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Is blockchain technology the answer to election hacking?

Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

Blockchain technology was used in one district during Sierra Leone's recent general election and provided a method of transmitting electronic results that could not be hacked, according to the group that ran the test piece. Plus, the Spanish police break up a Nigerian sex trafficking gang and our ‎Resident Presidents debate if democracy can be rushed.

(Image: Giant letters, reading the word 'blockchain' on display at the blockchain centre. Credit: AFP)

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Fri 23 Mar 201817:06GMT

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