Six Blockchain Projects addressing Global Challenges

The recently established UNICEF Innovation Fund under the auspices of the parent charity funded six blockchain startup projects in the emerging markets to tackle real-world problems. The pooled fund has been designed to specifically finance open source & early stage projects in emerging technologies, which would enable UNICEF to learn these new technologies eventually shaping markets for the benefit of the children as per the charter of the UN’s Children Emergency Fund. According to a Press release last month, the innovation fund will invest $100,000 – Six companies were chosen from a pool of 100 applications across 50 countries. The…...