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Learning from Ghana

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Its always interesting to see where the developed world can learn from emerging economies. A lot of the best engineering work comes from having to deal with harsh constraints (opposite of architecture astronomics). I blogged awhile ago about using smart cards for digital cash in Africa Looks like there is a new system in Ghana as well E-zwhich smart launched -ZWICH smartcard, a universal electronic system that facilitates easy access to and transfer of money has now become part of financial transactions in Ghana.

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Fixing what ain’t broke
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Fixing what ain’t broke May 11th 2008 Gunnar Peterson asks a fair question in his 1 Raindrop blog: when are first-world countries like the US and UK going to catch up with Ghana and other third world countries that have started using smart card-based cash. The engineer in me watches such experiments with interest. But after watching several smart card false starts here in the US (the Focus card, the Target card) I’m beginning to see that smart cards will just have to wait for a different “killer app.” They’re not going to provide Americans with e-cash any time soon. Continue Reading » Posted under Information Security | No Comments »