Building blockchain products for UNICEF. How to get involved.
summary
UNICEF describes concrete builds and pilots: the UNICEF CryptoFund (launched 2019 as the first UN crypto fund) and a 1,000-piece NFT drop Patchwork Kingdoms that raised ~$700k; Giga reports 5,300 schools connected and 1.1M schools mapped of ~6.5M, with $210M raised toward a $428B target. Live experiments include a staking experiment in Rwanda to finance connectivity, a GigAccounts prototype for automated smart-contract payments, and a connectivity-credits marketplace pilot in Botswana.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 5:19Blockchain for Cash Transfer
- 11:02Connectivity Credits
- 12:22Patchwork Kingdoms
- 13:52Staking Experiment
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