[mk_page_section bg_color=”#5cc6cc” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” video_opacity=”0″ padding_top=”50″ padding_bottom=”50″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_row_inner attached=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1635538841628{padding-right: 8% !important;padding-left: 8% !important;}”][vc_column_inner][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h1″ color=”#ffffff” size=”28″ font_weight=”bold” letter_spacing=”1″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” responsive_align=”left”]Centre of Excellence[/mk_fancy_title][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/mk_page_section][mk_page_section padding_top=”50″ padding_bottom=”50″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_single_image image=”713″ img_size=”125 x 149″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/6″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1640619580188{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]We are in the era of the fourth revolution, digital transformation, whereby numbers of new technologies such as blockchain technology are becoming the way of life. It opens opportunities, creates challenges and requires advanced and creative borderless collaboration at an unprecedented speed.
Therefore, Afro Valley in collaboration with Jimma University has entered into a long term agreement in March 2021 to be the first academia-private sector partnership to set up a regional, East Africa Center of Excellence for Blockchain and digital currencies in Ethiopia.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1640619570960{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The aim of the Center of Excellence (CoE) is to deepen understanding of Blockchain & the Token Economy while addressing
challenges for its adoption such as policy, infrastructure, human capital and consistent investments covering Multidisciplinary research and Advocacy & Advisory[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/mk_page_section]