Urban-rural dichotomy is a poaching challenge to inclusive economic growth and sustainable development across the world. Such imbalance is commonly defined by unequal access to infrastructure, economic opportunities and good public services. This paper discusses how digital technologies, such as broadband, mobile applications, e-commerce, and precision farming tools, are transformative solutions that can be important tools in bridging this gap, economic opportunities, and sustainable livelihoods in rural society. The main hypothesis is that the traditional "urban bias" can be reversed by using specific digital interventions to reduce the transaction costs, widen the market reach, and decentralize the access to knowledge and finance.
Michael Osinakachukwu Ezeh, Adindu Donatus Ogbu, Augusta Heavens Ikevuje, Emmanuel Paul-Emeka George
Effective contract management is critical for the energy sector, where complex agreements and regulatory requirements demand precision and oversight. Leveraging technology for improved contract management can transform how energy companies manage their contracts, enhancing efficiency, compliance, and strategic alignment. This paper explores the impact of technological advancements on contract management processes in the energy sector, emphasizing digital solutions and automation. The energy sector deals with multifaceted contracts involving various stakeholders, including suppliers, contractors, regulatory bodies, and customers. Traditional contract management methods, often characterized by manual processes and paper-based documentation, are prone to errors, delays, and inefficiencies. Technology, particularly contract lifecycle management (CLM) software, offers comprehensive solutions to these challenges by digitizing and automating contract management processes. CLM software facilitates the entire contract lifecycle, from drafting and negotiation to execution and renewal. These platforms provide centralized repositories for all contract documents, ensuring easy access and retrieval. Advanced features such as automated alerts and notifications for key dates and obligations help companies stay compliant with contractual and regulatory requirements, reducing the risk of penalties and legal disputes. Moreover, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities integrated into CLM solutions enable intelligent contract analysis and risk assessment. AI-driven tools can extract critical data from contracts, identify potential risks, and suggest mitigative actions. This predictive insight enhances decision-making, allowing energy companies to proactively address issues before they escalate. Blockchain technology also holds significant potential for contract management in the energy sector. Smart contracts, enabled by blockchain, offer a secure and transparent way to automate contractual obligations. These self-executing contracts reduce the need for intermediaries and enhance trust among parties, ensuring that terms are met efficiently and without dispute. In addition to these technologies, cloud-based platforms offer scalability and flexibility, allowing energy companies to manage contracts remotely and collaboratively. This is particularly beneficial in an industry where projects span multiple locations and jurisdictions. In conclusion, leveraging technology for contract management in the energy sector results in streamlined processes, improved compliance, and enhanced strategic alignment. By adopting digital solutions and automation, energy companies can mitigate risks, reduce costs, and drive operational efficiency, ultimately contributing to their sustainability and competitiveness in a rapidly evolving market. Keywords: Leveraging, Technology, Energy Sector, Contract Management, Improved.
Adebunmi Okechukwu Adewusi, Njideka Rita Chiekezie, Nsisong Louis Eyo-Udo
Blockchain technology offers a promising decentralized approach to enhancing cybersecurity in the agricultural sector, addressing the increasing threats to data integrity and confidentiality. As agriculture becomes increasingly digitized, with the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, smart farming, and data-driven decision-making, the sector faces significant cybersecurity challenges, including data breaches, tampering, and unauthorized access. Traditional centralized security models are often inadequate in managing these risks, given the complex and distributed nature of modern agricultural operations. Blockchain technology, characterized by its decentralized, immutable ledger, provides a robust solution to these cybersecurity challenges. By storing data across a distributed network of nodes, blockchain ensures that information is protected from unauthorized alterations and cyberattacks. Each transaction or data entry in a blockchain is encrypted and linked to the previous one, creating a secure chain that is difficult to tamper with. This makes blockchain an ideal tool for safeguarding sensitive agricultural data, such as supply chain information, crop yield records, and proprietary research data. Furthermore, blockchain enhances transparency and traceability in agricultural processes, enabling stakeholders to verify the authenticity and origin of products, thereby reducing the risk of fraud and ensuring compliance with food safety standards. Smart contracts, another feature of blockchain technology, can automate and enforce security protocols, ensuring that only authorized parties have access to specific data or can execute certain actions within the network. However, the adoption of blockchain in agriculture also presents challenges, including technical complexities, high implementation costs, and the need for widespread industry collaboration. Despite these hurdles, the potential benefits of blockchain for cybersecurity in agriculture are significant, offering a powerful tool to protect data, enhance trust, and support the sector's digital transformation. In conclusion, blockchain technology represents a promising decentralized approach to enhancing cybersecurity in agriculture. By providing robust data protection, improving transparency, and enabling secure transactions, blockchain can play a critical role in safeguarding the future of digital agriculture. Keywords: Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Agriculture, Decentralized Approach, Data Protection.
Blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies are quickly gaining popularity among the general public in a wide range of fields thanks to their innovative uses in everything from state politics to the financial sector.Future use cases of these decentralized technologies, in particular, look to redefine the idea of value and may open up a new era of open investment options for the general population Non-Fungible Token or 'Non-Replaceable Token' is the contemporary trend in the digital industry as of 2021 [1].Introduced first in 2017 from a game called Crypto Punks, the NFT system shows promising breakthroughs since then [2].The concept is that every NFT has unique properties making it original and distinguishable from everyone [3].By being unique, these made them tradable and sold digitally just like a real-life auction.
In the last year, the concept of distributed ledgers has entered mainstream company and policy agendas. Between different types of ledgers, it can be said that blockchain is the most notable. Different studies have shown that blockchain technology can reduce bureaucracy, increase the level of trust in public recordkeeping. In order to make further progress in its implementation in the different areas, it is necessary first of all that technological and ecosystem maturity of distributed ledgers have to increase in order to unlock the transformative power of blockchain; and in second instance the Policy agenda should focus on non-technological barriers, and create new administrative processes that can be re-engineered for blockchain. But, this new context, faces new legal challenges: personal data, free circulation of data..., which must to be analysed. The main objective of this paper is to analyse the new legal challenges from technical and methodological points of view.
Digital ledger teknologi kan enkelt automatisera Sverige som en jurisdiktion, inklusive automatisering av beskattning, och möjliggöra digitala regeringsval, sÀkra digitala nationella IDn, och en Svensk e-krona. Exakt vad som behövs för en Svensk digital ledger Àr en konsensus algoritm som ordnar ledgern under Svenska folkets kontroll, proof-of-vote, digitala motsvarigheten av representativ demokrati. Under proof-of-vote röstar Svenska medborgare fram validatorer, som sen följer motsvarande protokoll som i Bitcoin och Ethereum, e.g., konkurrerar om auktoritet utifrÄn konsensus algoritmen, Nakamoto konsensus, i proof-of-vote med dom folk-röster dom fÄtt, motsvarande stake i proof-of-stake.
B.T.J. Hooghiemstra, Nienke Smulders, C. van Nieuwenhuizen
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