database in Sierra Leone allowing people who struggle to get loans to prove their credit history.
Kiva and President Julius Maada Bio officially launched the system in the capital Freetown on Aug 21. Bio hopes it will bring more Sierra Leoneans into the financial system.
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