Afghanistan News

“This is a generation that grew up hopeful and dreaming about their future through educational opportunities,” said Women for Afghan Women’s U.S. country director Naheed Samadi Bahram.

The Afghan refugee believed the Taliban would restrict access to smartphones and the internet, making crypto mining impossible.

Basic needs for refugees, medical care on the ground and visa assistance — some crypto users are sending tokens to nonprofits and others to help the Afghan people.

Three blockchain executives discuss their work with governments in fraught political contexts and the questions it raises about blockchain’s claim to the libertarian banner.

The United Nations wants to tackle urban challenges like land-grabbing and inefficient use of space with blockchain technology.

Afghanistan’s healthcare ministry and several local pharmaceutical companies will use Fantom’s blockchain to combat counterfeit drugs.

Central Asia following the sweeping global crypto and blockchain trend, with concrete adoption and utilization cases across the region.

The Afghan government has signed an MoU with blockchain firm FantomOperations to integrate blockchain technology into the country’s healthcare sector.

The UN is developing blockchain solutions for development in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan and Tunisia’s central banks are reportedly looking to issue a bitcoin bond.

IOTA has forged a partnership with REFUNITE, the world's largest missing persons database to use the former's Blockchain to reunite families during and after conflicts.

Code to Inspire just launched an Indiegogo campaign for the first coding center in Afghanistan of women, for women, by women, with the goal of prepping Afghan girls for careers in programming.

On Monday Aug 4, 2014 the audience at the NYC Bitcoin Center were in awe of a very powerful presentation by the Women’s Annex Foundation.