ABC PASSES OUT FIRST SET OF GRADUATES IN BLOCKCHAIN DEVELOPMENT
The Africa Blockchain Center (ABC) has graduated its first 105 blockchain developers from its six-month Blockchain Programming course as part of cementing the capacity of blockchain development in Africa. The training consisted of basics in blockchain programming with primary focus on Cardano, Algorand, and Ethereum. The aim is to encourage the adoption of the fourth industrial revolution; thus, embracing the new change in everyday life. The graduates came from countries such as Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa and Benin. “The youth that we have trained will be able to build innovative solutions that will enable Africa to leapfrog to a new era. The potential that blockchain has in solving some of the challenges that are facing Africa is massive, and we have not even scratched the surface. We aim to train 10,000 blockchain programmers, power 25,000 business leaders and executives on blockchain readiness, incubate 50 blockchain startups and launch robust solutions for t