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Meet the first Arab female from the UAE and Middle East to launch an NFT tokenised art series
April 20, 2021In a world where everything is revolutionizing and taking the digital path, art too, has taken its due course into the world of digitalisation. Not just any transformation, but something that the future has in store for the world of art and its artists.
Crypto justice: Are NFTs the secret to uplifting women?
April 10, 2021Cryptocurrency is opening up a lot of creative possibilities. It is democratizing power and shifting it into people’s hands. And, while it has its own merits and demerits, crypto justice phenomena undeniably increase accessibility to anyone looking to participate.
Blockchain-based Android application for collective defence against sexist actions
March 31, 2021P2P Models collaborators, Elena Pérez and Patricia Barrios, have experimented with an Android application that allows users to cooperate and help each other in situations of sexual harassment or abuse.
Two Arab Women listed among top 21 blockchain leaders
March 09, 2021As a part of Fintech Review Women’s Day celebration, they listed 21 women thought leaders in Blockchain of which two were from the Arab World. The women chosen are achievers, business leaders and innovators across a range of industries.
These Black Artists Say NFTs Help Them Monetize Their Work
March 01, 2021NFTs are opening the typically exclusive art world to artists from diverse backgrounds, and are helping those artists monetize their work.
Blockchain has the Potential to Fight Root Causes of Poverty
Jan 16, 2021You must have come across various use-cases of Blockchain. Do you have any idea how this distributed ledger technology can fight the root causes of poverty? This article talks about how Blockchain can help lift poor people out of poverty in developing countries.
Diversity and inclusion: blockchain technology and digital identity for stateless Rohingya refugees
Jul 28, 2020Events in north-west Rakhine state, Myanmar, since 2012, can be described as an attempt to bring about ethnic cleansing or genocide of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority ethnic group who are marginalised, discriminated against, and denied basic rights and legal status in Myanmar.
Keeping it Local: 10 African Blockchain Companies Built By Africans, for Africans
Jun 27, 2019One of the challenges of modern tech is equitable distribution of its benefits. The world’s biggest tech companies are often heavily white, heavily male, and primarily focused in a handful of cities globally.
