New app developed to safely aid phasing out SA's lockdown

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In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we learn about how a local start-up wants to push forward the idea of digital identity spurred on by the current croronavirus crisis.

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Co-Pierre Georg, a professor and head of the masters program for financial technology at the University of Cape Town, and co-founder of Covi-ID.

Covi-ID is an SA-based start-up that offers a privacy-focused, free and open-source Covid-19 immunity pass for people using blockchain technology.
The discussion touches on the how Covi-ID works and how it was developed, business model for the platform, how the idea came about, how similar techniques have been used in other parts of the world, what makes Covi-ID different, privacy concerns, the team behind it and vision for the future.
22 Apr 2020 English South Africa Business News · News

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