DRC: Ford and IBM Use Blockchain to Combat Child Labour in Congo

Jan 16, 2019 | Ben Chapman, Independent
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Ford, IBM and LG have joined forces to use blockckain to prevent child labour being used to mine minerals essential for making smartphones and electric cars. The three multinationals and China’s Huayou are using the technology to track cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo along the supply chain to batteries making batteries for Ford’s electric vehicles.