In a recent interview, John O\u2019Connor, the Director of African Operations at IOHK, the blockchain development company behind Cardano ($ADA), talked about his company\u2019s plans for increasing the adoption of the smart contracts platform.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Connor, who previously worked as Head of Strategy and Communications at the Cardano Foundation, made his comments during an interview with YouTube channel \u201cBig Pey\u201d, where he said that the team plans to showcase Cardano\u2019s technical prowess in Africa after landing a deal with Ethiopia in April to digitalize the country\u2019s educational system. He also mentioned that IOHK is in talks with several other African nations to utilize Cardano\u2019s network.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As reported by the Daily Hodl, O\u2019Connor stated:<\/p>\n
We\u2019re doing a roadshow in October. So Charles and myself and a few other people from the IA team will be going around, I think around seven or eight countries at the moment. We\u2019re meeting with some of the top-level officials, senior government officials, presidents, who are all interested in seeing more about our identity solution.\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u2019Connor elaborated on the potential partnerships, saying some countries are interested in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), remittance and microfinance opportunities. He said IOHK was working to create a \u201ctoolbox\u201d for what Cardano\u2019s blockchain could accomplish in each nation-state.\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u2019Connor also explained that IOHK\u2019s long-term goal was to eventually pass Cardano\u2019s growth onto developers around the world, thereby scaling the project to meet the needs of numerous unbanked populations\u201d<\/p>\n
So for us, it\u2019s really going have to be around handing over the torch from Input Output towards something that\u2019s more scalable. We have these high-level targets \u2013 we want 100 million users using Atala prism. We want this many nation-states using our system. We want a Cardano nation where all infrastructure is built on Cardano in a single country.\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u2019Connor said IOHK was working to engage in a \u201cbroader community\u201d in order to develop a thriving ecosystem of partners and developers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=v2B5PrFd4AU%3Ffeature%3Doembed<\/p>\n