The first US bank-backed cryptocurrency to transform payments business
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The first cryptocurrency created by a major U.S. bank is here — and it’s from J.P. Morgan Chase. The lender moves more than $6 trillion around the world every day for corporations in its massive wholesale payments business. In trials set to start in a few months, a tiny fraction of that will happen over something […]
The future of learning. A race between education and technology.
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Almost 90% of worker time will be augmented or automated by intelligent tech The skills crisis could cost 11.5 trillion dollars Redistribution of work roles in the United States, 2017-2028 New tech has already changed the skills we need Intelligent tech will mean different things to different workers RESEARCH REPORT In Brief Our ground-breaking economic […]
Introducing OBizR Sierra Leone Mobile App And Open Data Platform
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OBizR is a location-based local business review, travel guide, and citizen-generated open data platform for Africa. “OBizR Sierra Leone” is the local guide to finding the best places to eat, shop, sleep, bank, drink, learn, exercise, relax, watch a game, buy medication, do business with the government, NGOs, and Foreign Missions in Sierra Leone. On […]
Sierra Leone: Looking for ICT tools to Boost Learning
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At present Sierra Leone is moving to reform its educational system to improve on student performance in public examinations, raise computer literacy beyond the current 2% and incorporate ICT courses at the tertiary level to meet the 21st Century workplace demand. The country’s education ministry and non-governmental organisations/institutions would like to see the establishment of computer labs in […]
‘Ernest’s Prosperity’ With Tamba’s Innovative Computing
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An idea to deploy hundreds of low-cost energy-efficient computers in every chiefdom, every district, in the country emanating from the mind of Tamba Lamin In January, 2012, in a typically Sierra Leonean Satan-stamping-Jesus-lifting speaking-in-tongues fiery interdenominational Christian service at the Miatta Conference Center in Freetown, to end the week long Presidential-declared Fasting and Prayer Week, […]
Sierra Leone Government Online – What Is Going On?
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I congratulate the Government of Sierra Leone for taking the bold step of creating websites for almost all Government Ministries, Institutions, Secretariats and Commissions. Some of us living in the Diaspora and at home have long been waiting to see it happen. I can now proudly talk more about Sierra Leone to strangers and refer […]
Joomla Security Primer
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Joomla Security Primer I wish security was measured on a scale of 1 to 10. But it’s not a scale, instead, it’s considered by most security experts as a total philosophy, and a set of tools and actions. This does not mean it cannot be measured, and taking singling Joomla out is foolish. But looking […]
Issues In Technology/Knowledge Transfer/Exchange Between Developed And Developing Countries Like Sierra Leone
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Successful technology transfer from developed to developing countries can improve the lives of many and spur economic growth. “Technology transfer is the process of sharing of skills, knowledge, technologies, methods of manufacturing, samples of manufacturing and facilities among governments and other institutions to ensure that scientific and technological developments are accessible to a wider range […]
