On April 27, the capital of Colombia launched a sequence of free on-line programs that cowl a broad spectrum of content material on new applied sciences, together with blockchain.
Sponsored by the Mayor’s Workplace of Bogotá, the “Bogotá Aprende TIC” program appears to be like ahead to strengthening innovation and growing a path to the way forward for new applied sciences within the metropolis.
The contents cowl matters like cloud computing, immersive expertise, large information, synthetic intelligence, event-driven structure, web of issues, gig financial system and blockchain.
Blockchain course contents
The blockchain course at its basic level will focus on its that means, benefits and downsides, the areas through which it workout routines most strongly, its entry into the monetary market, the usage of Bitcoin (BTC) within the crypto sphere, and the impacts on the transformation processes in digital trade firms.
In the course of the intermediate level, the scholars will study concerning the operation and utility of blockchain in better depth, with the understanding that “it has potentials nonetheless unexplored,” as detailed by the Mayor of Bogotá.
The course lasts 4 weeks and doesn’t have a registration deadline since it would hold indefinitely on-line.
Though the initiative targets individuals residing in Bogotá, over 14 years of age, customers can enroll within the course from anyplace on the earth, as a result of it’s fully digital.
Profiting from the conjuncture of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bogotá’s Chamber of Commerce may also maintain a free webinar on “Fintech challenges and alternatives” on Tuesday, April 28, at 10:00 AM native time (15 GMT).
The webinar was going to be an on-site convention, but it surely was re-scheduled as a web-based assembly as a result of huge occasions can’t be held within the nation but.
Colombia’s blockchain present atmosphere
Cointelegraph Español reported in February that 2019 was a “favorable” 12 months in Colombia for the event of blockchain-based options inside the monetary sector, in accordance with a Koibanx report.
Based on the agency, for a number of years, varied Colombian firms have relied on the advantages of blockchain for various processes, utilizing Qubit Labs and Ecopetrol for example.
