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Briefing
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- Blockchain-Powered Elections – Switzerland-based voting technology provider Agora working as accredited observer for Sierra Leone's 2018 presidential elections, making country first to audit ballots using permissioned blockchain
- Recording Process – Company manually records voting ballots from 280 locations across Sierra Leone’s Western District, country’s most populous area, to its proprietary blockchain system, with anonymized results to be released publicly
- Participating Auditors – Accredited auditors that can access permissioned blockchain system and validate ballots include Red Cross, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and University of Fribourg
- Potential Benefits – Aims to provide fully-transparent and verifiable election platform on national scale, which could help lower costs, reduce violence-related incidences, and increase public trust on election results
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Business Model and Practices
Business Model
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Sector
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Government (excluding military)
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Organization
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Agora
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Source
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Biggs, J., "Sierra Leone just ran the first blockchain-based election",
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del Castillo, M., "First results of Sierra Leone's blockchain vote are in",
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Kazeem, Y., "The world’s first blockchain-powered elections just happened in Sierra Leone",
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"Sierra Leone is the first country to run a blockchain-powered election,"
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AcceleratingBiz analysis
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Original Publication Date
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March 10, 2018
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