Positive News
Brackets may be busted but basketball plays on for the Loyola-Chicago Rablers with fan favorite Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt. The 98 year old Sister Jean is a former player and coach, who provides comforting words and feedback to the players after each game. Unfortunately she has Loyola losing in the Sweet 16 (she keeps it real) but we can all hope for a continuous run for Sister Jean and this Underdog team as they take on #7 Nevada next.
Blockchain-Based Ballots
Sierra Leone has become the first country to utilize blockchain technology in the voting process. On March 7th the country recorded votes at 70% of the polling to the blockchain using a technology that is the first of its kind in actual practice.
The tech, created by Agora, anonymously stored votes in an immutable ledger, offering instant access to the election results. By using blockchain to immutably record ballots and results, the country hopes to create legitimacy around the election and reduce fall-out from opposition parties. The goal ultimately is to reduce voting costs by cutting paper ballots and to reduce corruption in the voting process.
As for the election results it is still unclear who won and there will be a run-off election March 27th. The winner will succeed President Ernest Bai Koroma who has run the country for a decade.
Music
Basketball Jones - Chris Rock & Barry White
Ndundule - Mokoomba
