Blockchain: Shaking up global trade, financial markets, could kill SA corruption - Monica Singer

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South Africa is getting left behind as businesses and governments embrace blockchain. In this in-depth conversation with entrepreneur and disruptor Monica Singer, founder and former CEO of Strate and now South Africa lead for the world's largest blockchain company, we explore how governments are embracing blockchain to maintain control of money flows, improve efficiency and excise corruption. Singer, who is influential in the accounting profession, shares what businesses need to do to stay competitive as the next technological seismic shift changes accounting practices and eliminates back office staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
19 Jan 2021 4AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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