Rwanda

Rwanda (/ruːˈɑːndə/ or /ruːˈændə/ ( listen); Kinyarwanda: U Rwanda [u.ɾɡwanda]), officially the Republic of Rwanda (Kinyarwanda: Repubulika y'u Rwanda; French: République du Rwanda), is a sovereign state in central and east Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda is in the African Great Lakes region and is highly elevated; its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year.

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Inaugural Hyperledger Global Forum Showcases Strong Community Momentum

The Philadelphia Tribune 12 Dec 2018

.Circulor - recently launched the world's first blockchain mine to manufacturer traceability system for raw materials used in consumer electronics and electric vehicles. The Hyperledger Fabric-based system is already tracking tantalum, used into capacitors, from mines in Rwanda....

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Brian Menell’s TechMet out to wrest control of the battery market from China

Business Day 01 Nov 2018

London — South African mining veteran Brian Menell ... The company already has stakes in a tin and tungsten mine in Rwanda, a nickel project in Brazil, a US vanadium processing plant, and a recycling facility in Canada that extracts cobalt and nickel from spent lithium batteries....

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Black Earth Rising finale review – slick Rwandan drama signs off in style

The Guardian 30 Oct 2018

Inside was an invoice that showed that the genocidaire Patrice Ganimana’s legal bills were being paid by something called the Universal Church of Christ the Peacemaker, a front for a mining company. Meanwhile, back in Rwanda, Alice (Noma Dumezweni) is having a conversation with her adoptive sister, Madame President....

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Black Earth Rising recap: the finale – it has been a grim pleasure

The Guardian 29 Oct 2018

It turns out that Kromin, the mining company working in Rwanda, have been paying off Ganimana and his people $23m a year not to interfere with their work, the payments being made to the Universal Church of Christ the Peacemaker, who only have two branches of their church, one in London, the other in the DRC, in the Sankele, the Kromin village....

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500 years is long enough! Human Depravity in the Congo

Dissident Voice 26 Oct 2018

With rebel soldiers (such as the Rwanda-backed M23), miners and poachers endlessly plundering inadequately protected national parks and other wild places for their resources, illegal mining is rampant, over-fishing a chronic problem, illegal logging (and other destruction such as ......

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Rwandan Government to Label & Track Conflict Metal Tantalum with Blockchain Tech

Coin Idol 19 Oct 2018

Announced by minister Francis Gatare, CEO of the Rwandan Mining, Petroleum and Gas Board, the DLT platform is formed on Hyperledger Fabric ... Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board today has been introduced to a new and innovative mineral traceability solution using blockchain." ... Rwanda has been a lively source for the globe's tantalum mining....

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Le Rwanda se rêve en producteur de pétrole

All Africa 19 Oct 2018

Toujours est-il que le directeur général de l’office des mines, du pétrole et du gaz du Rwanda a déclaré que le pays devrait prendre une décision à ce sujet au plus tard en fin d’année ... Le Rwanda qui tire l’essentiel de ses ressources des produits agricoles ......

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Rwanda Government to Tag and Trace Conflict Metal Tantalum on a Blockchain

Cryptocoin News 18 Oct 2018

“Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board today has been introduced to a new and innovative mineral traceability solution using blockchain technology.”. Miner-refiner Power Resources Group (PRG), having mining and refining operations in Rwanda and Macedonia, is now using the production system, after running the project, the report said....

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Wooing investors, Rwanda hosts first tantalum-tracking blockchain

Deccan Chronicle 18 Oct 2018

Rwanda’s mining boss announced on Tuesday the world’s first blockchain project to track tantalum from the pit-face to the refinery, part of a push to woo investors seeking a conflict-free source of minerals ... Francis Gatare, chief executive of Rwanda’s Mines, ......

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Rwanda to Use Blockchain to Eradicate Conflict Resources from Supply Chain

NewsBTC 18 Oct 2018

Francis Gatare, a Rwandan government minister and the CEO of the Rwandan Mining, Petroleum and Gas Board, said the initiative is already being implemented by at least one exporter from Rwanda, in order to comply with the internationally mandated efforts to stop the funding of conflict minerals....

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Rwanda seeks increased investments in mining industry to boost exports

Coastweek 17 Oct 2018

Rwanda, being among the fastest growing economies in Africa, has a great opportunity of using its mineral resources to ... Rwanda’s mining sector presents different investment opportunities including mineral exploration, mining, value addition and industrial training, said Gatare....

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Rwandan Government to Use Blockchain Tech to Track Conflict Metal Tantalum

The Bitcoin News 17 Oct 2018

Rwanda has partnered with a U.K.-based blockchain startup to trace the mining of the conflict metal tantalum in the country, according to the startup’s press release, published Oct ... Rwanda is the world’s leading produces of tantalum, the mineral used in consumer electronics such as smartphones and computers....

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UPDATE 2-Wooing investors, Rwanda hosts first tantalum-tracking blockchain

Reuters 17 Oct 2018

Rwanda's mining boss announced on Tuesday the world's first blockchain project to track tantalum from the pit-face to the refinery, part of a push to woo investors seeking a conflict-free source of minerals ... ....