Innovation
Electronic elections
Could blockchain tech make African elections more accountable?
12 November 2018
Nasdaq has used it for shareholder voting. It is being piloted by the US state of West Virginia. Kaspersky Lab has built a platform that utilises it for voting.
It is called blockchain, and it’s coming to an election near you. The open, distributed ledger, which records transactions between two parties in a verifiable and permanent way, is usually associated with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but now, wider uses are being found for it.
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