Rwanda

The East African region is increasingly proving itself as a real field of application for new technologies including cryptocurrency and blockchain, showing its wide range of implementation and potential. These include the application of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the agrifood sector, particularly in the six countries of the East African Community (EAC) which includes Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.

The East African Community has continued to show optimism in developing emerging disruptive technologies including blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT).

Another East African nation is planning to delve into blockchain following the example of the government of Kenya, which previously proclaimed it was applying blockchain to enable the effective distribution of "new government-funded housing units."