John O'Connor is the director of African Operations at IOHK, the blockchain development company behind the Cardano platform.
Cardano is considered a third-generation blockchain that can serve as the underlying infrastructure of Web3: allowing the development of scalable digital solutions and systems leveraging the attributes and advantages of blockchain.
The digital development of Africa is part of the ethos and strategy of the Cardano project.
IOHK has been particularly focusing on the development of the Cardano ecosystem across the African continent through several initiatives, events, and partnerships. It supports entrepreneurs leveraging Cardano and is working with governmental institutions on projects aiming to build solutions on Cardano to major problems faced by African populations: identity documents, access to financing, the fight against counterfeiting...